Michele Wages

The Achievement Gap (eBook, ePUB)

A Poverty Crisis, Not an Education Crisis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The achievement gap is one of the most talked about issues in U.S. education. It shows up in grades, standardized test scores, course selection, dropout rates, and college completion. This book argues that the focus on the gap is misplaced. Today, we need to look at the societal factors that have accumulated over time and have resulted in poverty level pay for teachers, lack of resources in out poorest schools and an abundance of children entering our schools unprepared. Dr. Wages has written a detailed, well documented book that can serve as an informative resource to create an awareness of the multidimensional and complex issues of poverty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475841923
• Artikelnr.: 53584585

Autorenporträt

Michele Wages is an instructional coordinator for one of the largest school districts in Texas. She has also served as an assistant professor teaching emergent and developing literacy and diagnosis and remediation of reading at elementary level to elementary education majors.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Background
Introduction
Chapter 1: Child Poverty
Chapter 2: Unemployment
Chapter 3: Race and Poverty
Chapter 4: Family Characteristics
Chapter 5: School Behavior
Chapter 6: Homelessness
Chapter 7: Gangs and Poverty
Chapter 8: Why has the Income Achievement Gap Grown?
Chapter 9: Is Government Assistance the Answer?
Chapter 10: What needs to be done?
Conclusion