The achievement gap in U.S. education : canaries in the mine /
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Lanham, Md. :
ScarecrowEducation,
2005.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| LEADER | 01410cam a22003014a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 009722788-9 | ||
| 005 | 20050727142118.0 | ||
| 008 | 041110s2005 mdu b 001 0 eng | ||
| 010 | |a 2004026788 | ||
| 020 | |a 1578862175 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ||
| 035 | 0 | |a ocm56982445 | |
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d YDX |d IXA | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 043 | |a n-us--- | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a LC213.2 |b .S57 2005 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 379.2/6 |2 22 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Singham, Mano. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The achievement gap in U.S. education : |b canaries in the mine / |c Mano Singham. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Achievement gap in United States education | |
| 246 | 3 | |a Achievement gap in US education | |
| 260 | |a Lanham, Md. : |b ScarecrowEducation, |c 2005. | ||
| 300 | |a vii, 188 p. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Education in the broad political context -- Myths about the achievement gap -- The case against the genetic model -- Income, wealth, and the achievement gap -- Other possible causes of the gap -- Success stories and what we can learn from them -- Why good teaching matters and what it takes to achieve it -- Why good teaching practices are relatively rare in U.S. schools and even rarer in poor and minority schools -- How and why did it get this way?. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Educational equalization |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Academic achievement |z United States. | |
| 988 | |a 20050727 | ||
| 906 | |0 DLC | ||