Combating the achievement gap : ending failure as a default in schools /: ending failure as a default in schools. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Teresa Hill.
• Authors: Hill, Teresa D
• Contents: Preface – Know Better, Do Better ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction – No Fault Default ; Part I – Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone ; Chapter 1 – The Ideology of Inequality ; The Achievement Gap Ideology ; Failure as a Default ; Chapter 2 – Failure and Accountability ; Table 2.1 ; Chapter 3 – Signs and Symptoms ; Identifying Failure as a Default ; Table 3.1 ; Experiential Curriculum Audits ; Chapter 4 – Write the Vision ; Academic Preparation ; Classroom/School Environment ; Exposure, Experiences & Opportunities ; Expectation Setting and Horizon Expanding ; Relationships and Interactions ; Ethical, Social and Emotional Development ; Part II – A Long Time Coming ; Chapter 5 – Structures ; Reading ; Discipline ; Intervention ; Curriculum ; Personnel ; Chapter 6 – Messages ; The Power of Words ; Planned Communication ; Unspoken Signals ; Silence is Deafening ; Chapter 7 – Attitudes and Beliefs ; Identity ; Value ; Ability ; Sources of Failure as a Default Belief Systems ; Bias, Prejudice and Stereotypes ; Misunderstandings About Growth and Development ; Misconceptions About Teaching and Learning ; Unarticulated Societal Beliefs Regarding Public Education ; Changing the Culture of Belief ; Chapter 8 – For Policy Makers ; What Educational Policy Can (and Cannot) Do ; The Educator’s Role in Education Policy ; Equity vs. Excellence ; A Word About Money in Education ; Combatting the Achievement Gap ; Create Collective Statements of Belief ; Support Standards of Input ; Develop Meaningful Measures for Inputs and Outcomes ; Address the Failure as a Default Cycle ; Conclusion – Who Succeeds, Who Fails, Who Cares? ; References
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 379.26; Educational equalization; African American students -- Education; Hispanic American students -- Education; Low-income students -- Education; Teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475826524
• Related ISBNs: 9781475826487; 9781475826517
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