Changing the course of failure : how schools and parents can help low-achieving students /: how schools and parents can help low-achieving students. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sandra Stotsky.
• Authors: Stotsky, Sandra
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Notes; Chapter One: The Current Education Problem; Beginning of Direct Federal Involvement in Local Public Education; Concluding Remarks; Key Ideas to Remember; Notes; Chapter Two: The Current Political Context for the Education of Low-Achieving Students; Every Student Succeeds Act of December 2015; Changes in the Purpose of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; How to Address Undefined Equal Outcomes Not Caused by the Education System?; Key Ideas to Remember; Notes; Chapter Three: Early U.S. Educational History Preâ#x80;#x93;World War II Kâ#x80;#x93;12 EducationDevelopment of the â#x80;#x9C;Comprehensiveâ#x80;#x9D; High School; Awareness of High School Weaknesses; Key Ideas to Remember; Notes; Chapter Four: Fragmentation of the English Curriculum in the Twentieth Century; Structural Changes in Kâ#x80;#x93;12 Education at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Fragmentation of a Coherent Secondary Literature Curriculum; Further Weakening of a Coherent English Curriculum; Key Ideas to Remember; Notes; Chapter Five: Evolving Explanations of Low Achievement; â#x80;#x9C;Factors Contributing to Achievement Gapsâ#x80;#x9D; According to the NEA Strategies or Programs to Address Low AchievementKey Ideas to Remember; Notes; Chapter Six: Who Should Teach Low-Achieving Studentsâ#x80;#x94;and All the Others?; What Is Teacher Quality?; What Is the Academic Quality of the Teaching Force?; The Major Obstacle in Strengthening Teacher Quality; Origins and Evolution of Teacher Quality Controls; Quality of Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Programs; Diversity or Quality in Kâ#x80;#x93;12 Teachers; Speaking Up for Quality First; Concluding Remarks; Key Ideas to Remember; Notes; Chapter Seven: Testing Concerns; Teacher Concerns; Parent Concerns Key Ideas to RememberNotes; Chapter Eight: What Might Desperate Education Policy Makers Do?; Why New Ideas Are Needed; Why Some of the Latest Ideas Are Unlikely to Work; Notes; Chapter Nine: What Can State Legislatures with a Spine Do?; High Costs and Little Return on the Investment; What State Legislatures Can Do, With or Without Federal Permission; Large-Scale Programs with Evidence; Possible Long-Term Solutions to Massive Adolescent Underachievement; Notes; Chapter Ten: Policies to Reduce Adolescent Underachievement or High School Dropouts; Five Education-Oriented Policies A Non-Education Approach to a Non-Teacher-Caused ProblemNotes; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.154; Family & Relationships: Education; EDUCATION / Essays; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION / Reference; Education: Parent Participation; Education: Student Life & Student Affairs; Academic achievement; Student growth (Academic achievement); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475839975; 1475839979
• Related ISBNs: 9781475839968; 9781475839951
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 21, 2018).
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