Solving the Achievement Gap Overcoming the Structure of School Inequality /

• Main Author: Yeh, Stuart S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.

This book examines the cause of the student achievement gap, suggesting that the prevailing emphasis on socioeconomic factors, sociocultural influences, and teacher quality is misplaced. The cause of the achievement gap is not differences in parenting styles, or the economic advantages of middle-cla...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Hypotheses
• Chapter 2: A Fresh View
• Chapter 3: Evidence from Three National Studies
• Chapter 4: A New Model of Learning
• Chapter 5: Contradictions Resolved
• Chapter 6: Consequences for Minorities
• Chapter 7: No-Excuses Charter Schools
• Chapter 8: Better Teachers
• Chapter 9: 22 Strategies
• Chapter 10: Solving the Achievement Gap
• Conclusion. .