The Educator's Handbook for Understanding and Closing Achievement Gaps
"No one is better positioned than Joseph Murphy to provide lessons for education leaders on this important topic. He offers an exceptionally comprehensive, timely, wise, and well-researched treatment of the achievement gap."(Andrew Porter, George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education and Dean, Graduate School of Education 2009-06-19)"For too long, the achievement gap has been proclaimed, discussed, and then dismissed as a subject of despair. Seldom has it been systematically defined, placed in historical perspective, or positively addressed. Through thorough scholarship, comprehensive knowledge, and creativity, this book fills that void."(James W. Guthrie, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Educational Leadership and Public Policy 2009-06-17)"This book speaks directly to the central challenge now facing educational practitioners and policy makers: how to close the achievement gap. Beginning with a remarkably comprehensive and accessible analysis of the gap's causes, the book offers a refreshingly balanced, evidence-based, state-of-the-art outline of productive solutions that should inform the work of all educational stakeholders."(Ken Leithwood, Professor 2009-07-08)"This volume offers a balanced, comprehensive, and practical resource for those who continue to struggle against enduring educational inequities. While offering no simple pathway to progress, it reminds us how much more we can be doing to close achievement gaps."(Michael S. Knapp, Director 2009-07-29)