Closing the achievement gap
Subtitle: a vision for changing beliefs and practices
By: edited by Belinda Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Belinda.; Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.; Education, Urban -- Social aspects -- United States.; Academic achievement -- United States.; Educational change -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What else do we need to know and do? / Belinda Williams; title: The continuing challenges of excellence and equity / JoAnn B. Manning and John A. Kovach; title: Direct vocabulary instruction : an idea whose time has come / Robert J. Marzano; title: Cultural values in learning and education / Elise Trumbull, Patricia Marks Greenfield, and Blanca Quiroz; title: Pedagogy, knowledge, and teacher preparation / Kenneth M. Zeichner; title: Turnaround teachers and schools / Bonnie Benard; title: Implementing opportunity-to-learn assessment strategies and standards / Floraline I. Stevens; title: Schools that work for teachers and students / Karen Seashore Louis and Debra Ingram; title: Reframing the reform agenda / Belinda Williams.