Closing the achievement gap
Subtitle: a vision for changing beliefs and practices
By: edited by Belinda Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Belinda.
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Education, Urban -- Social aspects -- United States; Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States; Educational equalization -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The nature of the achievement gap : the call for a vision to guide change / Belinda Williams; title: Bridging the achievement gap in urban schools : reducing educational segregation and advancing resilience-promoting strategies / Margaret C. Wang and John A. Kovach; title: Cultural values in learning and education / Patricia Marks Greenfield, Catherine Raeff, and Blanca Quiroz; title: Educating teachers to close the achievement gap : issues of pedagogy, knowledge and teacher preparation / Kenneth M. Zeichner; title: Closing the achievement gap : opportunity to learn, standards, and assessment / Floraline Ingram Stevens; title: Fostering resiliency in urban schools / Bonnie Benard; title: Teacher engagement and real reform in urban schools / Karen Seashore Louis and BetsAnn Smith; title: A social vision for urban education : focused, comprehensive, and integrated change / Belinda Williams; title: Appendix : regional educational laboratories.