Why race and culture matter in schools
Subtitle: closing the achievement gap in America's classrooms
By: Tyrone C. Howard ; foreword by Geneva Gay
Series: Multicultural education series; Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780807750728; 9780807750711
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: Series Foreword / James A. Banks; title: Foreword / Geneva Gay; title: Introduction; title: Socioeconomic Status and School Performance; title: Outline of the Book; title: Moving Away from the Black-White Dichotomy; title: Achievement Gap: Contextualizing the Problem; title: Documenting the Achievement Gap; title: Documenting the Discrepancies; title: Retention, Suspensions, and Expulsions; title: School Drop-Out and Graduation Rates; title: Access to Gifted and AP Courses; title: SAT Scores; title: Explaining the Gaps; title: Future Considerations; title: Changing Demographics; title: A Changing Nation; title: Demographic Shifts by Geographic Region and Age; title: U.S. Schools and Changing Demographics; title: Are Teachers Being Prepared to Teach in Diverse Settings?; title: Multicultural Education for School Reform; title: The Role of Social Class; title: Culture; title: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity; title: The Complexity of Culture; title: Sociocultural Theory; title: Cultural Modeling; title: Cultural Repertoires of Practice; title: Normalizing Culture in Everyday Practice; title: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy; title: Seeking Clarity in Culture and Pedagogy; title: Empirical and Conceptual Work on Culturally Responsive Pedagogy; title: The Importance of Pedagogy; title: Programs with Culturally Responsive Teaching; title: The Role of Race in Learning; title: Interrogating Race; title: Race and Education in the United States; title: Critical Race Theory: A Framework for Examining Race and Achievement; title: Empirical Works Examining race; title: Granting Voice to Those Who Rarely Are Heard; title: Internalized Racism: Educators of Color and Acts of Exclusion; title: Racial Frames of Reference; title: Developing Cultural Competence and Racial Awareness in Classroom Teachers; title: Cultural Competence; title: Critical Self-Reflection on Race and Culture; title: Race, Culture, and the Adaptive Unconsciousness; title: Racial Awareness; title: A Case Study of Critical Reflecting: Teaching Teachers to Reflect on Race; title: Final Considerations; title: Examples of School Success for Culturally Diverse Students; title: Stories of School Success; title: Visionary Leadership; title: Effective Instructional Practices; title: Intensive Academic Intervention; title: Explicit Acknowledgement of Race; title: Parental and Community Engagement; title: Final Thoughts.