Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

Name: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap
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ISBN: 9780807754573

ISBN-10: 0807754579

ISBN-13: 9780807754573

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Authors: Paul C. Gorski, Holly Elissa Bruno

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The author draws from decades of research to deconstruct popular myths, misconceptions, and educational practices that undercut the achievement of low-income students. He carefully describes the challenges that students in poverty face and the resiliencies they and their families draw upon. Most importantly, this book provides specific, evidence-based strategies for teaching youth by creating equitable, bias-free learning environments. Written in an appealing conversational tone, this resource will help teachers and school leaders to better reach and teach students in poverty. This book features: A conceptual framework for creating equitable educational opportunities for low- and…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 8/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Paul C. Gorski is Associate Professor of Integrative Studies in New Century College at George Mason University, where he teaches in the Social Justice concentration and the Education concentration. He is the founder of EdChange and the Multicultural Pavilion, a Web site that has won more than a dozen awards internationally for its contribution to multicultural education scholarship and practice.