Changing the Odds for Children at Risk Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs That Break the Cycle of Poverty

Name: Changing the Odds for Children at Risk Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs That Break the Cycle of Poverty
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ISBN: 9780313362224

ISBN-10: 031336222X

ISBN-13: 9780313362224

Edition: 2008

Authors: Susan B. Neuman

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Schools, today, are in the midst of the most major, costly educational reform movement in their history as they grapple with the federal mandates to leave no children behind, says author Susan B. Neuman, former Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education under President George W. Bush. Although some efforts for investing resources will be substantially more productive than others, there is little evidence that, despite many heroic attempts to beat the odds, any of these efforts will close more than a fraction of the differences in achievement for poor minority children and their middleclass peers. As Neuman explains in this insightful, revealing book, schools will fail, not…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Seven Essential Principles



The Critical Early Years for Changing the Odds



Changing the Odds by Funding What Works



The Seven Essentials for Changing the Odds



Changing the Odds by Helping to Strengthen Families



Changing the Odds through High-Quality Early Care and Education



Changing the Odds through Community-Based Programs



Changing the Odds through After-School Programs



The Public Will: What It Will Take to Change the Odds



Where to Get Evidence



The Maze of Federal Programs that Provide or Support Education and Care for Children under Five Years Old



PART Scores for Department of Education Programs


Notes


Bibliography


Index