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Narrowing the Achievement Gap

Publication year: 2007

ISBN: 978-0-387-44611-0

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This volume is an important and impressive collection of scholarship that addresses one of the more intractable education problems of our times--ensuring that ALL children receive a quality education." -- Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Professor in Urban Education University of Wisconsin at Madison, and 2005-2006 President of AERA "A major contribution to the field, the in-depth analyses provided by the chapter authors should be of substantial appeal to a wide audience because of its interdisciplinary approach and orientation to theory, research, and practice." -- Stanley Sue, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Asian American Studies University of California at Davis "In considering the broad problems and in recommending solutions, the book provides breadth, concision, and unique organization." -- Edmund W. Gordon, John M.


Subject: Behavioral Science, ARIZ, Academic Achievement, Academic Success, Achievement Gap, Asian-American Education, Black Education, Cultural Diversity, Latino Education, Migration, Minority Education, Minority Students, education, university