| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The achievement gap -- Competing models to explain the achievement gap -- The "other" gaps: income, housing, and health -- School segregation, desegregation, and integration -- Teacher quality -- Language suppression and cultural exclusion -- Curriculum differentiation -- Parental engagement and empowerment -- Student agency and empowerment |
| Summary |
Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an incontrovertible racialized reality in U.S. K-12 public education--the relentless achievement gap between low-socioeconomic students of color and their economically advantaged White counterparts. Award winning author and scholar Richard Valencia provides an authoritative and systemic treatment of the achievement gap, focusing on Black and Latino/Latina students. He examines the societal and educational factors that help to create and maintain the achievement gap by drawing from critical race theory, an asset |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Minorities -- Education -- United States
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Academic achievement -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Academic achievement
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Minorities -- Education
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317691068 |
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1317691067 |
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9781336149076 |
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1336149078 |
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9781315776637 |
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1315776634 |
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9781317691044 |
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1317691040 |
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9781317691051 |
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1317691059 |
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