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Achieving high educational standards for all : conference summary / Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Timothy Ready, Christopher Edley, Jr., and Catherine E. Snow, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
- Conference Name:
- Millennium Conference: Achieving High Educational Standards for All (2000 : Washington, D.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities--Education--United States--Congresses.
- Minorities.
- Educational equalization--United States--Congresses.
- Educational equalization.
- Minorities--Education.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Separate and Unequal: Historical Antecedents of Contemporary Disparities 3
- Systemic Education Reform and Targeted Efforts to Eliminate Disparities 6
- 2 Education and the Changing Nation 13
- Demographic Change 13
- Education and the Changing Nation 16
- Challenges That Remain 24
- 3 How People Learn 29
- Cognition and Learning 30
- Young Children: Eager to Learn 37
- Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children 42
- Building Instructional Capacity 48
- 4 Social Dimensions of Learning 52
- Social Context of Educational Change 52
- Social Psychological Perspective on Race, Ethnicity, and Learning 55
- Disidentification with Schooling 59
- Immigrant and Language-Minority Children 62
- Sociodemographic Variables and Children's Learning 66
- 5 Policy and the Education of Minority and Disadvantaged Students 68
- Rights and Resources 69
- Funding Equity and the Right to an Adequate Education 73
- Making Money Matter 79
- Standards-Based Reform 81
- 6 Linking Research and Practice 86
- Progress Toward Educational Innovation 86
- Technical Assistance for Research-Based Instructional Reforms 91
- "Sweating the Details" 94
- Baked Apple Versus Chocolate Souffle 98
- Creating School Environments That Foster Learning and Intelligence 98
- Part II Perspectives of the Co-Moderators
- Getting Smarter 118
- Using Research-Based Knowledge 118
- Putting New Practices in Place 119
- Ensuring the New Practices Work at Scale and in Context 120
- Beyond New Practices 121
- Knowledge and Will 122
- Education Reform in Context: Research, Politics, and Civil Rights / Christopher Edley, Jr. 123
- The Context 123
- How Strong Is the Research Foundation for Change? 130
- Speculations and Further Work 134
- Part III Conference Papers
- Trends in the Educational Achievement of Minority Students Since Brown v. Board of Education / Kim M. Lloyd, Marta Tienda, Anna Zajacova 149
- Why Racial Integration and Other Policies Since Brown v. Board of Education Have Only Partially Succeeded at Narrowing the Achievement Gap / Ronald E. Ferguson, Jal Mehta 183
- Education Adequacy, Democracy, and the Courts / Michael A. Rebell 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0309083036
- OCLC:
- 48987357
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