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.

Contributor:

Ready, Timothy.

Edley, Christopher F., Jr., 1953-2024.

Snow, Catherine E.

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.

Physical Description:

xii, 285 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the important goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on a conference held at the request of the U.S. Department of Education, it addresses three questions: What progress has been made in advancing the education of minority and disadvantaged students since the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision nearly 50 years ago? What does research say about the reasons of successes and failures? What are some of the strategies and practices that hold the promise of producing continued improvements? The volume draws on the conclusions of a number of important recent NRC reports, including How People Learn, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Eager to Learn, and From Neurons to Neighborhoods, among others. It includes an overview of the conference presentations and discussions, the perspectives of the two co-moderators, and a set of background papers on more detailed issues.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Education and the Changing Nation

3 How People Learn

4 Social Dimensions of Learning

5 Policy and the Education of Minority and Disadvantaged Students

6 Linking Research and Practice

References

Overview

Education Reform in Context: Research, Politics, and Civil Rights

Trends in Educational Achievement of Minority Students Since Brown v. Board of Education

Why Racial Integration and Other Policies Since Brown v. Board of Education Have Only Partially Succeeded at Narrowing the Achievement Gap

Educational Adequacy, Democracy, and the Courts

A Conference and Workshop Agendas

B Biographical Sketches of Conference Presenters.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-17018-4

1-280-18390-X

9786610183906

0-309-50950-5

OCLC:

923255068