The kids left behind : catching up the underachieving children of poverty / Robert D. Barr, William H. Parrett ; foreword by Kati Haycock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barr, Robert D.

Contributor:

Parrett, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor children--Education--United States.

Poor children.

Problem children--Education--United States.

Problem children.

At-risk youth--Education--United States.

At-risk youth.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Ind. : Solution Tree, c2007.

Summary:

Examine critical studies on high-performing, high-poverty schools to identify how schools can fulfill the mission of educating all students to proficiency, especially students at risk. The authors compiled the most important research on how low-performing, high-poverty schools achieved radical improvements in learning for their most vulnerable students and also identified eight best practices, breaking them down into specific strategies, often using real-life examples from successful schools.

Contents:

""Table of Contents ""; ""About the Authors ""; ""Preface ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Chapter 1: A New American Revolution ""; ""Chapter 2: How Schools Have Failed the Children of Poverty ""; ""Chapter 3: Research on High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools""; ""Chapter 4: Ensure Effective Disrict and School Leadership ""; ""Chapter 5: Engage Parents, Communities, and Schools to Work as Partners ""; ""Chapter 6: Understand and Hold High Expectations forf Poor and Culturally Diverse Students ""; ""Chapter 7: Target Low-Performing Students and Schools, Starting With Reading ""

""Chapter 8: Align, Monitor, and Manage the Curriculum """"Chapter 9: Create a Culture of Data and Assessment Literacy ""; ""Chapter 10: Build and Sustain Instructional Capacity ""; ""Chapter 11: Reorganize Time, Space, and Transitions ""; ""Chapter 12: Educating the Kids Left Behind: A Matter of Personal Conscience ""; ""Appendix A: The Professional Learning Community Continuum ""; ""Appendix B: NSDC Standards for Staff Development (Revised, 2001)""; ""References ""

Notes:

"A synthesis of research on what works in high-performing, high-poverty schools."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249).

ISBN:

9781936765614

1936765616