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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796404503321

Autore

Budge Kathleen M.

Titolo

Disrupting poverty : five powerful classroom practices / / Kathleen M. Budge, William H. Parrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Virginia : , : ASCD, , [2018]

�2018

ISBN

1-4166-2530-5

1-4166-2529-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 185 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

379.2/60973

Soggetti

Children with social disabilities - Education - United States

Poor children - Education - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Poverty - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Classroom cultures that disrupt poverty -- 2. A poverty primer -- 3. Disruption 1 : building caring relationships and advocating for students -- 4. Disruption 2 : holding high expectations and providing needed support -- 5. Disruption 3 : committing to equity -- 6. Disruption 4 : accepting professional accountability for learning -- 7. Disruption 5 : having the courage and will to take action.

Sommario/riassunto

This book encourages educators to act against the debilitating effects of poverty on their students, while also discussing the five classroom practices that permeate the culture of successful high-poverty schools: caring relationships and advocacy, high expectations and support, commitment to equity, professional accountability for learning, and the courage and will to act.