1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821205503321

Autore

Wages Michele <1965->

Titolo

The achievement gap : a poverty crisis, not an education crisis / / Michele Wages

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2018

ISBN

1-4758-4192-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 77 pages)

Disciplina

362.50973

Soggetti

Poverty - United States

Poor children - United States - Social conditions

Children with social disabilities - United States - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Child poverty -- Unemployment -- Race and poverty -- Family characteristics -- School behavior -- Homelessness -- Gangs and poverty -- Why has the income achievement gap grown? -- Is government assistance the answer? -- What needs to be done?.

Sommario/riassunto

"Dr. Wages has written a detailed, well documented book that can serve as an informative resource to create an awareness of the multidimensional and complex issues of poverty"--