03077nam 2200589 a 450 991048030390332120170821193424.01-4522-7296-41-4522-1925-71-4522-0914-6(CKB)2550000000108057(EBL)996257(OCoLC)811490212(SSID)ssj0000675562(PQKBManifestationID)12235684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675562(PQKBWorkID)10669886(PQKB)10772554(MiAaPQ)EBC996257(OCoLC)1007858326(StDuBDS)EDZ0000082914(EXLCZ)99255000000010805720120427d2010 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe educator's handbook for understanding and closing achievement gaps[electronic resource] /Joseph MurphyThousand Oaks, Calif. Corwin ;London SAGE [distributor]c20101 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4129-6455-5 1-4129-6454-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; About the Author; Part I - Background; Chapter 1 - Bringing Achievement Gaps Into Focus; Chapter 2 - Portraying and Tracking Achievement Gaps; Part II - Grinding up Hope: Explaining the Development and Persistence of Achievement Gaps; Chapter 3 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: An Introduction; Chapter 4 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: Socioeconomic Status; Chapter 5 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: Family Environment; Chapter 6 - Environmental Causes of the Achievement Gap: Community, Racism, and Individual DifferencesChapter 7 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: Out-of-School Learning ExperiencesChapter 8 - Schooling Causes of the Achievement Gap: The Instructional Program; Chapter 9 - Schooling Causes of the Achievement Gap: School Culture, Structure, and Support; Part III - Opening the Doors of Possibility: Strategies for Closing Achievement Gaps; Chapter 10 - Closing Achievement Gaps: Focusing on the Social and Economic Environment; Chapter 11 - Closing Achievement Gaps: A Focus on Schooling; References; IndexThis book synthesizes the research in the field to help head teachers understand the achievement gap and provides strategies to address the external society factors and internal school factors that contribute to this issue.Academic achievementEducational changeElectronic books.Academic achievement.Educational change.371.2011371.207Murphy Joseph1949-912547StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910480303903321The educator's handbook for understanding and closing achievement gaps2442254UNINA