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Toward excellence with equity : an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap

Title
Toward excellence with equity : an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap / by Ronald F. Ferguson.
Author
Ferguson, Ronald F.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2007.

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Description
375 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-360) and index.
Contents
Shifting challenges: fifty years of economic change toward Black-White earnings equality -- Test-score trends along racial lines, 1971 to 1996: popular culture and community academic standards -- Can schools narrow the Black-White test score gap? -- Teachers' perceptions and expectations and the Black-White test score gap -- A diagnostic analysis of Black-White GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio -- What doesn't meet the eye: understanding and addressing racial disparities in high-achieving suburban schools -- Appendix: The Tripod Project -- Five challenges to effective teacher professional development -- Toward excellence with equity: the role of parenting and transformative school reform -- Conclusion: Urgency and possibility: a call for a national movement.
Call Number
Sc E 09-85
ISBN
  • 9781891792793 (Library ed.)
  • 1891792792 (Library ed.)
  • 9781891792786 (pbk.)
  • 1891792784 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007932119
OCLC
174132351
Author
Ferguson, Ronald F.
Title
Toward excellence with equity : an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap / by Ronald F. Ferguson.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-360) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 09-85
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