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The Roots of Low Achievement

Where to Begin Altering Them
  • ISBN-13: 9781475849882
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Sandra Stotsky
  • Price: AUD $77.99
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  • Local release date: 13/09/2019
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Education [JN]
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The chief purpose of this book is to explain how public education in this country became dysfunctional as a result of the education policies and programs funded by the federal government to address low academic achievement. It highlights student effort as a central factor in academic achievement, based on research noting its significance. Teachers and school administrators cannot make children ready for college or career by grade 12 if their parents do not make them ready for school learning by kindergarten or grade 1. Once both the schools and students' parents together made students ready for membership in our civic culture. They learned they were politically equal to each other, with a shared civic identity, regardless of academic achievement. Yet, policy makers at USED and philanthropists in this country with a professed interest in the education of low achievers want low achievers to believe that their academic status is all that matters and that they haven't succeeded academically because of bigoted teachers, administrators, and communities. Parent/school partnerships need to revive their community's agreed-upon mission for public education if we are to alter the roots of low achievement in this country.
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: The Deteriorating Curriculum in American High Schools Chapter Two: What Policy Makers, Educators, and Education Researchers Have Examined Chapter Three: Teachers of Minority Students in 1966 Chapter Four: Non-School Factors Influencing Low Achievement Chapter Five: What Non-Education Researchers Have Explored Since 1966 Chapter Six: Why Philanthropists Have Wasted Money on Low-Achieving Schools Chapter Seven: Why We Don't Learn from Failed OR Effective Policies Chapter Eight: Public Deception Chapter Nine: Gap-Closing as an Educational Goal Chapter Ten: How to Begin Altering the Roots of Low Achievement About the Author
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