Challenging Assumptions About the Achievement Gap. Al Ramirez and Dick Carpenter.
by Ramirez, Al; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 12Institutions. Publisher: Phi Delta Kappan, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Academic achievement | Education -- Parent participation | Education -- Research | Educational accountability | Hispanic American students | Minority students | Public schools | Stereotype (Psychology)DDC classification: 050 Summary: The authors discuss their research on the achievement gap between and within minority groups, and conclude "that both school-based factors and home-based factors are important to the success of every child, regardless of racial or ethnic differences. School policy and practice must be founded not on perceptions of group stereotypes, but rather on knowledge about each student's needs and strengths." (PHI DELTA KAPPAN)Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
Originally Published: Challenging Assumptions About the Achievement Gap, April 2005; pp. 599-603.
The authors discuss their research on the achievement gap between and within minority groups, and conclude "that both school-based factors and home-based factors are important to the success of every child, regardless of racial or ethnic differences. School policy and practice must be founded not on perceptions of group stereotypes, but rather on knowledge about each student's needs and strengths." (PHI DELTA KAPPAN)
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