Educating the other America : top experts tackle poverty, literacy, and achievement in our schools /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Neuman, Susan B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub., [2008]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the mediating mechanisms of the effects of poverty on reading achievement / Susan B. Neuman
  • Poverty and its consequences / Susan B. Neuman
  • Childhood poverty in economic and public policy contexts / Sandra K. Danziger and Sheldon H. Danziger
  • Childhood poverty, race, and equal opportunity / Mary Corcoran
  • How childhood poverty and income affect children's cognitive functioning and school achievement / Vonnie C. McLoyd and Kelly M. Purtell
  • Poverty, early literacy achievement, and education reform / Julia Parkinson and Brian Rowan
  • Literacy achievement in the primary grades in high-poverty schools / Louisa C. Moats and Barbara R. Foorman
  • Social and academic achievement of children and youth in urban, high-poverty neighborhoods / Charles R. Greenwood
  • How instruction can make a difference / Susan B. Neuman
  • Improving achievement for English language learners / Claude Goldenberg
  • Effective language instruction for African American children / Holly K. Craig
  • Shared book reading interventions / Deborah C. Simmons ... [et al.]
  • The dual coding theory / Allan Paivio
  • Success for all, embedded multimedia, and the teaching-learning orchestra / Robert E. Slavin, Nancy A. Madden, and Bette Chambers
  • How technology can make a difference / Susan B. Neuman
  • Design features in living books and their effects on young children's vocabulary / Adriana G. Bus ... [et al.]
  • The limits of the self-teaching hypotheses / Marilyn Jager Adams
  • Television and learning / Heather L. Kirkorian and Daniel R. Anderson
  • Maximizing informal learning from digital technologies / Sandra L. Calvert
  • The benefits of going green / Kathleen A. Roskos.