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Poverty and Schooling in the U.S.

Contexts and Consequences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Poverty is an educational issue because it affects children's physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Especially in current times, taken-for-granted ideas about poverty and poor children must be scrutinized and reconsidered. That is the goal of this book.

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Produktdetails

• Sociocultural, Political and Historical Studies in Education
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780805838930
• ISBN-10: 0805838937
• Artikelnr.: 21287009

Autorenporträt

Sue Books

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Introduction. What Teachers Need to Know About Poverty.
Social Context of Poverty. Living in Poverty. Demographics of Poverty.
"Savage Inequalities" in School Funding. No Guarantees: The Struggle for
Educational Opportunity. The Schooling of Poor Children. Educational
Reform. How Poverty Could Matter Less in Schooling. Appendix: Suggestions
for Further Reading and Research.