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Poverty and Schooling in the U.S. : Contexts and Consequences.

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. Poverty and Schooling in the U....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2004.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education -- POVERTY AND SCHOOLING IN THE U.S. -- Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Teachers Need to Know About Poverty -- 3 Social Context of Poverty -- WELFARE 8220;REFORM8221; -- JOBS AND WAGES -- ECONOMIC POLARIZATION -- BUDGETS AND TAXES -- ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON 8220;DEPENDENCY8221; -- 4 Living in Poverty -- ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE -- HEALTH CARE -- CHILD LABOR -- COMMUNITY VIOLENCE -- FOSTER CARE -- FAMILY HOMELESSNESS -- SOCIALLY CREATED DISTRESS -- 5 Demographics of Poverty -- THE OFFICIAL PICTURE -- WHAT8217;S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE -- TOWARD A BETTER ASSESSMENT -- 6 8220;Savage Inequalities8221; in School Funding -- ARKANSAS: LAKE VIEW V. HUCKABEE -- OHIO: DEROLPH V. STATE -- NEW YORK: CAMPAIGN FOR FISCAL EQUITY V. STATE -- ILLINOIS: LEWIS E.V. SPAGNOW -- CALIFORNIA: WILLIAMS V. STATE -- 7 No Guarantees: The Struggle for Educational Opportunity -- EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDING AND SAN ANTONIO V. RODRIGUEZ -- SCHOOL DESEGREGATION: MILLIKEN I AND II -- EQUITY AND ADEQUACY -- STILL SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL -- 8 The Schooling of Poor Children -- 8220;GHETTO SCHOOLING8221; 1 FOR GHETTOIZED CHILDREN -- 8220;NESTED INEQUALITIES8221; -- TEST SCORES AND DROPOUT RATES -- CLASSROOM LANDSCAPES OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT 2 -- 9 Educational Reform -- PROVISIONS OF THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT -- A CHORUS OF COMPLAINTS -- FEARS OF LARGE-SCALE FAILURES -- FIXING THE WRONG PROBLEM -- HEAD START -- HIGH-STAKES TESTING, STANDARDS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- 10 How Poverty Could Matter Less in Schooling -- A REALISTIC AGENDA -- AN ADVOCACY-ORIENTED AGENDA -- 8220;NO EXCUSES8221;: A FALSE MAP -- 8220;INEQUALITY AT THE STARTING GATE8221; -- Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading and Research -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index. 
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