03458cam a2200325 a 4500 18275 18275 16050782 20161205100057.0 100112s2010 miua j b 001 0 eng 2010000262 9780737747492 (hardcover) 0737747498 (hardcover) 9780737747508 (pbk.) 0737747501 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn441153969 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP IBI SIN C#P IOE QBX EDK EEK SGB DLC LB1062.6 .A33 2010 The achievement gap / Karen Miller, book editor. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010. 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Opposing viewpoints series Includes bibliographical references and index. What causes the achievement gap? Racial differences contribute to the achievement gap / Melissa Jenco -- Racial differences do not contribute to the achievement gap / Al Ramirez and Dick Carpenter -- Members of higher social classes have an academic edge / Richard E Nisbett -- Members of all social classes have equal access to educational information / Paul Teske, Jody Fitzpatrick, and Gabriel Kaplan -- The achievement gap in mathematics is caused by a lack of resources / Alfinio Flores -- The achievement gap in mathematics could be narrowed with better planning / Frances R Spielhagen -- How do schools affect the achievement gap? Schools reinforce cultural advantages / Jean Yonemura Wing -- Schools reinforce cultural disadvantages / Jamie Lew -- Poor-quality educators contribute to the urban achievement gap / Joel I. Klein -- School violence contributes to the urban achievement gap / Steve Giegerich -- Boys achieve less in literacy because schools do not support their interests / Peg Tyre -- What educational strategies narrow the achievement gap? Closing the achievement gap requires training school leaders / José W. Lalas and Ronald D. Morgan -- Personal responsibility is important for academic achievement / Barack Obama -- Age at kindergarten entry affects future disparities in student achievement / Elizabeth Cascio -- Arts programs help narrow the achievement gap / Doug Belden -- How does public policy affect the achievement gap? No Child Left Behind Act has increased student achievement / Naomi Chudowsky, Victor Chudowsky, and Nancy Kober -- No Child Left Behind Act has widened the achievement gap / Liz Hollingworth -- School vouchers narrow the achievement gap / Andrew Coulson -- School vouchers do not narrow the achievement gap / Patrick Wolf...[et al.] -- Removing bias in academic science and engineering will narrow gender barriers / Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering -- Enforcing Title IX will not narrow the gender achievement gap in the sciences / Patricia Hausman. Academic achievement United States Juvenile literature. Educational equalization United States Juvenile literature. Miller, Karen, 1973- lcc BOOKS LB1062.6 .A33 2010 0 0 lcc 0 0 MUC MUC TECH 2016-12-05 Donation(B.F.A) 0 LB1062.6 .A33 2010 28700 2018-06-25 2016-12-05 BOOKS