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Toward excellence with equity : an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap / by Ronald F. Ferguson

Author
Ferguson, Ronald F.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, [2007]
Copyright Date
©2007
Physical Description
375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Shifting challenges: fifty years of economic change toward Black-White earnings equality -- Test-score trends along racial lines, 1971 to 1996: popular culture and community academic standards -- Can schools narrow the Black-White test score gap? -- Teachers' perceptions and expectations and the Black-White test score gap -- A diagnostic analysis of Black-White GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio -- What doesn't meet the eye: understanding and addressing racial disparities in high-achieving suburban schools -- Appendix: The Tripod Project -- Five challenges to effective teacher professional development -- Toward excellence with equity: the role of parenting and transformative school reform -- Conclusion: Urgency and possibility: a call for a national movement.
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ISBN
1891792784
9781891792786
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-360) and index.
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