Getting a Grip on the Gaps

Autor/in	Scherer, Marge
Titel	Getting a Grip on the Gaps
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 68 (2010) 3, S.7 (1 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Health Services; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Suburban Schools; Reading Difficulties; Summer Programs; Access to Computers; Educational Quality; Emergent Literacy; Equal Education; Educational Finance; Educational Equity (Finance); Literacy Education; After School Programs; Social Services; Family Programs; Achievement Gap; Racial Composition; School Segregation; Poverty; Socioeconomic Influences; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Sommerkurs; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Frühleseunterricht; Bildungsfonds; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Family program; Familienprogramm; Armut; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	From the nefarious achievement gaps, to the racial isolation in increasingly segregated schools; from the digital divide that results in kids not having access to computers, to the poverty gulf that results in kids not having homes; from boys' reading difficulties and girls' problems with math, to the disparities among rural, suburban, and urban school needs--these gaps present baffling problems. In this article, the author discusses the difficulty of closing these myriad gaps. Even though many practical and even inspiring solutions are suggested, the problems themselves sometimes seem as if they will never be conquered entirely. While one addresses one gap, another springs up. From massive infusions of money donated by successful entrepreneurs to an attitude adjustment for each person, the suggestions abound. Some people advocate looking at gaps as opportunities. Among their recommendations are providing equitable resources, high-quality education for all, intensive early literacy programs, well-planned after-school and summer programs, and social and health service coordination for families. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10