Don't Level the Playing Field: Tip It toward the Underdogs

Autor/inn/en	Neuman, Susan B.; Celano, Donna C.
Titel	Don't Level the Playing Field: Tip It toward the Underdogs
Quelle	In: American Educator, 36 (2012) 3, S.20-21 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Neighborhoods; Reading Research; Poverty; Access to Computers; Disadvantaged; Technology Uses in Education; Reading Ability; Reading Instruction; Access to Information; Learner Engagement; Parent Participation; Libraries; Reading Improvement; Reading Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Leseforschung; Armut; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Leseunterricht; Elternmitwirkung; Library; Bibliothek; Leseleistung
Abstract	This article is excerpted from "Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital" by Susan B. Neuman and Donna C. Celano. Based on 21 studies conducted over 10 years in two neighborhoods, it offers a new lens on the achievement gap--and the need for both school and community solutions. The authors' research describes how the contrasting ecologies of affluence and poverty contribute to disparities in the development of information capital. To reverse the growing polarization between the so-called haves and have-nots, this article presents six policy recommendations, recognizing that they represent only a beginning to a much-needed process of serious thought, reflection, debate, and action. (Contains 2 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10