Achievement Matters Getting Your Child The Best Education Possible

Author : Hugh B. Price
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781617734571

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Achievement Matters: Getting Your Child The Best Education Possible by Hugh B. Price Pdf

"Inspiring stories, practical tips and expert advice." —Ebony "Inspiring stories and practical tips urge parents and caregivers to unlock their children's potential." —Library Journal "A much-needed resource that will enable parents to become partners in their children's academic success. Read it and tell others to read it." —Marian Wright Edelman, Founder, Children's Defense Fund There's a crisis in our classrooms. In school districts across the country, children of color earn sub-par test scores, and are frequently relegated to less challenging classes. Low achievement will doom our children to a future far beneath their capabilities—unless we do something about it. In this updated edition of Achievement Matters, Hugh B. Price, the former President of the National Urban League, shows you how to help your child succeed, and make America's public schools accountable. A vital resource for parents and caregivers, here are practical tips for improving children's literacy and achievement levels while instilling a lifelong enthusiasm for education. Price explains how to make sure your child isn't missing out on essential courses, recommends proven techniques for cutting through bureaucracy to create an environment conducive to learning, and shares insightful personal stories. From using the latest technology to providing after-school and summer programs to give our youth direction and keep them away from drugs and violence, this book offers real tools for making a powerful, positive impact and guiding your child to the brightest possible future. "A noteworthy effort to improve parental involvement, student motivation, and institutional accountability." —Kweisi Mfume, former President and CEO, NAACP 66,870 Words

Author : Rod Paige,Elaine WITTY
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780814415207

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The Black-White Achievement Gap by Rod Paige,Elaine WITTY Pdf

When it comes to race in America, we must face one uncomfortable but undeniable fact. Almost 50 years after the birth of the civil rights movement, inequality still reigns supreme in our classrooms. At a time when African-American students trail their white peers on academic tests and experience high dropout rates, low college completion rates, and a tendency to shy away from majors in hard sciences and mathematics, the Black-White achievement gap in our schools has become the major barrier to racial equality and social justice in America. In fact, it is arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time. The Black-White Achievement Gap is a call to action for this country to face up to and confront this crisis head on. Renowned former Secretary of Education Rod Paige believes we can close this gap. In this thought-provoking book, he and Elaine Witty trace the history of the achievement gap, discuss its relevance to racial equality and social justice, examine popular explanations, and offer suggestions for the type of committed leadership and community involvement needed to close it. African-American leaders need to rally around this important cause if we are to make real progress since students’ academic performance is a function not only of school quality, but of home and community factors as well. The Black-White Achievement Gap is an unflinching and long overdue look at the very real problem of racial disparity in our schools and what we must do to solve it.

Author : Hugh B. Price
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416612124

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Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed by Hugh B. Price Pdf

In Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed, Hugh B. Price shares the lessons learned while helping to do just that during his tenure as president of the National Urban League. Here, find out how educators can apply some of the same tactics to inspire and award academic achievement in even the most challenged school districts. Using real-life examples and shared wisdom from successful educators and community organizers coast to coast, Price describes ways to * Create initiatives such as community-based honor societies, parades, and rallies to motivate students and reward achievement; * Include parents in motivational efforts to rekindle students' natural curiosity and enthusiasm for learning; * Enlist the support of businesses and other community partners for both financial support and volunteer help; * Maximize use of the media to publicize student accomplishments; and * Set up programs that honor student achievement year-round. According to Price, a highly informed and engaged community is essential to closing the achievement gap. This book underscores that community-based efforts to motivate student success can be effective because they have been effective. The message for educators, parents, business and civic leaders, and members of the general public is that their consistent and creative involvement will result in invigorated youngsters, inspired to achieve in school and in life.

Author : Tavis Smiley
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781401951504

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The Covenant with Black America - Ten Years Later by Tavis Smiley Pdf

In 2006, Tavis Smiley—along with a team of esteemed contributors—laid out a national plan of action to address the ten most crucial issues facing African Americans.The Covenant, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller, ran the gamut from health care to criminal justice, affordable housing to education, voting rights to racial divides. But a decade later, Black men still fall to police bullets and brutality, Black women still die from preventable diseases, Black children still struggle to get a high quality education, the digital divide and environmental inequality persist, and American cities from Ferguson to Baltimore burn with frustration. In short, the last decade has seen the evaporation of Black wealth, with Black fel­low citizens having lost ground in nearly every leading economic category. And so in these pages Smiley calls for a renewal of The Covenant, presenting the original action plan alongside new data from the Indiana University School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) to underscore missed opportunities and the work that remains to be done. While life for far too many African Americans remains a struggle, the great freedom fighter Frederick Douglass was right: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Now is the time to finally convert the trials and tribulations of Black America into the progress that all of America yearns for.

Author : Christopher Harrison,Nneka Harrison
Publisher : Inward Journeys Consulting
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1595812326

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How to Help Your Child Achieve Academic Success in School: Educating Your Child During the Elementary, Middle, and High School Years by Christopher Harrison,Nneka Harrison Pdf

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Author : Marcus D. Pohlmann
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : De facto school segregation
ISBN : 9781572336384

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Opportunity Lost by Marcus D. Pohlmann Pdf

In Opportunity Lost, Marcus D. Pohlmann examines the troubling issue of why Memphis city school students are underperforming at alarming rates. His provocative interdisciplinary analysis, combining both history and social science, examines the events before and after desegregation, compares a city school to an affluent suburban school to pinpoint imbalances, and offers critical assessments of various educational reforms. In addition to his analysis of the problems, Pohlmann lays out educational reforms that run the gamut from early intervention and parental involvement to increasing teacher compensation, improving time utilization, and more. Pohlmann?s illuminating and original study has wide application for a problem that bedevils inner-city children everywhere and prevents the promise of equality from reaching all of our nation?s citizens. -- Book cover.

Author : Fred A. Bonner II
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313387234

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Academically Gifted African American Male College Students by Fred A. Bonner II Pdf

The first-ever study of African American giftedness at the collegiate level, focusing on two extraordinary case studies. At a time when so many studies of African American students focus on the factors of failure, Academically Gifted African American Male College Students fills a conspicuous void in the research literature on post-secondary education by focusing on success. Like no other work before it, this remarkable study goes deep inside the experiences of academically gifted African American men who successfully navigate their way through rigorous college-level programs. At the heart of the unique and long overdue work are two real-life stories of African American male students: one at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and the other at a Traditionally White Institution (TWI). In presenting, comparing, and contrasting these two cases, the book identifies a number of personal characteristics and institutional approaches driving their notable achievements. The result is a guidebook both for gifted African American male students and for the institutions looking to strengthen their support for them—particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Author : John Edwards,Marion Crain,Arne L. Kalleberg
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781595587329

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Ending Poverty in America by John Edwards,Marion Crain,Arne L. Kalleberg Pdf

An “engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly). Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the tens of millions of Americans living in “near poverty”? In this book, some of the country’s most prominent scholars, businesspeople, and community activists answer with a resounding yes. Published in conjunction with one of the country’s leading anti-poverty centers, Ending Poverty in America brings together respected social scientists, journalists, neighborhood organizers, and business leaders—both liberal and conservative—to tackle hot-button issues such as job creation, schools, housing, and family-friendly social policy, offering a template for a renewed public debate and a genuine effort to confront this urgent issue that undermines the long-term security of our nation. Contributors include: Jared Bernstein, Anita Brown-Graham, Carol Mendez Cassell, Richard Freeman, Angela Glover-Blackwell, Jacob Hacker, Harry Holzer, Jack F. Kemp, Ronald Mincy, Katherine S. Newman, Melvin L. Oliver, Dennis Orthner, David K. Shipler, Beth Shulman, Michael A. Stegman, Elizabeth Warren, William Julius Wilson.

Author : Erika V. Shearin Karres
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781449449919

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A+ Teachers by Erika V. Shearin Karres Pdf

A+ Teachers empowers parents with the knowledge needed to ensure their kids get the best education they can right now. The book walks through the basic teaching skills every teacher must master to be successful and then gives parents the tools needed to analyze how their kids' teachers measure up. This groundbreaking book then provides the steps for working with teachers, the school administration, and the PTA to ensure that all teachers in their local schools acquire these critical skills if they don't possess them already. Parents will learn how to assess and encourage improved performance in their children's classrooms by uncovering: what's really involved in effective teaching; how to better support their kids' teachers; strategies for raising the level of instruction for all kids; how to be more education-committed parents; how to inspire their children to fulfill their academic potential. There is not another book available that emboldens, empowers, and enlightens parents about what really goes on in today's classrooms. With A+ Teachers as their guide, parents will be armed with the ability to quickly evaluate their children's teachers-and then foster high standards within their schools.

Author : Floyd M. Hammack
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807744557

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The Comprehensive High School Today by Floyd M. Hammack Pdf

Hammack has gathered a distinguished group to assess current reform efforts in their sociological and historical context, taking into account the vision of James B. Conanat, the major proponent of the comprehensive high schools. Contributors are: Mary Erina Driscoll, Joseph P. McDonald, Jeannie Oakes, John L. Rury, Roger Shouse, Amy Suart Wells.

Author : Alfie Kohn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0618083456

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The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn Pdf

Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

Author : Sadye Louise Logan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015061180421

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Social Work with People of African Descent by Sadye Louise Logan Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UCAL:B5015797

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The High School Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015082964936

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Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Author : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.),Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015073863238

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The African American National Biography: Moore, Lenny-Romain by Henry Louis Gates (Jr.),Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Pdf

An 8-volume reference set containing over 4,000 entries written by distinguished scholars, 'The African American National Biography' is the most significant and expansive compilation of black lives in print today.