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Nov 12, 2014 · Abstract. Social and economic disadvantage – not only poverty, but a host of associated conditions – depresses student performance. Concentrating students with these disadvantages in racially and economically homogenous schools depresses it further.
In this Policy Perspectives paper, Richard Rothstein, Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute, outlines a series of reforms, in addition to school improvement, that could help narrow the achievement gap.
Jun 16, 2006 · Richard Rothstein Outlines Reforms that Could Narrow the Achievement Gap. Without complementary investments in early childhood education, health care, housing, after-school and summer programs, and other social and economic supports, the academic achievement gap between lower- and middle-class children will never be closed.
Nov 15, 2004 · Richard Rothstein, the 2003-2004 Julius and Rosa Sachs Distinguished Lecturer, examined the impact of race and class on achievement in an extensive book review. Must Schools Fail?*.
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Prefaces Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute Arthur E. Levine, Teachers College Introduction Chapter 1: Social class, student achievement, and the black_white achievement gap The legacy of the Coleman report Some common misunderstandings about the gap Genetic influences Social class differences in childrearing Cultural influences on achievem...
In this book, Richard Rothstein asks us to view the black-white and low- to middle-income achievement gaps with a wider lens. His revealing and persuasive analysis of how social class shapes learning outcomes forces us to look at the differences in learning styles and readiness across students as they enter school for the first time. Further, he pr...
The 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s school desegregation order has intensified public awareness of the persistent gap in academic achievement between black and white students. The black-white gap is partly the difference between the achievement of all lower-class and middle-class students, but there is an additional gap between black and wh...
THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. By Richard R othstein. Policymakers almost universally conclude that persistent achievement gaps must result . from wrongly designed school policies — either expectations that are too low, teachers who. are insufficiently qualified, curricula that are badly designed, classes that are too large, .
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The Racial Achievement Gap, Segregated Schools, and Segregated Neighborhoods: A Constitutional Insult. Richard Rothstein. Published online: 6 November 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. Abstract. Social and economic disadvantage—not only poverty, but a host of associated conditions—depresses student performance.
