The Kids Left Behind: Catching Up the Underachieving Children of Poverty

Robert D. Barr

ISBN 10: 1932127909 / ISBN 13: 9781932127904

Published by Solution Tree, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kids Left Behind: Catching Up the Underachieving Children of Poverty
• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932127909
• ISBN 13: 9781932127904
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 1.9W x 20.3H x 25.4D centimeters 1.9 centimeters width by 20.3 centimeters height by 25.4 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

Examine critical studies on high-performing, high-poverty schools to identify how schools can fulfill the mission of educating all students to proficiency, especially students at risk. The authors compiled the most important research on how low-performing, high-poverty schools achieved radical improvements in learning for their most vulnerable students and also identified eight best practices, breaking them down into specific strategies, often using real-life examples from successful schools.

About the Author

Robert D. Barr, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized award-winning scholar, speaker, and author who has appeared on national television programs, served as an expert witness on education, and presented testimony to subcommittees of the U.S. Congress. He is the former director of teacher education at Indiana University and former dean of the College of Education at Oregon State University. William H. Parrett, Ph.D., has received international recognition for his work in school improvement, alternative education, and youth at risk. He consults with state departments, boards of education, state and regional service providers, and school districts in 35 states and 8 nations. He is the director of the Center for School Improvement and Policy Studies.