Overcoming the Achievement Gap
Anthony Muhammad
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Ensure learning equality in every classroom. Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on students. Explore strategies for adopting a new mindset that frees educators and students from negative academic performance expectations.
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Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The History Behind the Achievement Gap
Chapter 2: A Practical Commitment to Equality
Chapter 3: Mindset and Cultural Change
Chapter 4: The Superiority Mindset
Chapter 5: The Victim Mindset
Chapter 6: The Liberation Mindset
References and Resources
Index
Anthony's tenure as a practitioner has earned him several awards as both a teacher and a principal. His most notable accomplishment came as principal of Levey Middle School in Southfield, Michigan, a National School of Excellence, where student proficiency on state assessments more than doubled in five years. Anthony and the staff at Levey used the Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM process for school improvement, and they have been recognized in several videos and articles as a model high-performing PLC.
As a researcher, Anthony has published articles in several publications in both the United States and Canada. He is author of Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division and The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level and a contributor to The Collaborative Administrator.
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