Culture, Poverty, and Education - What's Happening in Today's Schools? (Paperback)

Most changes in education-including the rise of standardized testing, holding teachers accountable for their students' academic performance, and rewriting math and reading standards-don't address poverty. Understanding the relationship between poverty, class, and education for decades has been framed through studies on the behavior and culture of poor students and their families. Educators are caught up in the history of classism and are often guilty of buying into the mindset-including the implementation of activities and strategies for working with 'parents' in poverty or 'students' in poverty-that leads them to believe in the need to 'fix' the poor instead of eliminating the inequities that oppress them. So it is not just one or the other; nature or nurture, poor or not poor. Poverty is a potential outcome for all of us. Culture, Poverty, and Education: What's Happening in Today's Schools? is intended to not only discuss 5 myths about the culture of poverty and its effects on education, but provide some resources on alternatives for educator's to better address this growing barrier to student achievement in today's schools.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Michele Wages
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	78
ISBN-13:	978-1-4758-2012-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > General
LSN:	1-4758-2012-7
Barcode:	9781475820126

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