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Achieving High Educational Standards for All

By National Research Council

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0309083036, 9780309083034, 9780309509503
Open Library ID
OL10358498M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4866352 bytes)
Pages
300\300
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This volume summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the important goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on a conference held at the request of the U.S. Department of Education, it addresses three questions: What progress has been made in advancing the education of minority and disadvantaged students since the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision nearly 50 years ago? What does research say about the reasons of successes and failures? What are some of the strategies and practices that hold the promise of producing continued improvements? The volume draws on the conclusions of a number of important recent NRC reports, including How People Learn, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Eager to Learn, and From Neurons to Neighborhoods, among others. It includes an overview of the conference presentations and discussions, the perspectives of the two co-moderators, and a set of background papers on more detailed issues.

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