Advancing Equity and Achievement in America's Diverse Schools: Inclusive Theories, Policies, and Practices

ISBN-13: 9780415635615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 228 str.

Camille M. Wilson; Sonya Douglass Horsford

Opis

Advancing Equity and Achievement in Diverse U.S. Schools illustrates how educators, students, families and community partners can work in strategic ways to build on cultural and ethnic diversity as a way to advance educational equity and achievement. By drawing on the latest data on demographic change, constructions of culture and cultural difference, and the politics of school reform in urban, rural, and suburban school communities, this volume looks toward solutions and strategies for meaningful educational improvement. It argues that bridging cultural divides in today s diverse and fractured school communities means promoting inclusion and affirming multiple dimensions of diversity, including a focus on those students often overlooked in educational scholarship such as Native Americans, students experiencing poverty and/or homelessness, Muslim students, and non-heterosexual youth. With its focus on both the cultures of youth and families served in public school, and the culture of U.S. schooling, this edited collection emphasizes the immediate need for education that is culturally responsive, conscientious, inclusive, and unifying, and offers reform recommendations. It will be a meaningful resource for educators, policymakers, and community-based leaders interested in doing such transformative work.