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...