Achieving High Educational Standards for All: Conference Summary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309083034)

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.

Author: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc
ISBN-10: 0309083036
ISBN-13: 9780309083034
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2002
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.02w x 0.77d