{"product_id":"challenges-facing-suburban-schools-shelley-b-wepner-9781475832822","title":"Challenges Facing Suburban Schools: Promising Responses to Changing Student Populations","description":"This coedited book describes the impact that an increasingly diverse student population has on 21st century suburban schools. It also presents what can and should be done to help K-12 school district administrators and teachers address this growing phenomenon across the nation. This eight-chapter book: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovides a demographic, political, economic, and sociological overview of the changing nature of suburban schools \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edescribes the nature of student diversity in the changing suburbs and issues with student achievement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eidentifies administrative responsibilities and program structures for working with a changing student population\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eproposes ways to reduce the achievement gap, most notably in literacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elooks at how to use \"whole child\" assessment protocols to provide support for such students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edelves into parent inequities within changing suburban districts and offers ideas for closing the parent gap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis book is written for school district administrators, teachers, legislators, policy makers, teacher educators, and educational researchers for developing programs and pathways for a segment of the student and parent population that now is living in suburban areas without traditional roots as advantaged suburbanites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelley B. Wepner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475832826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475832822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Shelley B. Wepner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123886813439,"sku":"9781475832822","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f907ec0-f21e-4658-9b5e-d7b2b35ef205.jpg?v=1687433471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/challenges-facing-suburban-schools-shelley-b-wepner-9781475832822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}