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Books -- Educational disparities

Here are some recent books on topics related to educational disparities, equality & access. (Books list #3)

Allington, R. L., & Walmsley, S. A. (2007). No quick fix : Rethinking literacy programs in America’s elementary schools /. New York, NY : Newark, DE: Teachers College Press ; International Reading Association. TC Wilson Library LB1576 .N8 2007

Apple, M. W., & Beane, J. A. (2007). Democratic schools : Lessons in powerful education / (2nd ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. TC Wilson Library LA217.2 .D45 2007

Belfield, C. R., & Levin, H. M. (2007). The price we pay : Economic and social consequences of inadequate education /. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. TC Wilson Library LC66 .P735 2007

Da Silva, C. D. (2007). The opportunity gap : Achievement and inequality in education /. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review. TC Wilson Library LC213.2 .O67 2007

Duncan-Andrade, Jeffrey Michael Reyes, & Morrell, E. (2008). The art of critical pedagogy : Possibilities for moving from theory to practice in urban schools /. New York: Peter Lang. TC Wilson Library LC5141 .D86 2008

Eitzen, D. S., & Johnston, J. E. (2007). Inequality : Social class and its consequences. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. TC Wilson Library HN90.S6 I54 2007

Ferguson, R. F. (2007). Toward excellence with equity : An emerging vision for closing the achievement gap. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. TC Wilson Library LC213.2 .F47 2007

Fruchter, N.,(2007). Urban schools, public will : Making education work for all our children /. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University. TC Wilson Library LC5131 .F78 2007

Gamoran, A. (2007). Standards-based reform and the poverty gap : Lessons for no child left behind /. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. TC Wilson Library LB2806.22 .S736 2007

Hess, F. M., & Finn, C. E. (2007). No remedy left behind : Lessons from a half-decade of NCLB /. Washington, D.C. : Blue Ridge Summit, PA: AEI Press. TC Wilson Library LB2806.22 .N625 2007

Kumashiro, K. K., & Ngo, B. (2007). Six lenses for anti-oppressive education : Partial stories, improbable conversations /. New York: Peter Lang. TC Wilson Library LC212.2 .S58 2007

Ochoa, G. L.,1965-. (2007). Learning from Latino teachers /. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. TC Wilson Library LC2670 .O28 2007

Osgood, R. L. (2008). The history of special education : A struggle for equality in american public schools /. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. TC Wilson Library LC3981 .O83 2008

Rovai, A. P., Gallien, L. B., & Stiff-Williams, H. R. (2007). Closing the African American achievement gap in higher education /. New York: Teachers College Press. TC Wilson Library LC2781 .C54 2007

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor (2007). Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (2007). Impact of No Child Left Behind on English language learners : Hearing before the subcommittee on early childhood, elementary and secondary education, committee on education and labor, U.S. House of Representatives, one hundred tenth congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, D.C., march 23, 2007. Washington: U.S. GPO. UM Internet US Gov Doc Y 4.ED 8/1:110-14

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. (2007). ESEA reauthorization : Options for improving NCLB's measures of progress : Hearing before the committee on education and labor, U.S. house of representatives, one hundred tenth congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, march 21, 2007. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Docs) Y 4.ED 8/1:110-11

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