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Summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on a conference held at the request of the US Department of Education, this volume draws on the conclusions of a number of important NRC reports.

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1 Front Matter; 2 Part I: Conference Summary: 1 Introduction; 3 2 Education and the Changing Nation; 4 3 How People Learn; 5 4 Social Dimensions of Learning; 6 5 Policy and the Education of Minority and Disadvantaged Students; 7 6 Linking Research and Practice; 8 References; 9 Part II: Perspectives of the Co-Moderators: Overview; 10 Education Reform in Context: Research, Politics, and Civil Rights; 11 Part III: Conference Papers: Trends in the Educational Achievement of Minority Students Since Brown v. Board of Education; 12 Why Racial Integration and Other Policies Since Brown v. Board of Education Have Only Partially Succeeded at Narrowing the Achievement Gap; 13 Education, Adequacy, Democracy, and the Courts; 14 Appendix A: Conference and Workshop Agendas; 15 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Conference Presenters

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    A Paperback by Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Catherine E. Snow

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      Publisher: National Academies Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/11/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780309083034, 978-0309083034
      ISBN10: 0309083036

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on a conference held at the request of the US Department of Education, this volume draws on the conclusions of a number of important NRC reports.

      Table of Contents
      1 Front Matter; 2 Part I: Conference Summary: 1 Introduction; 3 2 Education and the Changing Nation; 4 3 How People Learn; 5 4 Social Dimensions of Learning; 6 5 Policy and the Education of Minority and Disadvantaged Students; 7 6 Linking Research and Practice; 8 References; 9 Part II: Perspectives of the Co-Moderators: Overview; 10 Education Reform in Context: Research, Politics, and Civil Rights; 11 Part III: Conference Papers: Trends in the Educational Achievement of Minority Students Since Brown v. Board of Education; 12 Why Racial Integration and Other Policies Since Brown v. Board of Education Have Only Partially Succeeded at Narrowing the Achievement Gap; 13 Education, Adequacy, Democracy, and the Courts; 14 Appendix A: Conference and Workshop Agendas; 15 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Conference Presenters

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