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Using your Library Media Program to Establish Instructional Equity |
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Written by Fitzgerald Georges
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Saturday, 26 March 2005 |
“a persistent, pervasive, and significant disparity in educational achievement and attainment among groups of students as determined by a standardized measure. When analyzed according to race and ethnicity achievement disparities negatively impact educational outcomes for poor and children of color on a consistent basis.”
A Student Achievement Gap, Pearson, 2001
In 1992, Jonathan Kozol’s investigative work, Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, revealed the stark economic disparities that exist in inner city schools vs. their suburban counterpart schools. What was true then still exists now. Impoverished neighborhood schools continue to lag behind affluent neighborhood schools in per capita spending, extracurricular programs, recruiting qualified teachers, standardized test scores. Current research indicate that the gap is
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