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Raffo, Carlo, Ed.; Dyson, Alan, Ed.; Gunter, Helen, Ed.; Hall, Dave, Ed.; Jones, Lisa, Ed.; Kalambouka, Afroditi, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational outcomes are related, there are competing explanations as…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Disadvantaged Schools, Poverty, Educational Objectives
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Coultas, Valerie – Gender and Education, 1989
Discusses ways that social psychologists have misunderstood the self-esteem of young Black women. Challenges the paternalistic, classist, and racist assumptions that have prevailed. Teachers can encourage young Black students' high expectations for themselves by rejecting a deficit model and developing an anti-racist approach in classroom and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Black Teachers, Cultural Pluralism