Challenges Facing Suburban Schools - Promising Responses to Changing Student Populations

Informationen zum Autor Shelley B. Wepner is Dean and Professor of Education in the School of Education of Manhattanville College. She has over 145 publications focused primarily on connections between K-12 education and higher education and leadership skills for effectively supporting teacher education and literacy development.Diane W. Gómez is Associate Professor of Second Languages and Chairperson for the Department of Educational Leadership and Special Subjects in the School of Education at Manhattanville College. Klappentext This coedited book describes the impact that an increasingly diverse student population has on suburban schools. Zusammenfassung This coedited book describes the impact that an increasingly diverse student population has on suburban schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis DedicationForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1Demography and Educational Politics in the Changing Suburbs Stephen Kotok and Erica FrankenbergChapter 2Race, Ethnicity, and Social Capital in the Changing SuburbsCarl L. Bankston III and Stephen C. CaldasChapter 3Administrators' Accountabilities in Changing Suburban SchoolsShelley B. Wepner and Diane W. GómezChapter 4Lessons for Leaders about Educating English LearnersDouglas Fisher and Nancy FreyChapter 5 A Conceptual Framework for the Educational Success of Dual Language Learners: Reducing the Achievement GapEugene E. García Chapter 6Effective Literacy Instruction for English Learners María Paula GhisoChapter 7Data-Driven Decisions on Effective Performance Measures of English LearnersDebbie ZacarianChapter 8Closing the Parent Gap in Changing School DistrictsPatricia Edwards, Lisa Domke, and Kristen WhiteAbout the Authors

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• Authors: Shelley B. (EDT)/ Gomez Wepner, Shelley B. Gomez Wepner
• Assisted by: Diane W Gomez (Editor), Diane W. Gomez (Editor), Gomez Diane W. (Editor), Shelley B Wepner (Editor), Shelley B. Wepner (Editor), Wepner Shelley B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781475832822
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3282-2
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / General