
FirstSchool
Transforming PreK-3rd Grade for African American, Latino, and Low-Income Children
Teachers' College Press
Published on 29. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8077-5481-8 (ISBN)
Description
FirstSchool is a groundbreaking framework for teaching minority and low-income children. This work discusses the research and practice to date that defines "FirstSchool" as a critical approach to closing the achievement and opportunity gaps. Changing the conversation from improving test scores to improving school experiences, it features lessons learned from eight elementary schools whose leadership and staff implemented sustainable changes in their classrooms and schools. The authors detail how to use education research and data to provide a rationale for change; how to promote professional learning that is genuinely collaborative and respectful; and how to employ developmentally appropriate teaching strategies that focus on the needs of minority and low-income children.
Book Features:
Case studies illustrating developmentally appropriate practices that can be applied across varied PreK-3 contexts.
Key principles used by FirstSchool and its partners to reinvigorate the professionalism of teachers.
Concrete guidance for choosing and using relevant data, enriching the curriculum, improving instruction, and developing home-school partnerships.
Book Features:
Case studies illustrating developmentally appropriate practices that can be applied across varied PreK-3 contexts.
Key principles used by FirstSchool and its partners to reinvigorate the professionalism of teachers.
Concrete guidance for choosing and using relevant data, enriching the curriculum, improving instruction, and developing home-school partnerships.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-5481-8 (9780807754818)
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Persons
Sharon Ritchie is the director of FirstSchool at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Laura Gutmann is a research assistant for the FirstSchool project with experience in nonprofit management and early childhood education.