Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Multicultural Education Series)

Content: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Imagining Equitable Classrooms and Schools for Students Experiencing Poverty: An Equity Literacy Approach -- Chapter 3. The Inequity Mess We're In: A Class and Poverty Primer -- Chapter 4. Embracing a Structural View of Poverty and Education: Ditching Deficit Ideology and Quitting Grit -- Chapter 5. The Trouble with the "Mindset of Poverty" and Other Stereotypes about People Experiencing Poverty -- Chapter 6. Class Inequities Beyond School Walls and Why They Matter at School -- Chapter 7. The Achievement -- Er, Opportunity -- Gap in School -- Chapter 8. Teaching Students Experiencing Poverty in Effective, Equitable, and Even Data-Informed Ways: Curricular and Pedagogical Strategies -- Chapter 9. The Mother of All Strategies: Nurturing Equality-Informed Relationships with Students and Families -- Chapter 10. Cultivating School Change through Equity Literacy: Commitments and Strategies for School and District Leaders -- Chapter 11. Expanding Our Spheres of Influence: Advocating Change for the Educational and Societal Good This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. The Second Edition features two new chapters—“Embracing a Structural View of Poverty and Education: Ditching Deficit Ideology and Quitting Grit” and “Cultivating School Change through Equity Literacy: Commitments and Strategies for School and District Leaders”—plus extensive revisions throughout based on newly available research and lessons from the author’s professional development work. Gorski outlines the dangers of “grit” and deficit perspectives as responses to educational disparities; offers research-informed, on-the-ground strategies for teaching and leading with equity literacy; and provides expanded lists of resources and readings to support transformative equity work in high-poverty and mixed-class schools. Written in an engaging, conversational style that makes complex concepts accessible, this book will help readers learn how to recognize and respond to even the subtlest inequities in their classrooms, schools, and districts. -- Provided by publisher. Read more... Abstract: Describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognise and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. Written with an engaging, conversational style that makes complex concepts accessible, this book will help readers learn how to recognise and respond to even the subtlest inequities. Read more...

This influential book describes the knowledge and skills educators need to recognize and combat the bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. This edition features revisions based on new research and lessons from the author’s professional development work, including the dangers of “grit” and deficit perspectives.

“A must-read for educators in schools of all kinds. This accessible, highly relevant book empowers teachers with tools they can use today. Read it, talk about it with your friends and colleagues, and use it as a guide for your next project in educational activism! Our students’ school experiences will surely be better for it.”
—Rethinking Schools

“Provides a good overview of the topic, delivers clear, well-researched information, and helps all educators expand their knowledge of poverty and social class.”
—Choice

“Gorski provides practical strategies for teachers, administrators, and school staff that will help immediately improve schools, particularly for the most marginalized students.”
—Cheryl Robinson, cultural competency coordinator, Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia

This influential book describes the knowledge and skills educators need to recognize and combat the bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. This edition features revisions based on new research and lessons from the author's professional development work, including the dangers of "grit" and deficit perspectives. "A must-read for educators in schools of all kinds. This accessible, highly relevant book empowers teachers with tools they can use today. Read it, talk about it with your friends and colleagues, and use it as a guide for your next project in educational activism! Our students' school experiences will surely be better for it." — Rethinking Schools "Provides a good overview of the topic, delivers clear, well-researched information, and helps all educators expand their knowledge of poverty and social class." — Choice "Gorski provides practical strategies for teachers, administrators, and school staff that will help immediately improve schools, particularly for the most marginalized students." —Cheryl Robinson, cultural competency coordinator, Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognise and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. Featuring important revisions based on newly available research and lessons from the author's professional development work, this second edition includes: a new chapter outlining the dangers of 'grit' and deficit perspectives as responses to educational disparities; three updated chapters of research-informed, on-the-ground strategies for teaching and leading with equity literacy; and expanded lists of resources and readings to support transformative equity work in high-poverty and mixed-class schools