Race, Class, and Family Intervention

Informationen zum Autor William Alfred Sampson is a professor of public policy at DePaul University in Chicago. His research has focused on both social class and the education of poor nonwhite students. Klappentext Many scholars have done research that suggests that too many poor black and Latino families have child-rearing strategies and home environments that are inconsistent with school achievement. This book reports on an effort to intervene in the home life of a group of non-white parents and grandparents who have low-performing children where each family is asked to adopt the characteristics of middle-class families. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part 1: Race! Class! and Educational Achievement Chapter 3 Research Methods Chapter 4 Initial Observations Part 5 Part 2: Intervention for Academic Success Chapter 6 Kendra Allen Chapter 7 Ida Smith Chapter 7 Jason Green Chapter 8 Anita Terry Chapter 9 Juan Luis Martienez Chapter 10 Jose Rosales Chapter 11 Frederico and Jose Luis Villar Chapter 12 Changing Class: What Have We Learned? Chapter 13 Appendix: Sample Curriculum and Intervention Notes

Klappentext

Many scholars have done research that suggests that too many poor black and Latino families have child-rearing strategies and home environments that are inconsistent with school achievement. This book reports on an effort to intervene in the home life of a group of non-white parents and grandparents who have low-performing children where each family is asked to adopt the characteristics of middle-class families.

Inhalt

Part 1 Part 1: Race, Class, and Educational Achievement Chapter 3 Research Methods Chapter 4 Initial Observations Part 5 Part 2: Intervention for Academic Success Chapter 6 Kendra Allen Chapter 7 Ida Smith Chapter 7 Jason Green Chapter 8 Anita Terry Chapter 9 Juan Luis Martienez Chapter 10 Jose Rosales Chapter 11 Frederico and Jose Luis Villar Chapter 12 Changing Class: What Have We Learned? Chapter 13 Appendix: Sample Curriculum and Intervention Notes