Effort and Excellence in Urban Classrooms: Expecting―and Getting―Success With All Students

by Dick Corbett, Belinda Williams, Bruce L. Wilson

This timely volume reveals in great detail how educators closed the "performance gap" for low-income students by linking expectations and results. Drawing heavily on the words and experiences of students, teachers, and parents, this book describes how students who traditionally had not succeeded academically in school began to do so. Effort and Excellence in Urban Classrooms demonstrates just how this was done by

Genres: Education

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

Reviews

[Erin Hearts · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a teacher of "Urban" students, this book has really shaped my attitudes anew for the schoolyear to come. Being a good teacher is not about what strategies we use or how we break the class up into groups. This book described and promoted the idea that the best teachers share a truthful mindset of "no excuses" and "It's my job."
If a teacher truly believes that reaching EVERY STUDENT is her job, then true change and amelioration can be possible. We sometimes have excuses as teachers such as "the child's parents are unsupportive" or "I've tried to reach her but she won't listen," etc. These excuses paralyze us into mediocrity.
The students who are the hardest to reach are actually the students that need the MOST of our attention. Tf they are not getting enough at home then it is our job to pick up the slack and be that parent for them. It is our job as teachers to get kids to value education. When they value learning, our job is done because they are set up for life.

[Emily Lilja Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

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