Creating the Opportunity to Learn: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Understanding the Achievement Gap
Chapter 1: What Are the Dimensions of the Gap?
Chapter 2: What's Race Got to Do with It?
Part II: Analyzing the Research
Chapter 3: Engagement
Chapter 4: Guiding Functions
Chapter 5: Asset-Focused Factors: Interpersonal Relationships
Chapter 6: Asset-Focused Factors: Intersubjectivity
Chapter 7: Asset-Focused Factors: Information Processing Quality
Part III: Applying What We Know
Chapter 8: Why Are Some Schools Making More Progress than Others?
Chapter 9: What Can We Do to Close the Gap?
Notes
References
Index
About the Authors