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The Achievement Gap : A Poverty Crisis, Not an Education Crisis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (93 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475841923
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Achievement GapDDC classification:
  • 362.50973
LOC classification:
  • HC110.P6 .W344 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
The Achievement Gap -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Background -- Introduction -- 1 Child Poverty -- 2 Unemployment -- 3 Race and Poverty -- 4 Family Characteristics -- 5 School Behavior -- 6 Homelessness -- 7 Gangs and Poverty -- 8 Why Has the Income Achievement Gap Grown? -- 9 Is Government Assistance the Answer? -- 10 What Needs to Be Done? -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Author.
Summary: Dr. Wages has written a detailed, well documented book that can serve as an informative resource to create an awareness of the multidimensional and complex issues of poverty.
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The Achievement Gap -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Background -- Introduction -- 1 Child Poverty -- 2 Unemployment -- 3 Race and Poverty -- 4 Family Characteristics -- 5 School Behavior -- 6 Homelessness -- 7 Gangs and Poverty -- 8 Why Has the Income Achievement Gap Grown? -- 9 Is Government Assistance the Answer? -- 10 What Needs to Be Done? -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Author.

Dr. Wages has written a detailed, well documented book that can serve as an informative resource to create an awareness of the multidimensional and complex issues of poverty.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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