TY - BOOK AU - Lindsey,Randall B. AU - Karns,Michelle S. AU - Myatt,Keith T. TI - Culturally Proficient Education: An Asset-Based Response to Conditions of Poverty SN - 9781452210100 AV - LC4065 .L56 2010 U1 - 371.826/9420973 PY - 2010/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Corwin Press KW - Educational equalization KW - Children with social disabilities-Education KW - Poor-Education KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Part I - Why Poverty and Cultural Proficiency? -- Chapter 1 - Asset-Based Approaches to Students From Low-Income or Impoverished Communities -- Chapter 2 - The Middle Class School in Communities of Poverty -- Chapter 3 - The Cultural Proficiency Tools Build on Assets -- Part II - Prosocial School Applications -- Chapter 4 - Culturally Proficient Pedagogy -- Chapter 5 - Culturally Proficient Leadership Support for Instruction -- Chapter 6 - Policy Development to Ensure and Support Teaching and Learning -- Part III - A Call to Action -- Chapter 7 - A Call to Action: The Time Is Now -- Resource A - Cultural Proficiency Conceptual Framework -- Resource B - State Teachers' Association Retreat Script -- Resource C - Taniko's Poem -- Resource D - How to Use the Cultural Proficiency Books -- References -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Index N2 - This book is dedicated to providing readers with the knowledge and skills to maximize the educational opportunities for children raised in low socio-economic conditions UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1993439 ER -