Category: Achievement Gap

Background With an enrollment of over 13,000 students in 23 schools, Pulaski County is one of the largest districts in the state of Arkansas. Pulaski County Special School School District (PCSSD) is committed to providing each student with an excellent education. Our districts diversity committee reviewed the districts mission, vision and core beliefs. The committee…

Education the process for receiving information and system for learning. A system for learning that is to be given to all students equally. There are many general topics in education. All of which are differ in how long they have been a problem and how large scale they are. A few of the smaller scale…

Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not collaboration through inquiry-based learning can help ELLs increase vocabulary and literacy skills in order to close the reading achievement gap. A mixed methods design was used with triangulation, using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to determine the themes in the qualitative data and…

Abstract This paper seeks to explore the complex relationship between the racist policies of Americas past and the achievement gap as coined by James Coleman in his 1966 eponymous report, also referred to as the Equality of Educational Opportunities report (EEO) (Coleman et al 1966). By tracing the history of the treatment of African Americans…

A. Advantages of Using PLCs Professional Learning Communities are not a program or an organized curriculum, but it is a way of working together so that everyone involved in a childs educational experience is focused on improving that childs and all childrens learning (Hord, 1997, p.2). According to Dr. Wanda Shelton, Superintendent of Lincoln County…

Disparities in education may provide some explanation for the racial wealth gap that exists in Chicago. Specifically, the process in which resources are allocated to different neighborhoods across the city widens the gap in educational achievement that may impact economic outcomes later in life. In Peter Hancocks article, Money Matters: How School Funding Inequities Affect…

If theres something weve learnt from the ever so long chronicles of human history, its that that we cant set boundaries to the benefits of knowledge/ education. And how far humanity has come in light of this realization is irrefutable. In the UK, for example there are currently 32,418 schools; among which 3,714 are nurseries,…

While a wide range of sociocultural forces contribute to the gender gap in mathematics, it is interesting to examine the brain composition of both males and females and the effects it has on overall performance. However, experience alters brain structures and functioning (Benbow, Geary, Gernsbacher, Gur, Halpern, & Hyde, 2014), so explanations regarding cognitive ability…