Educators can be a huge gift to students living in poverty. In many instances, education is the tool that gives a child life choices. A teacher or administrator who establishes mutual respect, cares enough to make sure a student knows how to survive school, and gives that student the necessary skills is providing a gift that will keep affecting lives from one generation to the next. Never has it been more important to give students living in poverty this gift. References Bloom, B. (1976). Human characteristics and school learning. New York: McGraw-Hill. Comer, J. (1995). Lecture given at Education Service Center, Region IV. Houston, TX. Hart, B., & Risley, T. R. (1995). Meaningful differences in the everyday experience of young American children. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes. Joos, M. (1972). The styles of the five clocks. In R. D. Abrahams & R. C. Troike (Eds.), Language and cultural diversity in American education (pp. 145–149). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Marzano, R. J. (2007). The art and science of teaching: A comprehensive framework for effective instruction. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Montana-Harmon, M. R. (1991). Discourse features of written Mexican Spanish: Current research in contrastive rhetoric and its implications. Hispania, 74(2), 417–425. Palincsar, A. S., & Brown, A. L. (1984). The reciprocal teaching of comprehension-fostering and comprehension-monitoring activities. Cognition and Instruction, 1(2), 117–175. Ruby Payne is President of aha! Process. Her most recent book is Under-resourced Learners: Eight Strategies to Boost Student Achievement (aha! Process, 2008); .
Educators can be a huge gift to students living in poverty. In many instances, education is the tool that gives a child life choices. A teacher or administrator who establishes mutual respect, cares enough to make sure a student knows how to survive school, and gives that student the necessary skills is providing a gift that will keep affecting lives from one generation to the next. Never has it been more important to give students living in poverty this gift. References Bloom, B. (1976). Human characteristics and school learning. New York: McGraw-Hill. Comer, J. (1995). Lecture given at Education Service Center, Region IV. Houston, TX. Hart, B., & Risley, T. R. (1995). Meaningful differences in the everyday experience of young American children. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes. Joos, M. (1972). The styles of the five clocks. In R. D. Abrahams & R. C. Troike (Eds.), Language and cultural diversity in American education (pp. 145–149). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Marzano, R. J. (2007). The art and science of teaching: A comprehensive framework for effective instruction. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Montana-Harmon, M. R. (1991). Discourse features of written Mexican Spanish: Current research in contrastive rhetoric and its implications. Hispania, 74(2), 417–425. Palincsar, A. S., & Brown, A. L. (1984). The reciprocal teaching of comprehension-fostering and comprehension-monitoring activities. Cognition and Instruction, 1(2), 117–175. Ruby Payne is President of aha! Process. Her most recent book is Under-resourced Learners: Eight Strategies to Boost Student Achievement (aha! Process, 2008); .
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