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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Opportunity gap"”.
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Building Capacity in K-12 Educational Leaders to Address the Opportunity Gap
… leaders’ capacity to proactively address the opportunity gap for students considered marginalized and eliminate exclusionary practices in their neighborhood school. Using transformative and inclusive leadership approaches, a change intervention plan incorporating a diagnostic framework, the …
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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Low-Income Urban Minority Students in Turnaround Schools
<p>As we prepare to address and stem many of the systemic racist policies that plague our low-income minority students, we have to remain diligent and innovative in our attempt to provide our low-income minority students, as early as pre-kindergarten, access to opportunities that will ultimately …
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Narrowing the Opportunity Gap: Developing Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
<p>As per Breeze and Laborda (2016), a culturally responsive curriculum addresses the integration of students into a new culture, as bilingual education traditionally receives minimal interest from the authorities. Akkari and Loomis (1998) explain that bilingual education is socially and …
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Shifting the mindset : an explanatory sequential study exploring how the self-efficacy of Black students intersects with the opportunity gap in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
The opportunity gap in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) is a major issue that does not seem to have an easy solution. One of the key indicators of this gap is the current graduation rate. As of 2022, 92% of White students graduate versus 86% of Black students across the county. At Meade …
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Examining students’ perceptions of culturally responsive teaching at a Northeastern United States middle school : a quantitative survey study.
… responsive teaching (CRT) increases the opportunity gap and hinders the long-term success of students of color (Hernandez, 2022). Educators frequently lack the skills needed to implement CRT, a vital approach for creating inclusive environments that support students from diverse …
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From Poverty to Purpose: Equalizing Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Students
… that “educational achievement and attainment gaps between high and low socioeconomic status youth may lead to greater inequality in future outcomes, like employment, income, neighborhood residence, criminality, and health.” School leaders have implemented various school reform initiatives to …
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Equity in Education: Transforming Urban Middle Schools for Black Students Success
… of research that shows there is an achievement gap for Black students compared to their peers. While the achievement gap reflects the educational disparities among student groups, it is closely linked to an opportunity gap which refers to unequal access to economic and social resources creating …
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Listening in: An Exploration of Forms for Hearing Aid Design
… hearing aids. In the process of doing so, the opportunity gap between the success of consumer audio hearables and the lack of proactivity for hearing aid adoption is investigated. Information collected from interviews, surveys and codesign sessions was synthesized into three design …
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Opportunity, but at what cost? African-American parents' experiences in a predominantly white school
… Progress (NAEP), provide evidence of the gap in success between African-American and white students. Despite national calls for increased school accountability and focus on achievement gaps, many African-American children continue to struggle in school academically, as compared to their …
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Reimagining schools: A descriptive analysis of effective practices for educating marginalized students
… depravities are evidenced by the achievement gap, which is merely a symptom of a more substantial issue, the opportunity gap. The opportunity gap results in further issues that affect communities of color, specifically related to quality of life and overall level of educational attainment. …
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Understanding the Impact of Asset-Based Teaching on the Academic Motivations of High-Achieving Marginalized High School Students
… the anticipation is to narrow the academic opportunity gap while also exploring and determining asset-based educational and academic motivations which are best suited for high-achieving, marginalized students.</p>
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Special Considerations in Gifted Identification: Increasing Access and Equitable Practices for Underrepresented Populations in an Urban School District
… equity issues in gifted education the large gaps of disproportionality persist. Explanations for this occurrence of underrepresentation is linked to the general processes for identifying gifted students, which are based largely on norm referenced standardized tests, with a single score …
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Pre-service teachers’ emerging views on educational equity
… factors that contribute to the educational opportunity gap in the U.S. In the Winter 2019 semester, a faculty team at the author’s university piloted such a course. The course included data explorations dealing with structural inequities by race – one of the most difficult topics to address …
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White Racial Framing in the Principalship: Implications for Culturally Responsive School Leadership
… of racism and denial of equal access and opportunity to students of color. Despite efforts to close the opportunity gap, inequity remains. In this action research study, I explored my own leadership, utilizing surveys of stakeholders and focus group conversations to gain perspective on how …
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Relationships and Belonging in Elementary Schools with High Teacher Turnover
… rates, and ultimately lower the effects of the opportunity gap.</p>
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The Underrepresentation of Black Students in Advanced Placement Classes: A Local Response to a National Issue
… our country is the black and white achievement gap. One specific program that has been developed and implemented over the last several years in an effort to provide strong academic curriculum and raise student achievement, including minority student achievement, is the College Board's advanced …
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A Time to Create Change: A Case Study of Culturally Relevant Education
<p>An opportunity gap exists in the United States school system where students of color score lower on standardized tests and have fewer opportunities than their white counterparts. Culturally Relevant Education (CRE) theory attempts to close this gap, and is defined by Gloria Ladson-Billings …
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Do You Hear Us? Amplifying Alternative Pathways for High School Pushouts Through Youth Participatory Action Research
… Campuses (AECs). However, there is a current gap in the research that amplifies the counter narratives of students currently enrolled at an AEC, through their own words, using Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Studies conducted with students who have been labeled “high-risk” are …
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Teachers’ Experiences And Perceptions Of Equity-Oriented Practices In K-5 Literacy Instruction
… Education (2021) signaled an evident achievement gap. The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015) required equity strategies and evidence-based interventions to improve and encourage schools, educators, and leaders to determine which data-driven approaches best meet school and student needs. Effective …
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A Program Evaluation of Tuition Free Boarding Schools: Lessons and Policy Implications for Public School Districts Educating the Whole Child
… a school culture that focuses on closing the opportunity gap, preparing them for college and career success, and beyond. I also proposed funding solutions in this study.</p>
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