Gaining on the Gap
Changing Hearts, Minds, and Practice
By (author) Palma Strand, Robert G. Smith, Tim Cotman, Cheryl Robinson, Martha Swaim, Alvin Crawley
Publication date:
08 September 2011Length of book:
204 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
241x162mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781610482882
Gaining on the Gap: Changing Hearts, Minds, and Practice serves as a guide along the journey taken by six individuals who each played a role in moving a school system along a path where race would not be a predictor for academic success. Join us as we share insights to challenges and victories as well as a close look at our own personal and professional growth.
The achievement gap plagues schools and school divisions around the country. In this compelling book, four staff members and a parent from the Arlington Public Schools (VA), along with former APS Superintendent, Rob Smith, have chronicled the district's more than 12 year attempt to grapple with the difficult issues and move toward the heart of the problem. Looking back over their journey, the APS team believes that solutions to the gap challenge must come from a real awareness of the systemic nature of the problem, the effective and intentional use of data, and a shared responsibility for the development of solutions. There is much to learn from their thoughtfully told stories.