Overcoming Self-Doubt in Education. October 12, 2006 Broadcast
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Presenter:
Danbury Attorney, Jerry Leaphart
Description:
Show accepts as true the persistence of an 'achievement gap' in educational outcomes as between white students, locally and nationally, and students of color or of Hispanic origin, again, locally and nationally.
Supporting Data Source:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/pdfs/ca.pdf
Next, we discuss the social conditions that contribute to the continuation of the achievement gap, touching on several of a long list of factors that have a role in causing underachievement. We then turn our thoughts to immediate and long-term solutions to the problem of underachievement in education and plan ways to try to implement these solutions locally, in Danbury Connecticut.
Suggested Reading:
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"Thinking about Race" by Naomi Zack
Danbury Attorney, Jerry Leaphart
Description:
Show accepts as true the persistence of an 'achievement gap' in educational outcomes as between white students, locally and nationally, and students of color or of Hispanic origin, again, locally and nationally.
Supporting Data Source:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/pdfs/ca.pdf
Next, we discuss the social conditions that contribute to the continuation of the achievement gap, touching on several of a long list of factors that have a role in causing underachievement. We then turn our thoughts to immediate and long-term solutions to the problem of underachievement in education and plan ways to try to implement these solutions locally, in Danbury Connecticut.
Suggested Reading:
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"Thinking about Race" by Naomi Zack
