| Contents |
Introduction -- Understanding the nature of poverty -- How poverty affects behavior and academic performance -- Embracing the mind-set of change -- Schoolwide success factors -- Classroom-level success factors -- Instructional light and magic. |
| Abstract |
Covers why and how the effects of poverty have to be addressed in classroom teaching and school and district policy. Topics include what poverty does to children's brains and why students raised in poverty are especially subject to stressors that undermine school behavior and performance. |
| Local note | Little-305131061503S |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009028621 |
| ISBN | 9781416608844 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1416608842 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
