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Author Zuberi, Dan, author.

Title Schooling the next generation : creating success in urban elementary schools / Dan Zuberi.

Publication Info. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Introduction : urban education in a globalizing world -- 2. Diversity in the classroom : opportunities and challenges -- 3. Coping with challenging students -- 4. Engaging parents and the community -- 5. Addressing needs and supporting resiliency : programs that matter -- 6. Standardized testing : here to stay? -- 7. Conclusion : improving early literacy and numeracy skills acquisition in urban schools in low-income neighbourhoods -- Methodology appendix : sitting in the classroom : determining school success.
Summary In Schooling the Next Generation, Dan Zuberi documents the challenges facing ten East Vancouver elementary schools in diverse lower-income communities, as well as the ways their principals, teachers, and parents are overcoming these challenges.
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Subject Education, Urban -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.
Education, Urban.
British Columbia -- Vancouver.
Urban schools -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.
Urban schools.
Academic achievement -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Case studies.
Academic achievement.
Children of minorities -- Education (Elementary) -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Case studies.
Children of minorities -- Education (Elementary)
Children of minorities.
Poor children -- Education (Elementary) -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Case studies.
Poor children -- Education (Elementary)
Poor children.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Zuberi, Dan. Schooling the next generation. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015] 9781442649491 (OCoLC)898087033
ISBN 9781442620391 (electronic book)
1442620390 (electronic book)
9781442649491 (bound)
1442649496 (bound)
9781442626843 (paperback)
1442626844 (paperback)