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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: A New American Revolution
Segregated and Separate but Equal
Equal Opportunity and Education for All
A New Standard of Excellence: Academic Proficiency for All
The Changing Economic Marketplace
From the World of Work to the Age of the Mind
Continuing Technological Development
The Relationship Between Education and Income
An Emerging Science of Teaching and Learning
Best Practices Work for At-Risk Students
Low-Performing Schools Can Become High-Performing Schools
The Continuing Battle in Education
Challenges of the Educational Revolution: Policy Change, Pressure, and Reactions
Growing Support for the Revolution
Realizing the Revolution for the Children of Poverty
Chapter 2: How Schools Have Failed the Children of Poverty
“Poor Underachieving Children Can’t Catch Up”
Destructive Policies, Programs, and Practices
