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NEUMAN, SUSAN B.

National Geographic, Kids

Animals

Collins

This text presents an in-depth account of how young children's spoken and written language develops before formal schooling. It emphasizes the integration of speaking, listening, writing and reading: and illustrates how children learn and use these processes to connect with others, understand their world and express themselves. The book clearly demonstrats how adults can participate in children's langauge and literacy development in ways that support and challenge their learning. Applicable for whole langauge teachers and early childhood educators recommending developmentally appropriate practices.

Language and Literacy Learning in the Early Years

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Singular Pub Group

Schools, today, are in the midst of the most major, costly educational reform movement in their history as they grapple with the federal mandates to leave no children behind, says author Susan B. Neuman, former Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education under President George W. Bush. Although some efforts for investing resources will be substantially more productive than others, there is little evidence that, despite many heroic attempts to beat the odds, any of these efforts will close more than a fraction of the differences in achievement for poor minority children and their middleclass peers. 
As Neuman explains in this insightful, revealing book, schools will fail, not due to the soft bigotry of low expectations, but because there are multitudes of children growing up in circumstances that make them highly vulnerable. Children who come to school from dramatically unequal circumstances leave school with similarly unequal skills and abilities. 
In these pages, however, Neuman shows how the odds can be changed, how we can break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage for children at risk After laying the critical groundwork for the need for change―excessive waste with little effect―this book provides a vivid portrait of changing the odds for high-poverty children. Describing how previous reforms have missed the mark, it offers a framework based on seven essential principles for implementing more effective programs and policies.
Building on successes while being fiscally responsible is a message that has been shown to have wide bipartisan appeal, embraced by both liberals and conservatives. Following Neuman's essential principles, chapters describe programs for changing the odds for children, when the cognitive gaps are beginning to form, in these earliest years of their lives. In a highly readable style, Neuman highlights programs that are making a difference in children's lives across the country, weaving together narratives that tell a compelling story of hope and promise for our most disadvantaged children.

Changing the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs that Break the Cycle of Poverty

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Praeger

In this insightful and revealing book, the author shows how we can break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage and change the odds for children at risk. Describing how previous reforms have missed the mark, she offers a framework based on seven essential principles for implementing more effective programs and policies. In a highly readable style, Neuman highlights programs that are making a difference in children's lives across the country, weaving together narratives that tell a compelling story of hope and promise for our most disadvantaged children. Chapters address: The Critical Early Years for Changing the Odds, Funding What Works, Helping to Strengthen Families, Quality Early Care and Education, Community-Based Programs, After-School Programs, and The Public Will.

Changing the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs That Break the Cycle of Poverty

Teachers' College Press

Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital

This is a compelling, eye-opening portrait of two communities in Philadelphia with drastically different economic resources. Over the course of their 10-year investigation, the authors of this important new work came to understand that this disparity between affluence and poverty has created a knowledge gap―far more important than mere achievement scores―with serious implications for students’ economic prosperity and social mobility. At the heart of this knowledge gap is the limited ability of students from poor communities to develop information capital. This moving book takes you into the communities in question to meet the students and their families, and by doing so provides powerful insights into the role that literacy can play in giving low-income students a fighting chance. Important reading for a wide audience of educators, policymakers, school reformers, and community activists, Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: <ul>
<li> Documents how inequalities begin early and are reinforced by geographic concentration. </li> <li> Compares community libraries to see how print is used in each neighborhood and how children develop as young readers.</li> <li> Looks at patterns that create radical differences in experiences and attitudes toward learning prior to entering school. </li> <li> Explores the function of technology as a tool that exacerbates the divide between affluent students and those with limited access to information.</li> <li> Provides a comprehensive analysis of community literacy, documenting the transformation of media habits from books to computers.</li> <li> Concludes with a look inside schools to answer questions about what schools can do to overcome this complex, unequal playing field.</li>
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Celano, Donna C.

All About Words: Increasing Vocabulary in the Common Core Classroom, Pre K-2 (Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series)

Vocabulary forms a relentless divide between children who succeed and those who do not. This divide is often between poor children and their privileged counterparts. Without vocabulary knowledge, children cannot interpret text meaningfully or respond in ways that enable them to fully participate in classroom discussions. All About Words is a practical guide designed to help early childhood teachers take advantage of the unique opportunity provided by the Common Core State Standards. It offers strategies for planning and presenting vocabulary instruction and for monitoring children’s word learning progress, along with helpful appendices that provide specific guidance on which words to teach. Each chapter includes ideas to support home-school connections, recognizing the important role parents play in children’s vocabulary development. Throughout, the authors encourage readers to examine day-to-day classroom issues, making it an ideal resource for professional development. Book Features: <ul>
<li> Helpful summary of key CCSS features and how they play out for PreK–2 teachers.</li> <li> Accessible reviews of key research. </li> <li> Evidence-based, developmentally appropriate teaching strategies. </li> <li> Classroom examples demonstrating how strategies look in action. </li> <li> “Think About It” sections to help teachers and coaches facilitate discussion. </li> <li> Helpful lists of vocabulary words children should be able to use, as well as student texts that support vocabulary growth and development.</li>
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Reference

Wright, Tanya S.

Words, Language & Grammar

Single-Subject Experimental Research: Applications for Literacy

Science & Math

McCormick, Sandra

Mathematics

Intl Literacy Assn

Some of the literacy fields leading scholars come together here to shed light on the 10 College and Career Readiness anchor standards for reading, to define the literacy skills that students must develop to achieve the Standards, and to give practical suggestions for meeting the challenges the Standards present in real-world classrooms. Chapters cover key areas of the CCSS, such as information texts, text complexity, vocabulary development, and making the most of 21st century tools and technology. 
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Quality Reading Instruction in the Age of Common Core Standards

Gambrell, Linda B.

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