Building a Culture of Hope: Enriching Schools with Optimism and Opportunity (School Improvement Strategies for Overcoming Student Poverty and Adve

by Robert D. Barr, Emily Gibson, Emily L Gibson

Book Overview

Research demonstrates that children of poverty need more than just academic instruction to succeed. Discover a school-improvement blueprint for teaching resilience and turning low-performing schools into cultures of hope. The authors draw from their own experiences working with high-poverty, high-achieving schools to illustrate how to support students with an approach that considers social as well as emotional factors in education.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936764628
• ISBN13: 9781936764624
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"