Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It

by Eric Jensen

Book Overview

In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at how poverty hurts children, families, and communities across the United States and demonstrates how schools can improve the academic achievement and life readiness of economically disadvantaged students.

Jensen argues that although chronic exposure to poverty can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416608842
• ISBN13: 9781416608844
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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