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  • Genre:EDUCATION
  • SubGenre:Decision-Making & Problem Solving
  • Language:English
  • Series title:Bridging the Achievement Gap
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:160
  • eBook ISBN:9781543937923
  • Paperback ISBN:9781543937916

Bridging the Achievement Gap

What Successful Educators and Parents Do 2nd Edition

by Rex Fortune , Dominic Zareckic and Rex Fortune III

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Overview
The Second Edition of Bridging the Achievement Gap: What Successful Educators and Parents Do includes 11 examples of K-12 high performing public schools which serve mostly African American students. The book argues that school district leaders with low performing schools should consider what these high performing schools do in their planning to reverse the on-going trend of relatively low academic performance of African American students. Included in the "Solution Chapter" is the rationale for state legislation to provide funding for students who are low performing, but may not qualify for current funding for low income students. Also included in that chapter is the actual legislative language currently under consideration by the California State Legislature. The book contains other supporting research on this topic.
Description

Our book asserts that the academic achievement gap does not have to persist, linking research on high performing, high minority schools with other studies of traditional and charter schools cited in this book, that reach the same conclusion--African Americans students can and do perform high in academic achievement in public schools. And "Chapter Five: Solutions" in this publication contains legislative language to address this problem currently under consideration by the California State Legislature. 

About the author

Dr. Rex Fortune Jr. was a retired educator, a local school district superintendent for 20 years, a California Department of Education Associate Superintendent of Schools for 11 years, a high school teacher and administrator. He earned his PhD in Education from Stanford University, a MA from UC Berkeley and BA plus U.S. Army Commission from North Carolina A&T. He created the Fortune & Associates book research and publications company where he served as CEO, and he founded the Project Pipeline Teacher Credential Program, now known as the Fortune School of Education, where he served as their school board president. He is an author of several books in education.

Mr. Rex Fortune III earned his master's degree in human resources from University of Southern California (USC) and a BA business degree specializing in training and development from California Polytechnic State University at Pomona. He has served 16 years with Fortune & Associates' book research and publishing company, as their Vice President and President/CEO, conducting K-12 education research, co-authoring several books, plus developing educational videos on closing the achievement gap, parenting practices and social science. Prior, he worked with Project Pipeline Teacher Credential Program, now known as Fortune School of Education, where he served as Director of Teacher Recruitment, and a Site Program Coordinator of Teacher Training for the Contra Costa County Teacher Credential Training Center that he created, during his 10 years at Project Pipeline Teacher Credential Program, now called Fortune School of Education. 

Dr. Dominic Zarecki earned his doctorate and M.A. in political science from Boston University, and B.A. from Yale University. He is a Senior Data Analyst at Fortune School of Education, and prior served as a Director of Research at the California Charter Schools Association, where he helped to implement and update a statewide accountability system and wrote reports on academic performance of charter schools.