Educating all God's children : what Christians can-and should-do to improve public education for low-income kids / Nicole Baker Fulgham.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, [2013]Copyright date: 2013Description: xii, 235 pages : 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587433276
  • 1587433273
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 4447 .F84 2013
Contents:
School system deeply divided: notes from Detroit and Compton -- Root causes, systemic factors, and myths -- Good news: hard work yields success for all children -- Rich history, an absent voice -- Biblical framework: children, justice, and human potential -- Motivating and sustaining faith -- Closing the awareness gap -- Laborers in the movement -- Faith-based advocacy -- Never again.
Summary: Children living in poverty have the same God-given potential as children in wealthier communities, but on average they achieve at significantly lower levels. By the time children in low-income communities are in fourth grade, they're already three grade levels behind their peers in wealthier communities. Fulgham explores what Christians can do to champion urgently needed reform and help improve our public schools.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235).

School system deeply divided: notes from Detroit and Compton -- Root causes, systemic factors, and myths -- Good news: hard work yields success for all children -- Rich history, an absent voice -- Biblical framework: children, justice, and human potential -- Motivating and sustaining faith -- Closing the awareness gap -- Laborers in the movement -- Faith-based advocacy -- Never again.

Children living in poverty have the same God-given potential as children in wealthier communities, but on average they achieve at significantly lower levels. By the time children in low-income communities are in fourth grade, they're already three grade levels behind their peers in wealthier communities. Fulgham explores what Christians can do to champion urgently needed reform and help improve our public schools.

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