Article/notes 2

Evans, Robert. "Reframing the Achievement Gap." Phi Delta Kappan Vol. 86, No. 8. April 2005: 582-589. SIRS Researcher. Web. 20 Sep 2010.

·         “the achievement gap has far more to do with social and economic factors that schools cannot control.”

·         The most definite gap is between Asian/white students and African American/ Hispanic students

·         Many minority students do great in school

·         Most bad minority schools are predominantly Urban

·         Some things that lead to less success are bad teachers, Violence, Few computers, large classes

·         Minority kids living in good conditions can do bad also

·         What kind of things kids do outside of school shape their in school success.

·         Number of books in a home affects literacy

·         “Much of the achievement gap appears to grow over the summer, not during the school year.”

·         Some minority students believe if they behave and do well in school they are acting “too white”