Educational Leadership:Closing Opportunity Gaps:Got Opportunity? - 6 views
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Hannah Lawrence on 01 Feb 15"To find out, the Aspirations Research Center at the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations (QISA) listened to students in 627 schools across the United States. Between 2006 and 2010, QISA surveyed 456,021 students in grades 6-12 through our My Voice survey. The results send a clear signal that both student achievement and student opportunity are connected to the kinds of expectations, relationships, and chances for participation that students perceive they have in school. We've come to think of the "opportunity gap" some students face as having three elements: the expectations gap, the relationships gap, and the participation gap." The article talks about how there is not one opportunity gap, but three that each influence how a child succeeds in life. It explains what can be done to fix these, and how each impacts a child's learning process.