Eleanor Renée Rodriguez

A great text book outlining what we are running into with urban students, and to a lesser degree, students in many suburban and even rural school districts. At issue is a disconnect between what is expected in a classroom and what the students deal with on a daily basis that interferes with their ability to learn when they get to school. The Authors offer some real-work ideas about how to get past the problems and try to reach understanding with such students while still working to achieve some learning.… (more)