Poverty alone is not the cause of low achievement in our schools. Using careful research, Why Culture Counts shows why it is vital to take into account the needs, beliefs, and values that children of poverty and diverse learners bring to class every day. Find out:
How to create a culturally responsive classroom
The difference between collectivist and individualist learners
How to differentiate for context, content, product, process, and assessment
How the brain processes learning tasks
How to build resilience in students at risk
Efforts to improve achievement must focus on curriculum, instruction, and assessment—but to close the achievement gap, we need a model that also attends to the culture of the learner. This book does both.