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12 relations: Achievement gap in the United States, Betty Hart, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act, James Paul Gee, Language acquisition, No Child Left Behind Act, Raciolinguistics, Socioeconomic status, UNESCO, United States Department of Education, Vocabulary development.
Achievement gap in the United States
The achievement gap in the United States is the observed, persistent disparity in measures of educational performance among subgroups of U.S. students, especially groups defined by socioeconomic status (SES), race/ethnicity and gender.
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Betty Hart
Betty Hart (born Bettie Mackenzie Farnsworth, July 15 1927 – September 28 2012) was an American education researcher, known for her work on the relation between vocabulary learning and social inequality, in particular the "word gap".
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act may refer to several acts of the United States Congress, including.
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James Paul Gee
James Gee (born April 15, 1948) is an American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy.
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Language acquisition
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.
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No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(NCLB) was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students.
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Raciolinguistics
Raciolinguistics examines how language is used to construct race and how ideas of race influence language and language use.
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Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education (ED or DoED), also referred to as the ED for (the) Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government.
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Vocabulary development
Vocabulary development is a process by which people acquire words.
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