Poverty Is Not a Learning Disability: Equalizing Opportunities for Low Ses Students

by Sandy Grogan Dresser

Book Overview

Proven strategies for increasing the academic performance of students with low school-readiness skills

Children of low socioeconomic status often enter school with low school-readiness skills, leading them to be misidentified as learning disabled. Educators in Grades K-12 can allocate resources for special education services more effectively and meet the needs of low SES students by preventing students from being placed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412969042
• ISBN13: 9781412969048
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"