In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About it, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at how poverty hurts children, families, and communities across the United States and demonstrates how schools can improve the academic achievement and life readiness of economically disadvantaged students.\ Jensen argues that although chronic exposure to poverty can result in detrimental changes to the brain, the...
Introduction1. Understanding the Nature of Poverty2. How Poverty Affects Behavior and Academic Performance3. Embracing the Mind-Set of Change4. Schoolwide Success Factors5. Classroom-Level Success Factors6. Instructional Light and MagicReferencesIndexAbout the Author
Introduction 11 Understanding the Nature of Poverty 52 How Poverty Affects Behavior and Academic Performance 133 Embracing the Mind-Set of Change 464 Schoolwide Success Factors 665 Classroom-Level Success Factors 1066 Instructional Light and Magic 143References 153Index 171About the Author 184