Sharon Ritchie <br/><br/>
FirstSchool :   transforming PreK-3rd grade for African American, Latino, and low-income children / 
edited by Sharon Ritchie, Laura Gutmann ; foreword by Aisha Ray. 
 - New York, NY :  |  Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University,  2014. 
 - x, 227 pages :   illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Early childhood education series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index. 
<br/><br/>The groundswell for transforming prekindergarten through third grade / Gisele M. Crawford, Carolyn T. Cobb, Richard M. Clifford, and Sharon Ritchie -- Reinvigorating professionalism: involving teachers in establishing a culture for reform / Laura Gutmann and Sam Oertwig -- A culture of collaborative inquiry / Adam L. Holland, Gisele M. Crawford, Sharon Ritchie, and Diane M. Early -- The promise of curricula / Sam Oertwig, Cristina Gillanders, and Sharon Ritchie -- Improving instruction / Sam Oertwig and Adam L. Holland -- Home and school partnerships: raising children together / Cristina Gillanders, Iheoma Iruka, Cindy Bagwell, Jenille Morgan, and Sandra Garcia -- Looking forward: program and policy considerations / Carolyn T. Cobb and Richard M. Clifford -- Directions for the future / Sharon Ritchie. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807754818 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children with social disabilities--Education (Early childhood)--United States.<br/>African-American children--Education (Early childhood)<br/>Hispanic American children--Education (Early childhood)<br/>School improvement programs--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.21 FIR 2014