"Dickens lives in America," says Dr. David Berliner, author of The Manufactured Crisis. You can't get out of poverty any better here than you could in England in Charles Dickens' time.
David Berliner offers perspective on the motivations behind many of the reforms facing schools today.
But schools can overcome the effects of poverty among students by helping them develop connections to the community, to their classmates and to their teachers.
Institute participants John Davis and Jan Oosten from Corona-Norco, Daniel Bryan from Los Banos and Mike Pack from Fresno add their group's professional development ideas to the board.
Speaking at CTA's Summer Institute, he told participants in the Instruction and Professional Development Strand that the secret to helping children rise above poverty is small schools and small classrooms - so small that children develop a sense of belonging.
"The acquisition of social capital," as he described it, "is the single best antidote to poverty."
David Berliner offers perspective on the motivations behind many of the reforms facing schools today.
Institute participants John Davis and Jan Oosten from Corona-Norco, Daniel Bryan from Los Banos and Mike Pack from Fresno add their group's professional development ideas to the board.
