Richard Majors & Theodore S. Ransaw 
Teaching to Close the Achievement Gap for Students of Color [PDF ebook] 
Understanding the Impact of Factors Outside the Classroom

This volume highlights approaches to closing the achievement gap forstudents of color across K-12 and post-secondary schooling. It uniquelyexamines factors outside the classroom to consider how these influencestudent identity and academic performance.Teaching to Close the Achievement Gap for Students of Color offerswide-ranging chapters that explore non-curricular issues includingtrauma, family background, restorative justice, refugee experiences, andsport as determinants of student and teacher experiences in the classroom.Through rigorous empirical and theoretical engagement, chaptersidentify culturally responsive strategies for supporting students as theynavigate formal and informal educational opportunities and overcomeintersectional barriers to success. In particular, chapters highlight howthese approaches can be nurtured through teacher education, effectiveeducational leadership, and engagement across the wider community.This insightful collection will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and post-graduate students in the fields of teacher education, sociologyof education, and educational leadership.