Opportunity Gap

Poverty, Trauma, and Learning in American Public Education

Kristen A. Roorbach

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Cognella, Inc
31 December 2023

Society & culture: general; Education; Philosophy & theory of education; Education: care & counselling of students

Opportunity Gap: Poverty, Trauma, and Learning in American Public Education examines the ways in which economic, social, and environmental risk factors can impact students' opportunities to access equitable education practices.

Part I provides readers with a framework for understanding achievement and how a student's access to opportunities impacts their academic success. It also explores American education policy from a historical perspective and identifies current policies that inform the education process within the context of poverty. Part II paints a picture of poverty in U.S. schools, identifying the compounding effects of factors associated with poverty and their impact on learning. Readers learn how policy, research, and practice work together to provide a framework for reform. In Part III, readers explore the highly predictive relationship between poverty and trauma. The neurobiological effects of poverty on early development, the role of poverty in adverse childhood experiences, and the intersection of nature and nurture are discussed. The final part presents a theoretical framework for closing the opportunity gap that leverages resilience and student-level strengths as well as systems-level policy changes that can lead to greater access to opportunity for students affected by poverty and trauma.

Opportunity Gap is an ideal resource for students of education and mental health policy, pre-service and current educators, as well as school administrators, mental health practitioners, school counselors, and others who work within the school system.

By: Kristen A. Roorbach
Imprint: Cognella, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781793567772
ISBN 10: 1793567778
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 31 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kristen A. Roorbach, Ph.D. is an educational psychologist and counselor specializing in pediatric trauma in private practice. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Batten School for Public Policy at the University of Virginia, teaching courses in poverty and education policy and special education. She holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology, with an emphasis in applied developmental psychology, a master's in teaching in early childhood special education, and a master's in counseling with a focus on trauma.