Kindles let students read on long school commutes

Posted by a very good read
a resident of another community
on Jun 25, 2015 at 11:02 am

I urge anyone interested in these issues to read "THE BUS KIDS" by Stanford professor Ira Lit. It's a quick read - and I learned so much. I wish I had read it when my own kids were in elementary - I thought I was good about trying to help the kids coming from EPA be part of our elementary school community (PAUSD) - and now I see how I could have done so much better job.

From Amazon:
The Bus Kids offers a compelling and uniquely detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. Ira Lit focuses on the day-to-day school life of a group of minority children bussed from their poor-performing home school district to an affluent neighboring district with high-performing schools. Through these kindergarteners’ experiences, the book sensitively illuminates the processes of school transition, socialization, and adaptation, and addresses an array of important issues relating to American education.

Lit acutely observes these “bus kids” and the quality of their social, emotional, cultural, and academic experiences. He presents a moving picture of the complexity of challenges, often unrecognized by teachers and parents, each young student confronted every day.