Article: Front Line Teachers Challenge Public Perception of Achievement Gap: Teachers, School Leadership and Expectations of Students Seen as Key.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A report released today by Teach For America finds that teachers in low-income communities cite teachers, school leadership, and expectations of students as key causes of -- and solutions to -- the academic achievement gap that exists along socio-economic and racial lines. The results of the study directly challenge the public perception of the problem.

"Equity Within Reach: Insights from the Front Lines of America's Achievement Gap" is based on a June 2005 survey of 2,000 Teach For America teachers -- or corps members -- teaching in urban and rural public schools across the country. In addition to identifying teachers, ...