In this episode of The Edvice Podcast your host Steven Bauer reports on action research completed as it relates to closing the achievement gap.

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Edwards, J. (2009). Physical activity and test anxiety. School Science and Mathematics, 109, 5-6.

Escobar-Chaves, S., & Anderson, C. (2008). Media and risky behaviors. The Future Of Children / Center For The Future Of Children, The David And Lucile Packard Foundation, 18(1), 147-180.

Fryer, R. G., & Levitt, S. D. (2004). Understanding the Black-White test score gap in first two years of school. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 86, 447-464.

Haskins, R., & Rouse, C. (2005). Closing achievement gaps. The Future of Children, Retrieved from http://69.18.145.94/upload/PublicationFiles/Policy_Brief__SPRING_2005pdf.pdf.

Huebner, E. S., Gilman, R., Reschly, A. L., & Hall, R. (2009). Positive Schools. In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 561-568). 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kaplan, A., & Maehr, M. L. (1999). Enhancing the Motivation of African American Students: An Achievement Goal Theory Perspective. Journal Of Negro Education, 68(1), 23-41.

Lahelma, E. (2002). School is for meeting friends: secondary school as lived and remembered. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 23 (39), 367-381.

Majors, R. (1992). Cool pose: The dilemmas of black manhood in America. New York: Lexington Books.

Neuman, S. B., & Dwyer, J. (2009). Missing in Action: Vocabulary Instruction in Pre-K. Reading Teacher, 62(5), 384-392.

Raths, J., & McIninch, A.C. (2003). Teacher beliefs and classroom performance: The impact of teacher education. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Taniguchi, H. (2005). The influence of age at degree completion on college wage premiums. Research In Higher Education 46, 861-881.

Walls, R. T., Sperling, R. A., & Weber, K. D. (2001). Autobiographical memory of school. The Journal of Educational Research, 95 (23), 116-127.