Reaching higher: the power of expectations in schooling

* Introduction * I. Reframing the Debate: What Children Can Become *1. Colliding Expectations of Family and School *2. Turning Points in Research on Expectations: Toward an Ecological Paradigm *3. Revisiting Educational Self-Fulfilling Prophecies * II. Expectations in Classrooms: Through the Eyes of Students *4. Children Talk about Expectations for Achievement *5. Differences among Classroom Achievement Cultures *6. Children's Lives in Contrasting Classrooms *7. Achievement Histories of Vulnerability and Resilience * III. Expectations in Systems: Through the Eyes of Educators *8. Changing a Stratified School Culture *9. A School Culture for the Fullest Development *10. Achievement Cultures for University Faculty * Conclusion * References * Acknowledgments * Index