Book Review: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

Abstract

In his recently published book, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap, Paul Gorski critically addresses concepts that perpetuate stereotypes of those categorized as members of the “culture of poverty.” This review provides a highlight of each chapter to illustrate some key concepts and teaching strategies that Gorski examines in his book.

Keywords

• poverty
• opportunity gap
• equity literacy approach
• deficit model