Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Section one:Conditions of risk.Extent and consequences of risk in U.S. education /Deborah Land and Nettie Legters --Resiliency among students at risk of academic failure /Hersh C. Waxman, John P. Gray, and Yolanda N. Padrón --Issues in educating African American children and youth /Robert J. Jagers and Grace Carroll --Issues in educating Hispanic students /Yolanda N. Padrón, Hersh C. Waxman, and Héctor H. Rivera --Section two:Educating at-risk students from preschool through high school.Educating preschool and kindergarten children at risk /Barbara A. Wasik, Mary Alice Bond, and Annemarie Hindman --Intentional school : effective elementary education for all children /Robert E. Slavin --Essential components and next steps for comprehensive whole school reform in high poverty middle schools /Robert Balfanz, Allen Ruby, and Douglas Mac Iver --Promising solutions for the least productive American high schools /James M. McPartland ... [et al.] --Section three:Looking beyond traditional practices for at-risk students.Involving families and communities in educating children and youth /Mavis G. Sanders ... [et al.] --Toward universal literacy /Robert Rueda and Ellen McIntyre --Technology, education and at-risk students /Richard Durán --Section four:Systemic supports for improving at-risk schools.Title I : the evolution and effectiveness of compensatory education /Geoffrey D. Borman --New roles for career and technical preparation programs in educating at-risk students /James R. Stone III and Marisa Castellano --Systemic supports for schools serving students placed at risk /Sam Stringfield and Amanda Datnow.

Classification

• LCC: LC4802
• Dewey Decimal: 371.28/0973

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xiv, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Edition Info: (hbk.)

Subjects

• Special education
• Risk perception
• Dropouts -- Prevention
• Student assistance programs
• Problem youth -- Education
• Juvenile delinquents -- Education
• School management and organization

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