Title: Making schools work for underachieving minority students : next steps for research, policy, and practice /
Authors: Bain, Josie G.; Herman, Joan L.; University of California, Los Angeles.; University of California, Los Angeles.
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Minorities Education United States Congresses.; Underachievers United States Congresses.
Contents: Background and overview / Josie G. Bain and Joan L. Herman -- The educationally disadvantaged are still among us / Henry Levin -- Building quality relationships / James Comer -- Understanding the dimensions of our problem / Samuel Betances -- Effective education for underachieving African-Americans / Barbara Sizemore -- Equity, relevance, and will / Kati Haycock -- Effective instructional approaches to bilingual education / Fred Tempes -- Systemic approaches to reducing dropouts / Michael Timpane -- Reducing dropouts through community-promoted initiatives / Roger D. Mitchell -- Making education work for Hispanic-Americans : some promising community-based practices / Lori S. Orum -- Teaching and learning : nonnegotiable components at the secondary level / Shirley Thornton -- Educational pathways that promote student success at the postsecondary level / Lester W. Jones -- Dividends derived from structured intervention at the postsecondary level / Ed C. Apodaca -- Enhancing academic literacy for language minority students / Kris Gutierrez -- The Eastman success story for helping limited English proficient students succeed / Bonnie Rubio -- Integrated content language approach / Jose Galvan -- Improving the quality of teachers for minority students / Ana Maria Schuhmann -- Improving teacher effectiveness / Twlya Stewart -- Teacher effectiveness / Charles Moody.