Title: Saving our students, saving our schools : 50 proven strategies for helping underachieving students and improving schools /
Authors: Barr, Robert D.; Parrett, William.
Publisher: Corwin Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Children with social disabilities Education United States.; Teenagers with social disabilities Education United States.; Problem children Education United States; Problem youth Education United States.; School improvement programs United States.; Schulentwicklungsplanung.; Schüler.; Unterprivilegierung.; USA.
Contents: Part I: Accept the challenge to teach all students -- Confront the challenges -- How schools fail students and manufacture low performance -- Establish the commitment to educate children and youth at risk -- Part II: 50 proven strategies for schools and classrooms -- Understand the at-risk student -- Educate poor and culturally diverse students -- Establish priorities that focus on student learning -- Collaborate with parents and families -- Create caring classrooms, schools, and communities of support -- Create a climate of respect in schools and classrooms -- Expect high academic performance -- Teach all students to read -- Select results-driven instructional and assessment practices -- Support social and emotional growth -- Use community resources and services -- Part III: Summon the will to leave no child behind -- The inalienable right to a quality education.