Educating at-risk students
By: prepared by the Society's Board of Directors ; edited by Sam Stringfield and Deborah Land.
Contributors: Stringfield, Sam.; Land, Deborah.; National Society for the Study of Education.
Series: One hundred-first yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education -- pt.2.; Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education -- 101st, pt.2.
Publisher: NSSE; Distributed by University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Special education; Risk perception; Dropouts -- Prevention; Student assistance programs; Problem youth -- Education; Juvenile delinquents -- Education; School management and organization
Description: This volume focuses on both the background causes that place students "at risk" and specific strategies that have been shown to help address students' academic risk. Various chapters cover such key topics as the extent and consequences of risk in U.S. education, resiliency among at-risk students, the effectiveness of various interventions at reducing risk, and systemic supports for overcoming educational risk. Issues in the educating of African American, Hispanic, and second-language-learning students are each discussed, as well as Title I, technology education, and professional development in high-poverty contexts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section one: conditions of risk. The extent and consequences of risk in U.S. education; title: Resiliency among students at risk of academic failure; title: Issues in educating African American children and youth; title: Issues in educating Hispanic students; title: Section two: educating at-risk students from preschool through high school. Educating preschool and kindergarten children at risk; title: The intentional school: effective elementary education for all children; title: Essential components and next steps for comprehensive whole school reform in high poverty middle schools; title: Promising solutions for the least productive American high schools; title: Section three: Looking beyond traditional practices for at-risk students. Involving families and communities in educating children and youth; title: Toward universal literary; title: Technology, education and at-risk students; title: Section four: systemic supports for improving at-risk schools. Title I: The evolution and effectiveness of compensatory educaton; title: New roles for career and technical preparation programs in educating at-risk students; title: Systemic supports for schools serving students placed at risk.