Educating the throw-away children
Subtitle: what we can do to help students at risk
By: Richard H. Ackerman, editor-in-chief ; Joyce Taylor Gibson, editor
Contributors: Gibson, Joyce Taylor, 1946-; Ackerman, Richard H., 1949-; Harvard University. Graduate School of Education. International Network of Principals' Centers
Series: New directions for school leadership -- no. 6
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Problem children -- Education -- United States; Special education -- United States
Other titles: Throw-away children
Notes: "Sponsored by the International Network of Principals' Centers"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Rekindling the spirits of throw-away children / Joyce Taylor Gibson; value: The most at-risk of students at risk / Peggy C. Kirby; value: Creating high academic expectations from a caring commitment / Ferdinand Fuentes; value: Aboriginal children : educating Canada's throw-aways / Lorna Williams; value: What you expect is what you get / Karen Moore; value: The boy who hid / Myra Chang Thompson; value: Engaging the disengaged / Chery S. Wagonlander; value: Reluctant learners need high-efficacy teachers / Diane Jackson; value: The power of self-connection : transforming adults to reclaim the children / Pamela Gerloff