Against the odds
Subtitle: how "at-risk" students exceed expectations
By: Janine Bempechat.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Children with social disabilities -- Education (Elementary) -- Massachusetts.; Children of minorities -- Education (Elementary) -- Massachusetts.; Academic achievement -- Massachusetts.; Catholic schools -- Massachusetts.; Public schools -- Massachusetts.
Description: Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, p, e, i, t.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: learning from poor and minority students who succeed; title: Misguided notions about underachievement; title: The critical role of parents; title: Children's understanding success and failure; title: Success in mathematics; title: Overall success in school; title: Lessons for parents and teachers; title: "To seek mind where it is mindful."