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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Section one: conditions of risk. The extent and consequences of risk in U.S. education; Resiliency among students at risk of academic failure; Issues in educating African American children and youth; Issues in educating Hispanic students; Section two: educating at-risk students from preschool through high school. Educating preschool and kindergarten children at risk; The intentional school: effective elementary education for all children; Essential components and next steps for comprehensive whole school reform in high poverty middle schools; Promising solutions for the least productive American high schools; Section three: Looking beyond traditional practices for at-risk students. Involving families and communities in educating children and youth; Toward universal literary; Technology, education and at-risk students; Section four: systemic supports for improving at-risk schools. Title I: The evolution and effectiveness of compensatory educaton; New roles for career and technical preparation programs in educating at-risk students; Systemic supports for schools serving students placed at risk.