Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents

by Sanders, Mavis G.; Jordan, Will J.

• ISBN13: 9781410605597
• ISBN10: 1410605590
• Copyright: 2000-09-12
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Continues and expands the intellectual exchange among researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and concerned citizens on factors influencing the achievement of poor and minority youth, specifically students in middle and high schools.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents

Reframing Students Placed at Risk: A Historical Look

Students at Promise and Resilient: A Historical Look at Risk

Historical Trends in Educational Policies That Target Students Placed at Risk

Why Do So Many Urban Public School Students Demonstrate So Little Academic Achievement?

Factors Influencing Resiliency and School Failure

Student-Teacher Relations and Academic Achievement in High School

Talent Loss Among High-Achieving Poor Students

Unpacking the Black Box of Tracking Decisions: Critical Tales of Families Navigating the Course Placement Process

Focus on African-American Students

Gender and the Effects of School, Family, and Church Support on the Academic Achievement of African-American Urban Adolescents

African-American Teachers and the Roles They Play

African-American Student Success in Independent Schools: A Model of Family, School, and Peer Influences

Creating a Climate for Diversity? The Institutional Response of Predominantly White Independent Schools to African-American Students

From Research to Practice

Toward an Understanding of School Reconstitution as a Strategy to Educate Students Placed at Risk

Talent Development Middle Schools: Blueprints and Results for a Comprehensive Whole-School Reform Model

Fostering Resilience in High School Classrooms: A Study of the PASS Program (Promoting Achievement in School Through Sport)

Small Learning Communities Meet School-To-Work: Whole School Restructuring for Urban Comprehensive High Schools

Building School-Family- Community Partnerships in Middle and High Schools

Conclusion: Effective Schooling for Poor and Minority Adolescents: Refining the Focus

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