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9780803940031

Students at Risk in At-Risk Schools

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803940031

  • ISBN10:

    0803940033

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-02-19
  • Publisher: Corwin Pr

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Summary

What can educational leaders and teachers do to assist at-risk students? This volume examines educators' responsibility for students who fail, the dropout issue and school reform; contributors also explore learning differences, technologies available for learning, effective classroom environments, specific methods for improving leadership, training programmes for teachers and other education professionals and action plans for quality education.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Hersholt C Waxman
Introduction
Reversing the Cycle of Educational Failure for Students in At-Risk School Environments - H Prentice Baptiste Jr
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES - Paul F Bitting, Paula A Cordiero and H Prentice Baptiste Jr
Philosophical and Conceptual Issues Related to Students At Risk - Robert L Sinclair and Ward J Ghory
Marginality, Community, and the Responsibility of Educators for Students Who Do Not Succeed in School - Ray Garcia and Judith Walker de Felix
The Dropout Issue and School Reform - Judith Walker de Felix
PART TWO: ISSUES CONFRONTING AT-RISK STUDENTS - Eugene E Garcia
Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children
Effective Instructional Practices and Related Policy Issues - Richard T Johnson
Learning Technology Contexts for At-Risk Children - Olivia N Saracho and Cynthia Koren Gerstl
Learning Differences Among At-Risk Minority Students - James E Anderson
PART THREE: LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT - Eugene E Eubanks and Ralph Parish
Leadership that Promotes Instability
A Hope for At-Risk Students - A Reynaldo Contreras
Thinking Differently About Leadership Development in a Culturally Plural Society - Marilynne Boyle-Baise and Carl A Grant
Multicultural Teacher Education
A Proposal for Change - Hersholt C Waxman
PART FOUR: EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN AT-RISK SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS - Samuel C Stringfield and Nancy Yoder
Toward a Model of Elementary Grades - Yolanda N Padron
Instructional Programs that Improve the Reading Comprehension of Students At Risk - Daniel U Levine
Implementation of an Urban School-Within-A-School Approach - Jane McCarthy and Henry M Levin
Accelerated Schools for Students in At-Risk Situations - Judith Walker de Felix, H Prentice Baptiste Jr and James E Anderson
Conclusion
Future Directons for Educating Students At Risk

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