Students at Risk in At-Risk Schools

Improving Environments for Learning

By: Hersholt C. Waxman, Judith Walker De Felix, James E. Anderson, H . Prentice Baptiste

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.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780803940031
Published By: Corwin
Year: 1992
Page Count: 296
Publication date: February 19, 1992

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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 education professionals and action plans for quality education.

Reversing the Cycle of Educational Failure for Students in At-Risk School Environments

PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES

Philosophical and Conceptual Issues Related to Students At Risk

Marginality, Community, and the Responsibility of Educators for Students Who Do Not Succeed in School

The Dropout Issue and School Reform

PART TWO: ISSUES CONFRONTING AT-RISK STUDENTS

Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children

Effective Instructional Practices and Related Policy Issues

Learning Technology Contexts for At-Risk Children

Learning Differences Among At-Risk Minority Students

PART THREE: LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT

Leadership that Promotes Instability

A Hope for At-Risk Students

Thinking Differently About Leadership Development in a Culturally Plural Society

Multicultural Teacher Education

A Proposal for Change

PART FOUR: EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN AT-RISK SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS

Toward a Model of Elementary Grades

Instructional Programs that Improve the Reading Comprehension of Students At Risk

Implementation of an Urban School-Within-A-School Approach

Accelerated Schools for Students in At-Risk Situations

Conclusion

Future Directons for Educating Students At Risk

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