Description |
xiv, 315 pages : 24 cm |
Contents |
Becoming at risk of failure in America's schools / Alesia F. Montgomery, Robert J. Rossi -- Rising to the challenge : emerging strategies for educating youth at risk / Nettie Legters, Edward L. McDill -- Cultural dissonance as a risk factor in the development of students / Edmund W. Gordon, Constance Yowell -- The cultural context of American Indian education and its relevance to educational reform efforts / Grayson Noley -- "Look me in the eye" : a Hispanic cultural perspective on school reform / Rafael Valdivieso, Siobhan Nicolau -- Harvesting talent and culture : African-American children and educational reform / A. Wade Boykin -- Keeping high-risk Chicano students in school : lessons from a Los Angeles middle school dropout prevention program / Russell W. Rumberger, Katherine A. Larson -- Chart[er]ing urban school reform / Michelle Fine -- The dropout prevention initiative in New York City : educational reforms for at-risk students / Joseph C. Grannis -- Chicago school reform : a response to unmet needs of students at risk / G. Alfred Hess, Jr. -- Children at risk in America's rural schools : economic and cultural dimensions / Alan J. DeYoung -- Dropout prevention in theory and practice / James M. McPartland -- Identifying and addressing organizational barriers to reform / Samuel C. Stringfield. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
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Children of minorities -- Education -- United States.
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School management and organization -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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Added Author |
Rossi, Robert J.
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ISBN |
0807733261 alkaline paper |
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0807733253 paperback |
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