Students at Risk in At-Risk Schools Improving Environments for Learning [Hardcover]

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.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.Foreword - Christian J Faltis
Introduction - Hersholt C Waxman
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 - Paul F Bitting, Paula A Cordiero and H Prentice Baptiste Jr
Marginality, Community, and the Responsibility of Educators for Students Who Do Not Succeed in School - Robert L Sinclair and Ward J Ghory
The Dropout Issue and School Reform - Ray Garcia and Judith Walker de Felix
PART TWO: ISSUES CONFRONTING AT-RISK STUDENTS
Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children - Eugene E Garcia
Effective Instructional Practices and Related Policy Issues
Learning Technology Contexts for At-Risk Children - Richard T Johnson
Learning Differences Among At-Risk Minority Students - Olivia N Saracho and Cynthia Koren Gerstl
PART THREE: LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT
Leadership that Promotes Instability - Eugene El3/