At-risk students : portraits, policies, programs, and practices / edited by Robert Donmoyer and Raylene Kos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donmoyer, Robert.

Kos, Raylene.

Series:

SUNY series, youth social services, schooling, and public policy.

SUNY series, youth social services, schooling, and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Children with social disabilities.

Children with social disabilities--Education--United States--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the circumstances of at-risk students and argues that well-intentioned policymakers and educators run the risk of making matters worse rather than better for these students, even if their actions are based on the best social science evidence available. The book demonstrates the diverse, idiosyncratic nature of these students, argues that traditional social science methods cannot capture this idiosyncrasy and diversity, and presents research methods, policies, and programs that can accommodate student diversity. Robert Donmoyer is Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership at the Ohio State University. Raylene Kos is Supervisor of the Language Arts Programs for the Westerville, Ohio City School District.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1. PORTRAITS; 1. At-Risk Students: Insights from/about Research by Robert Donmoyer and Raylene Kos; 2. The Purpose of Portraits: Rethinking the Form and Function of Research on at-Risk Students by Robert Donmoyer; 3. ""Nobody knows my life but me!"" The Story of Ben, a Reading Disabled Adolescent by Raylene Kos; 4. Ways of Being at Risk: The Case of Billy Charles Barnett by Thomas Barone; 5. Ellen, a Deferring Learner by Karin L. Dahl; 6. Andy and Libby: At Risk or Undervalued? by Karen L. Ford

7. Karen: An Interaction of Gender Role and Reading Disability by Raylene Kos; 8. ""Something to keep the relationship holding"": Victoria, a Pregnant Adolescent by Kathryn Herr; 9. Andrew: The Story of a Gifted at-Risk Student by June Yennie-Donmoyer; 10. Alston and Everetta: Too Risky for School? by James T. Sears; 11. Paul: Differentiating Disorder and Intervention by John J. Gleason; PART II. POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PRACTICES; 12. Structuring for Idiosyncracy: Rethinking Policies, Programs, and Practices for at-Risk Students by Robert Donmoyer

13. Placing Children at Risk: Schools Respond to Reading Problems by Richard L. Allington and Anne McGill-Franzen; 14. ""Teacher, why am I failing? I know the answers"": The Effects of Developmentally Inappropriate Assessment by Pamela O. Fleege and Rosalind Charlesworth; 15. ""A Different Kind of Responsibility"" Social and Academic Engagement of General-Track High School Students by Sandra B. Damico and Jeffrey Roth; 16. Direction with Discretion: Reading Recovery as an Example of Balancing Top-down and Bottom-up Decision Making by Patricia L. Scharer and Nancy C. Zajano

17. In the Shadow of the Excellence Reports: School Restructuring for at-Risk Students by Andrew Gitlin, Frank Margonis, and Heather Brunjes18. Emergent Spanish Literacy in a Whole Language Bilingual Classroom by Irene Alicia Serna and Sarah Hudelson; 19. ""It's Not a Perfect World"": Defining Success and Failure at Central Park East Secondary School by Mark A. Faust; 20. Creating a Culture of Writers with at-Risk Students by June Yennie-Donmoyer and Robert Donmoyer; 21. A Teacher Reflects on his Urban Classroom by Art Isennagle

22. The Risk of Writing Outside the Margins: A Reexamination of the Notion of Access by Bonnie Meath-Lang; 23. A Policy Perspective: Overcoming Gridlock Beyond Schools by Brad Mitchell; POSTSCRIPT: IN SEARCH OF A BOTTOM LINE; REFERENCES; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Children's Books Cited; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; INDEx

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4384-0138-8

0-585-07559-X

OCLC:

70763275