Table of Contents
Contents: A.W. Boykin, Foreword. M.G. Sanders, Preface: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents. Part I:Reframing Students Placed at Risk: A Historical Look.W. Franklin, Students at Promise and Resilient: A Historical Look at Risk. A. Mitchell, Historical Trends in Educational Policies That Target Students Placed at Risk. R. Balfanz, Why Do So Many Urban Public School Students Demonstrate So Little Academic Achievement? Part II:Factors Influencing Resiliency and School Failure.M.G. Sanders, W.J. Jordan, Student-Teacher Relations and Academic Achievement in High School. W.J. Jordan, S.B. Plank, Talent Loss Among High-Achieving Poor Students. S.S. Yonezawa, Unpacking the Black Box of Tracking Decisions: Critical Tales of Families Navigating the Course Placement Process. Part III:Focus on African-American Students.M.G. Sanders, J.R. Herting, Gender and the Effects of School, Family, and Church Support on the Academic Achievement of African-American Urban Adolescents. A. Mitchell, African-American Teachers and the Roles They Play. R. Cooper, A. Datnow, African-American Student Success in Independent Schools: A Model of Family, School, and Peer Influences. A. Datnow, R. Cooper, Creating a Climate for Diversity? The Institutional Response of Predominantly White Independent Schools to African-American Students. Part IV:From Research to Practice.H. Mintrop, Toward an Understanding of School Reconstitution as a Strategy to Educate Students Placed at Risk. D.J. MacIver, M.A. MacIver, R. Balfanz, S.B. Plank, A. Ruby, Talent Development Middle Schools: Blueprints and Results for a Comprehensive Whole-School Reform Model. C. McClendon, S.M. Nettles, A. Wigfield, Fostering Resilience in High School Classrooms: A Study of the PASS Program (Promoting Achievement in School Through Sport). N.E. Legters, Small Learning Communities Meet School-To-Work: Whole School Restructuring for Urban Comprehensive High Schools. M.G. Sanders, J.L. Epstein, Building School-Family- Community Partnerships in Middle and High Schools. M.G. Sanders, Conclusion: Effective Schooling for Poor and Minority Adolescents: Refining the Focus.