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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"At-risk education"”.
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A Nation at Risk and Education Reform: a Frame Analysis
University of Washington Abstract A Nation at Risk and Education Reform: a Frame Analysis Patrick Holmes Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Walter Parker College of Education This study focuses on the language and ideas presented in the US government report A Nation at Risk. Education …
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Becoming an educator: identity, music education, and privilege
… of these stories will explore how I negotiated my identity development throughout my middle and high school experiences at a time when I could have been labeled as an at-risk student. The development into my professional career and personal life all influenced strongly by my participation …
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A Multiple Case Study of Teacher Perspective on Effective Interventions Used by Family Resource Centers in Elementary Schools to Improve Parental Involvement of Students At Risk
… not having the positive opportunities of an education, often experience negative effects throughout their lives. Educators need to do more to meet the needs of elementary students at risk, and if this can be accomplished the students will receive a 21st Century education that will help …
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The Relationship Between Participation in an Academic Intervention Program and Performance in Coursework for At Risk Eighth-Grade Middle School Students
… large urban school district in central Florida. Educational leaders at all levels are concerned with the choice of one in four students who make the decision to not complete high school coursework, leaving before earning a high school diploma. The researcher examined to what extent, if any, …
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for School Systems and School Personnel
ABSTRACT A crucial issue facing our educational system is the changing family structure, particularly the increase in the number of children being raised by their grandparents. Many of these children live in a situation that places them at risk academically. Thus, it is vital that the educational …
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Voices of the invisible: A critical ethnography of youth put at risk in an age of disposability
… to learn from the experiences of youth put at risk who created and engaged in a social justice-oriented civic engagement project that speaks to the context of their lives. More specifically, the objective was to gain an understanding about the qualitative meanings the youth ascribed to their …