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Saving our students, saving our schools : 50 proven strategies for helping underachieving students and improving schools

Author: Robert D Barr; William Parrett
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert D Barr; William Parrett
ISBN: 9781412957922 1412957923 9781412957939 1412957931
OCLC Number: 163592903
Awards: Winner of ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Children/Young Adult 2008.
Description: xix, 410 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Part I: Accept the challenge to teach all students --
Confront the challenges --
How schools fail students and manufacture low performance --
Establish the commitment to educate children and youth at risk --
Part II: 50 proven strategies for schools and classrooms --
Understand the at-risk student --
Educate poor and culturally diverse students --
Establish priorities that focus on student learning --
Collaborate with parents and families --
Create caring classrooms, schools, and communities of support --
Create a climate of respect in schools and classrooms --
Expect high academic performance --
Teach all students to read --
Select results-driven instructional and assessment practices --
Support social and emotional growth --
Use community resources and services --
Part III: Summon the will to leave no child behind --
The inalienable right to a quality education.
Responsibility: Robert D. Barr, William H. Parrett.
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