Schools That Work: Educating Disadvantaged Children. What Works [Series].

Institution	Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	Schools That Work: Educating Disadvantaged Children. What Works [Series].
Quelle	(1987), (90 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Involvement; Compensatory Education; Disadvantaged; Educational Attainment; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Government School Relationship; Minority Group Children; Models; Parent Participation; Poverty; Values Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kompensatorischer Unterricht; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Analogiemodell; Elternmitwirkung; Armut; Werterziehung
Abstract	An ever-expanding body of social science research indicates that school is the single best avenue out of poverty, and educational achievement is now the most accurate predictor of a person's future economic success. Therefore, to help school districts, schools, parents, and community leaders improve the education of disadvantaged children, a wide range of school improvement recommendations is presented, most requiring little additional expenditure; and profiles of 23 effective schools (both public and private) and school programs around the country serving children in poverty are described for possible replication. Also included is demographic information on poor and minority children, and projections on their lifetime earnings based on their educational attainment. The objective of the "What Works" series is to provide the most useful, reliable, practical and research-supported information on what works in educating children. Among the recommendations made here concerning effective methods for improving education for disadvantaged children are the following: (1) schools must create an environment for achievement, provide disadvantaged students with early intervention and programs tailored to their needs, enlist parent participation, and ensure students have English proficiency; (2) parents and the community must instill in children the values they need to progress in school and life, monitor their educational progress, and invest especially in the education of the disadvantaged; and (3) local, State, and Federal governments must enact reforms to help disadvantaged students, support and encourage local programs for them, assess the results of these programs and hold school officials accountable. An extensive bibliography of 150 references is appended. (WS)
Anmerkungen	Schools That Work, Pueblo, CO 81009 (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC