Economic and social changes in urban communities, particularly the inner cities, have had devastating effects on children, families, and the capacity for education in urban America. These effects have been characterized in moral terms and political rhetoric with phrases like the collapse of the family and the deterioration of the public schools. This study examines the crises in inner city education and presents solutions that seek to provide co-ordinated, comprehensive school-linked services for improving educational attainment of children and youth placed in at-risk circumstances.
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LEO C. RIGSBY is associate professor of sociology and Senior Research Associate of the Center for Research in Human Development and Education (CRHDE) at Temple University. MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS is professor emeritus of educational psychology (Special Education Programs), University of Minnesota, and Senior Research Associate at the CRHDE. MARGARET C. WANG is professor of educational psychology at Temple University and the founder and director of the CRHDE.
In School-Community Connections, leading thinkers in the fields of education, psychology, social work, urban studies, and business identify ways that collaborative efforts between schools and the communities they serve can improve education for urban students.
Economic and social changes in urban communities, particularly the inner cities, have had devastating effects on children, families, and the capacity for education in urban America. These effects have been characterized in moral terms and political rhetoric--with phrases like "the collapse of the family" and "the deterioration of the public schools." This book examines the crises in inner-city education and presents solutions that seek to provide coordinated, comprehensive school-linked services for improving educational attainment of children and youth placed in at-risk circumstances.In School-Community Connections, leading thinkers in the fields of education, psychology, social work, urban studies, and business identify ways that collaborative efforts between schools and the communities they serve can improve education for urban students. Combining theory and research bases from a range of disciplinary perspectives with the practical knowledge of many professions, the authors offer sound advice on how to enhance the delivery of educational and related human services to urban children and their families.The authors illustrate their findings through detailed examples and case studies. They include, for instance, an in-depth look at a Texas program that coordinates the work of mental health agencies, parents' groups, and adult literacy and health services providers with a middle school and its feeder elementary schools. And they detail how a North Carolina school for homeless children coordinates services such as the provision of clothing and meals, health services, and transportation within the school setting. They also review the research literature of national programs to provide a summary of state-of-the-art knowledge on integration of services and collaborative programs designed to meet the crises of families and schools in the inner city.
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Librería: Jonathan Grobe Books, Deep River, IA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Hiliting. ; 441 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 29935
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Librería: Classics Books, Trenton, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 007098
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