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Direct linkAladjem, Daniel K., Ed.; Borman, Kathryn M., Ed. – Urban Institute Press, 2006
Urban school reformers for decades have tried to improve educational outcomes for underserved and disadvantaged students, with the assistance of constantly evolving federal and state policies. In recent years, education policies have shifted from targeting individual students to developing universal standards for teaching and learning, and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Educational Objectives
Williams, Richard; Pritchard, Colin – Open University Press, 2006
In this groundbreaking book, the authors show how the cycle of educational alienation can be broken, to enable parents and schools to work together to contribute to children's educational, social and emotional well-being. They illustrate this by exploring a highly successful initiative in a school with severe socioeconomic disadvantages, which, in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Disadvantaged Youth, Children, Educationally Disadvantaged
