Document Type
Focus Area Five
Abstract
No issue has been bantered about more within the educational community during the past few years than that of the at-risk child. Are there truly more at risk or are we now becoming more cognizant of the problem? Is it a new name for an old problem?
Recently professionals concerned with the dropout rate and the number of graduates unprepared to become productive members of society have urged schools to address the problem of children at risk of school failure. This call to action has resulted in an extensive assortment of reports and policy statements all designed to address the problem of effective programming for at-risk students. The problem, in general, relates to the growing number of inadequately skilled workers who pose a threat to the economic health of communities and the nation. This trend will continue unless measures are taken to ensure that the educational needs of poor, minority, and non English speaking students are met (National School Boards Association, 1989).
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
152
Last Page
157
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1991 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Schoenauer, Barb
(1991)
"Focus Area Five: Improving the School Performance of All Children [Schoenauer],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 35.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol2/iss1/35
