STUDENT GRADE RETENTION: PARENT PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

STUDENT GRADE RETENTION: PARENT PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

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CONTENTS

OVERVIEW

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FAMILY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CRUX OF THE MATTER

Chapter 1: EDUCATION ‘AT RISK’

Chapter 2: PARENTS: UNSEEN AND UNHEARD

Chapter 3: STUDENT RETENTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Chapter 4: STUDENT RETENTION AND SELF-CONCEPT

Chapter 5: STUDENT RETENTION AND DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL

Chapter 6; RETENTION AND FAMILY BACKGROUND

Chapter 7: PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN GRADE RETENTION

Chapter 8: RETENTION COSTS

Chapter 9: ALTERNATIVES TO STUDENT GRADE RETENTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE SCHOOL REFORM

Chapter 10: UNCOMMON PROGRAMS GETTING UNCOMMON RESULTS

J-MAC SUCCESS ACADEMY

JUMPSTART: ADVANCED PLACEMENT FOR EIGHTH GRADERS

THE BURROUGHS TWILIGHT PROGRAM

E2020: ONLINE! ON TIME!

Chapter 11: PARENT PERSPECTIVES: SILENT VOICES SPEAK LOUDLY

JAVON MOSES

SAM DALLIS

RON CRAWL

BETTY CLEGON

TODD JOHNSON

PAM STARKS

BOB EALY

NED NAGAN

JACK JACKSON

JOHN DEBIRD

TIM BONES

DON BARRY

TED HAMM

JAQUAN GERRY

TOM ROD

BEN JONAS

REFLECTIONS OF PARENTS’ VOICES

Chapter 12: GRADE REFORM: A LOOK AT CONSISTENT INCONSISTENCIES

Chapter 13: LACK OF ACADEMIC INTERVENTION

Chapter 14: LACK OF PARENT–SCHOOL COMMUNICATION

Chapter 15: EFFECTS OF RETENTION ON THE CHILD

Chapter 16: PARENTS’ FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR CHILD BEING RETAINED

THE ‘SELF’: RESILIENCY OVER SELF-DESTRUCTION

BRIDGING THE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN SCHOOL AND PARENTS

PARENTS’ PRIMARY ROLE

CSM: IN LOCO PARENTIS

EDUCATING URBAN LEARNERS: A CALL FOR COMMUNITY

BREAKING THE POLITICAL BARRIERS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

HOW SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC FORCES IMPACT STUDENT RETENTION

URBAN SCHOOL REFORM: THE SYSTEM IN THE MIRROR

Chapter 17: IT TAKES A VILLAGE: THE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT MODEL AT WORK

REFERENCES

EDITOR CONTACT INFORMATION

INDEX