An Equal Chance [microform] : Education At-Risk Children To Succeed. Recommendations for School Board Action
- Bib ID:
- 5520908
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989
- 23 p.
- Summary:
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These recommendations for school boards to solve the problems of at-risk youth accompany a report that provides background on the problem, discusses policy implications, and provides examples of strategies for helping at-risk students. The following recommendations are suggested: (1) awaken communities to the danger of ignoring the needs of at-risk students; (2) forge an alliance of education, parent, community, and business leaders to assess the problem locally and gather support for programs; (3) seek the help of parents, teachers, community organizations, and social services in identifying at-risk students and coordinating programs; (4) ensure that programs are based on sound research and practices, evaluated, and documented; (5) work with community agencies, private industry, and colleges to assess the need for alternative and postsecondary education; (6) ask the local business community to identify work skills and provide job training and work experiences; (7) boost business community involvement by encouraging board membership and contributions; (8) use economic development councils and civic and community groups to make the schools' needs a planning priority; (9) define, develop, and fund local programs for at-risk youth and seek additional authority and funding from the state and Federal governments for collaborative programs involving the schools, other public agencies, and private organizations; (10) assess the impact of school reforms, state mandates, and school district policies and procedures on at-risk students; (11) seek an equitable system of funding for school districts with high concentrations of at-risk students; and (12) work with state and national school boards associations to share strategies, policies, and model programs. (FMW)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: For a related document, see ED 307 359.
- Policymakers.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA
- Available From:
- ERIC
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