Effective Schools for Discouraged and Disadvantaged Students: Rethinking Some Sacred Cows of Research.

Conrath, Jerry

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Publication Date: 1992

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Effective Schools for Discouraged and Disadvantaged Students: Rethinking Some Sacred Cows of Research.

Conrath, Jerry

Contemporary Education, v63 n2 p137-41 Win 1992

Discusses how to prevent discouragement in disadvantaged students. Because systems cause at-risk students to feel inadequate, the article suggests only systemic change can repair the problem. Too many students lose in the present reward-and-punishment evaluation system. Effective schools must make students believe they have equal educational opportunities. (SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Family Environment, High Risk Students, Homework, Politics of Education, Public Education, School Effectiveness, Social Influences, Student Evaluation

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Language: English

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