Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ490952
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0275-6072
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
"At-Risk" Statutes: Defining Deviance and Suppressing Difference in the Public Schools.
Frost, Lynda E.
Journal of Law and Education, v23 n2 p123-65 Spr 1994
Examines the history and various educational constructs underlying different programs for at-risk students and recent federal and state legislative definitions of at-risk students. Presents a legal analysis of the different types of definitions; determines the social construction of reality implicit in the definitions and poses possible consequences; and examines legislative trends. (162 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Definitions, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Due Process, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Labeling (of Persons), Public Schools, Remedial Programs, School Culture, School Demography, Special Education, State Legislation, Student Rights
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A
