Effective
Schooling for Economically Disadvantaged Students: School-Based Strategies
for Diverse Student Populationson temporary Issues in US
Education
Editors: J.
Howard Johnston,University of South Florida and Kathryn M. Borman,
University of
Cincinnati
Contributors from varied disciplines (sociology, psychology,
anthropology, policy analysis, and education) recommend policy changes,
alterations of school structures and practices, and fundamentally
different ways of viewing both disadvantaged youth and effective
schooling. Emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach to research and a
collaborative effort of school-based interventions, they focus on
pertinent topics such as family involvement, linguistic contexts in
schooling, political and social analyses, and the role of foundations in
funding and supporting school improvement.
