Schools and students at risk Book

	Foreword
	Preface
1	Becoming At Risk of Failure in America's Schools	3
2	Rising to the Challenge: Emerging Strategies for Educating Youth At Risk	23
3	Cultural Dissonance as a Risk Factor in the Development of Students	51
4	The Cultural Context of American Indian Education and Its Relevance to Educational Reform Efforts	70
5	"Look Me in the Eye": A Hispanic Cultural Perspective on School Reform	90
6	Harvesting Talent and Culture: African-American Children and Educational Reform	116
7	Keeping High-Risk Chicano Students in School: Lessons from a Los Angeles Middle School Dropout Prevention Program	141
8	Chart[er]ing Urban School Reform	163
9	The Dropout Prevention Initiative in New York City: Educational Reforms for At-Risk Students	182
10	Chicago School Reform: A Response to Unmet Needs of Students At Risk	207
11	Children At Risk in America's Rural Schools: Economic and Cultural Dimensions	229
12	Dropout Prevention in Theory and Practice	255
13	Identifying and Addressing Organizational Barriers to Reform	277
	About the Editor and the Contributors	297
	Index	303