Altered Destinies: Making Life Better for Schoolchildren in Need

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Palgrave Macmillan, 15‏/04‏/1999 - 228 من الصفحات

In Altered Destinies, Gene Maeroff poses important questions about what is needed to equalize the tremendous imbalance between the education received by middle to upper class children and the education received by lower class children. He argues that, in addition to greater financial investment in their schools, lower class children must possess a strong support system--what he refers to as "social capital"--which emphasizes four areas: a sense of connectedness, a sense of well-being, a sense of academic initiative, and a sense of knowing. Maeroff builds a compelling case for how and why the concept of social capital will make a difference in the effort to improve opportunities for disadvantaged schoolchildren.

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INTRODUCTION SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN IN NEED
1
LINKING STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS
23
LINKING COMMUNITIES TO SCHOOLS
40
LINKING ACTIVISM TO SCHOOLS
56
LINKING HOMES TO SCHOOLS
71
THE SCHOOL AS COMMUNITY CENTER
91
AN ARRAY OF HEALTH SERVICES
107
THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE
120
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
191
ENGAGING STUDENTS
211
PROVIDING A KNOWLEDGE BASE
229
ENHANCING WHAT STUDENTS KNOW
244
ATTAINING SOCIAL COMPETENCE
254
ENLISTING THE HOME
271
CONCLUSION LOOKING BACK LOOKING AHEAD
290
Notes
307

DEVELOPING HUMAN POTENTIAL
137
A FOUNDATION FOR ACHIEVEMENT
161
THE PROMISE OF A BETTER FUTURE
176
Bibliography
319
Index
325
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Gene I. Maeroff is President of the school board in Edison, New Jersey, USA. He is the former national education correspondent of The New York Times and was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Reforming a School System, Reviving a City is the 15th book he has written, co-writen, edited, or co-edited.

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