Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools
50 Proven Strategies for Helping Underachieving Students and Improving Schools
Second Edition
Robert Dale Barr
- Boise State University, USA
William H. Parrett
- Boise State University, USA
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Praise for the First Edition:
"Barr and Parrett have provided educators, policy makers, and parents with an outstanding resource. If you're serious about leaving no child behind, this is the one book you need to read."
—Bill Scott, Executive Director
Kentucky School Boards Association
Praise for the Second Edition:
"We now have the tools to ensure that all our students are successful—what a glorious time for schools, thanks to Robert Barr and William Parrett!"
—Nancy Golden, Superintendent
Springfield Public Schools, OR
Improve achievement for all students with winning strategies that respond to NCLB requirements!
Demonstrating that both struggling students and low-performing schools can show dramatic improvement, the authors provide lessons learned from experienced teachers to help educators effectively instruct students who are disadvantaged, culturally diverse, or who may be at risk. Featuring the voices of students, teachers, and administrators, this field-tested guide reviews NCLB mandates and encourages educators to:
- Establish priorities that focus on student learning
- Create a school and classroom climate of respect
- Maintain high expectations for academic performance
- Rely on results-driven instructional and assessment practices
- Collaborate with parents and families
Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools, Second Edition, is a valuable resource for educators who want to ensure positive school change and support academic success for their students.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I. Accept the Challenge to Teach All Students
- 1. Confront the Challenges
- Our Schools Have Changed
- Who Are the At-Risk Students?
- Compelling Conclusions
- 2. How Schools Fail Students and Manufacture Low Performance
- Destructive School Policies, Programs, and Practices
- The Myths That Perpetuate Ineffective Practices
- 3. Establish the Commitment to Educate Children and Youth at Risk
- Take a Stand
- Lessons Learned
- Low-Performing Schools Can Improve
Part II. 50 Proven Strategies for Schools and Classrooms
- 4. Understand the At-Risk Student
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #1: Recognize That Any Student May Become At Risk
- Strategy #2: Predict Youth Behavior Based on Developmental Assets
- Strategy #3: Appreciate the Resilient Student
- Strategy #4: Address the Differences Between Boys and Girls
- 5. Educate Poor and Culturally Diverse Students
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #5: Connect Culturally for Effective Teaching and Learning
- Strategy #6: Work With the Externally Centered Student
- Strategy #7: Understand the Problems of Low-Income Students
- Strategy #8: Eliminate Ineffective and Destructive Interventions
- Strategy #9: Use Effective Programs for Teaching Low-Income Students
- 6. Establish Priorities That Focus on Student Learning
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #10: Develop a Comprehensive Plan
- Strategy #11: Build a Profile by Collecting and Using Data
- Strategy #12: Set Goals, Targets, and Timelines
- Strategy #13: Create Time for Collaboration, Planning, and Development
- Strategy #14: Facilitate Continuous Improvement: The Critical Importance of Results-Driven Leadership
- 7. Collaborate With Parents and Families
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #15: Encourage Parent and Family Engagement
- Strategy #16: Build Effective Partnerships Among Families, Schools, and the Community
- 8. Create Caring Classrooms, Schools, and Communities of Support
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #17: Create a Community of Support
- Strategy #18: Create a Common Vision
- Strategy #19: Establish Alternative Schools
- Strategy #20: Develop Small Schools and Schools-Within-Schools
- Strategy #21: Provide Effective Transitions
- 9. Create a Climate of Respect in Schools and Classrooms
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #22: Recognize Early Warning Signs
- Strategy #23: Bully-Proof Classrooms and Schools
- Strategy #24: Create Reentry Opportunities for Expelled Students
- 10. Expect High Academic Performance
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #25: Motivate Students
- Strategy #26: Teach to Multiple Intelligences
- Strategy #27: Confront Tracking and Retention Practices
- Strategy #28: Initiate Targeted Professional Development
- Strategy #29: Create Career-Theme Schools and High School Academic Majors
- Strategy #30: Help At-Risk Students Pass High-Stakes Tests
- 11. Teach All Students to Read
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #31: Guarantee That Every Child Learns to Read
- Strategy #32: Implement Effective Literacy Practices and Programs K-12
- Strategy #33: Employ One-on-One Tutoring
- Strategy #34: Start Early
- Strategy #35: Redesign Grades K-3
- Strategy #36: Continuously Assess Reading Progress
- 12. Select Results-Driven Instructional and Assessment Practices
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #37: Personalize Instruction
- Strategy #38: Recognize the Critical Importance of an Aligned Curriculum
- Strategy #39: Select Research-Based Instructional Practices
- Strategy #40: Use Homework Effectively
- Strategy #41: Require Student Portfolios, Projects, and Performance Exhibitions
- Strategy #42: Incorporate Technology Across the Curriculum
- Strategy #43: Create Assessment-Literate Classrooms
- 13. Support Social and Emotional Growth
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #44: Create Student Mentoring Programs
- Strategy #45: Establish Service Learning Programs
- Strategy #46: Teach Peer Mediation
- Strategy #47: Build Self-Esteem and Respect Through Student Leadership
- 14. Use Community Resources and Services
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #48: Embrace the Community as a Classroom
- Strategy #49: Develop Communitywide, Extended-Day Programs
- Strategy #50: Become a Full-Service School
Part III. Summon the Will to Leave No Child Behind
- 15. The Inalienable Right to a Quality Education
- With Liberty and Justice for Some?
- The Emergent National Consensus: No Child Left Behind
- Breaking Free From Ignorance
- The Fifty Strategies
50 Strategies Suggested Reading
50 Strategies Suggested Reading
References
References
Index
Index
Description
Praise for the First Edition:
"Barr and Parrett have provided educators, policy makers, and parents with an outstanding resource. If you're serious about leaving no child behind, this is the one book you need to read."
—Bill Scott, Executive Director
Kentucky School Boards Association
Praise for the Second Edition:
"We now have the tools to ensure that all our students are successful—what a glorious time for schools, thanks to Robert Barr and William Parrett!"
—Nancy Golden, Superintendent
Springfield Public Schools, OR
Improve achievement for all students with winning strategies that respond to NCLB requirements!
Demonstrating that both struggling students and low-performing schools can show dramatic improvement, the authors provide lessons learned from experienced teachers to help educators effectively instruct students who are disadvantaged, culturally diverse, or who may be at risk. Featuring the voices of students, teachers, and administrators, this field-tested guide reviews NCLB mandates and encourages educators to:
- Establish priorities that focus on student learning
- Create a school and classroom climate of respect
- Maintain high expectations for academic performance
- Rely on results-driven instructional and assessment practices
- Collaborate with parents and families
Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools, Second Edition, is a valuable resource for educators who want to ensure positive school change and support academic success for their students.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I. Accept the Challenge to Teach All Students
- 1. Confront the Challenges
- Our Schools Have Changed
- Who Are the At-Risk Students?
- Compelling Conclusions
- 2. How Schools Fail Students and Manufacture Low Performance
- Destructive School Policies, Programs, and Practices
- The Myths That Perpetuate Ineffective Practices
- 3. Establish the Commitment to Educate Children and Youth at Risk
- Take a Stand
- Lessons Learned
- Low-Performing Schools Can Improve
Part II. 50 Proven Strategies for Schools and Classrooms
- 4. Understand the At-Risk Student
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #1: Recognize That Any Student May Become At Risk
- Strategy #2: Predict Youth Behavior Based on Developmental Assets
- Strategy #3: Appreciate the Resilient Student
- Strategy #4: Address the Differences Between Boys and Girls
- 5. Educate Poor and Culturally Diverse Students
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #5: Connect Culturally for Effective Teaching and Learning
- Strategy #6: Work With the Externally Centered Student
- Strategy #7: Understand the Problems of Low-Income Students
- Strategy #8: Eliminate Ineffective and Destructive Interventions
- Strategy #9: Use Effective Programs for Teaching Low-Income Students
- 6. Establish Priorities That Focus on Student Learning
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #10: Develop a Comprehensive Plan
- Strategy #11: Build a Profile by Collecting and Using Data
- Strategy #12: Set Goals, Targets, and Timelines
- Strategy #13: Create Time for Collaboration, Planning, and Development
- Strategy #14: Facilitate Continuous Improvement: The Critical Importance of Results-Driven Leadership
- 7. Collaborate With Parents and Families
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #15: Encourage Parent and Family Engagement
- Strategy #16: Build Effective Partnerships Among Families, Schools, and the Community
- 8. Create Caring Classrooms, Schools, and Communities of Support
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #17: Create a Community of Support
- Strategy #18: Create a Common Vision
- Strategy #19: Establish Alternative Schools
- Strategy #20: Develop Small Schools and Schools-Within-Schools
- Strategy #21: Provide Effective Transitions
- 9. Create a Climate of Respect in Schools and Classrooms
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #22: Recognize Early Warning Signs
- Strategy #23: Bully-Proof Classrooms and Schools
- Strategy #24: Create Reentry Opportunities for Expelled Students
- 10. Expect High Academic Performance
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #25: Motivate Students
- Strategy #26: Teach to Multiple Intelligences
- Strategy #27: Confront Tracking and Retention Practices
- Strategy #28: Initiate Targeted Professional Development
- Strategy #29: Create Career-Theme Schools and High School Academic Majors
- Strategy #30: Help At-Risk Students Pass High-Stakes Tests
- 11. Teach All Students to Read
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #31: Guarantee That Every Child Learns to Read
- Strategy #32: Implement Effective Literacy Practices and Programs K-12
- Strategy #33: Employ One-on-One Tutoring
- Strategy #34: Start Early
- Strategy #35: Redesign Grades K-3
- Strategy #36: Continuously Assess Reading Progress
- 12. Select Results-Driven Instructional and Assessment Practices
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #37: Personalize Instruction
- Strategy #38: Recognize the Critical Importance of an Aligned Curriculum
- Strategy #39: Select Research-Based Instructional Practices
- Strategy #40: Use Homework Effectively
- Strategy #41: Require Student Portfolios, Projects, and Performance Exhibitions
- Strategy #42: Incorporate Technology Across the Curriculum
- Strategy #43: Create Assessment-Literate Classrooms
- 13. Support Social and Emotional Growth
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #44: Create Student Mentoring Programs
- Strategy #45: Establish Service Learning Programs
- Strategy #46: Teach Peer Mediation
- Strategy #47: Build Self-Esteem and Respect Through Student Leadership
- 14. Use Community Resources and Services
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #48: Embrace the Community as a Classroom
- Strategy #49: Develop Communitywide, Extended-Day Programs
- Strategy #50: Become a Full-Service School
Part III. Summon the Will to Leave No Child Behind
- 15. The Inalienable Right to a Quality Education
- With Liberty and Justice for Some?
- The Emergent National Consensus: No Child Left Behind
- Breaking Free From Ignorance
- The Fifty Strategies
50 Strategies Suggested Reading
50 Strategies Suggested Reading
References
References
Index
Index
Reviews
Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools
50 Proven Strategies for Helping Underachieving Students and Improving Schools
October 2007 | 432 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412957939 | $51.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452294766 | $47.00 |
Praise for the First Edition:
"Barr and Parrett have provided educators, policy makers, and parents with an outstanding resource. If you're serious about leaving no child behind, this is the one book you need to read."
—Bill Scott, Executive Director
Kentucky School Boards Association
Praise for the Second Edition:
"We now have the tools to ensure that all our students are successful—what a glorious time for schools, thanks to Robert Barr and William Parrett!"
—Nancy Golden, Superintendent
Springfield Public Schools, OR
Improve achievement for all students with winning strategies that respond to NCLB requirements!
Demonstrating that both struggling students and low-performing schools can show dramatic improvement, the authors provide lessons learned from experienced teachers to help educators effectively instruct students who are disadvantaged, culturally diverse, or who may be at risk. Featuring the voices of students, teachers, and administrators, this field-tested guide reviews NCLB mandates and encourages educators to:
- Establish priorities that focus on student learning
- Create a school and classroom climate of respect
- Maintain high expectations for academic performance
- Rely on results-driven instructional and assessment practices
- Collaborate with parents and families
Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools, Second Edition, is a valuable resource for educators who want to ensure positive school change and support academic success for their students.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Part I. Accept the Challenge to Teach All Students
- 1. Confront the Challenges
- Our Schools Have Changed
- Who Are the At-Risk Students?
- Compelling Conclusions
- 2. How Schools Fail Students and Manufacture Low Performance
- Destructive School Policies, Programs, and Practices
- The Myths That Perpetuate Ineffective Practices
- 3. Establish the Commitment to Educate Children and Youth at Risk
- Take a Stand
- Lessons Learned
- Low-Performing Schools Can Improve
- Part II. 50 Proven Strategies for Schools and Classrooms
- 4. Understand the At-Risk Student
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #1: Recognize That Any Student May Become At Risk
- Strategy #2: Predict Youth Behavior Based on Developmental Assets
- Strategy #3: Appreciate the Resilient Student
- Strategy #4: Address the Differences Between Boys and Girls
- 5. Educate Poor and Culturally Diverse Students
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #5: Connect Culturally for Effective Teaching and Learning
- Strategy #6: Work With the Externally Centered Student
- Strategy #7: Understand the Problems of Low-Income Students
- Strategy #8: Eliminate Ineffective and Destructive Interventions
- Strategy #9: Use Effective Programs for Teaching Low-Income Students
- 6. Establish Priorities That Focus on Student Learning
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #10: Develop a Comprehensive Plan
- Strategy #11: Build a Profile by Collecting and Using Data
- Strategy #12: Set Goals, Targets, and Timelines
- Strategy #13: Create Time for Collaboration, Planning, and Development
- Strategy #14: Facilitate Continuous Improvement: The Critical Importance of Results-Driven Leadership
- 7. Collaborate With Parents and Families
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #15: Encourage Parent and Family Engagement
- Strategy #16: Build Effective Partnerships Among Families, Schools, and the Community
- 8. Create Caring Classrooms, Schools, and Communities of Support
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #17: Create a Community of Support
- Strategy #18: Create a Common Vision
- Strategy #19: Establish Alternative Schools
- Strategy #20: Develop Small Schools and Schools-Within-Schools
- Strategy #21: Provide Effective Transitions
- 9. Create a Climate of Respect in Schools and Classrooms
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #22: Recognize Early Warning Signs
- Strategy #23: Bully-Proof Classrooms and Schools
- Strategy #24: Create Reentry Opportunities for Expelled Students
- 10. Expect High Academic Performance
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #25: Motivate Students
- Strategy #26: Teach to Multiple Intelligences
- Strategy #27: Confront Tracking and Retention Practices
- Strategy #28: Initiate Targeted Professional Development
- Strategy #29: Create Career-Theme Schools and High School Academic Majors
- Strategy #30: Help At-Risk Students Pass High-Stakes Tests
- 11. Teach All Students to Read
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #31: Guarantee That Every Child Learns to Read
- Strategy #32: Implement Effective Literacy Practices and Programs K-12
- Strategy #33: Employ One-on-One Tutoring
- Strategy #34: Start Early
- Strategy #35: Redesign Grades K-3
- Strategy #36: Continuously Assess Reading Progress
- 12. Select Results-Driven Instructional and Assessment Practices
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #37: Personalize Instruction
- Strategy #38: Recognize the Critical Importance of an Aligned Curriculum
- Strategy #39: Select Research-Based Instructional Practices
- Strategy #40: Use Homework Effectively
- Strategy #41: Require Student Portfolios, Projects, and Performance Exhibitions
- Strategy #42: Incorporate Technology Across the Curriculum
- Strategy #43: Create Assessment-Literate Classrooms
- 13. Support Social and Emotional Growth
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #44: Create Student Mentoring Programs
- Strategy #45: Establish Service Learning Programs
- Strategy #46: Teach Peer Mediation
- Strategy #47: Build Self-Esteem and Respect Through Student Leadership
- 14. Use Community Resources and Services
- Unconventional Wisdom: What Works for Experienced Teachers
- Strategy #48: Embrace the Community as a Classroom
- Strategy #49: Develop Communitywide, Extended-Day Programs
- Strategy #50: Become a Full-Service School
- Part III. Summon the Will to Leave No Child Behind
- 15. The Inalienable Right to a Quality Education
- With Liberty and Justice for Some?
- The Emergent National Consensus: No Child Left Behind
- Breaking Free From Ignorance
- The Fifty Strategies
- 50 Strategies Suggested Reading
- References
- Index
Recent Product Reviews:
I have decided to use this text in my class as resource and reference to provide students aspiring to become teachers, understand different strategies that could be of assistance when working with at risk students. This text contains great information and strategies that is useful for all the students to learn.
Mrs Cordelia Hayden, College Of Education, University of Phoenix - Phoenix
“Lives up to its title with 50 experience-tested recommendations. Though especially recommended for educators serving in America’s most troubled schools, this book is filled cover to cover with tips, tricks, techniques, and recommendations that even those most successful schools will find useful.”
The Bookwatch, May 2008, Midwest Book Review
"I always knew that all students could meet or exceed standards if we articulated the research-based practices that worked. This is exactly what the authors have done. We now have the tools to ensure all our students are successful—what a glorious time for schools, thanks to Robert Barr and William Parrett!"
Nancy Golden, Superintendent, Springfield Public Schools, OR
Praise for the first edition: "Barr and Parrett have provided educators, policy makers, and parents with an outstanding resource. If you’re serious about leaving no child behind, this is one book you need to read."
Bill Scott, Executive Director, Kentucky School Boards Association