Schargel, Franklin P

Offers advice for successful educational leadership in at-risk schools and includes examples from over fifty schools that illustrate how the leaders at these schools motivated students and raised academic achievement.

Analyzes the school dropout situation in America and examines the demographic and social influences that contribute to the problem including immigration, poverty, teenage pregnancy and drug use, and provides strategies for prevention and accountability, alternative schooling, and community and family involvement.

Provides 152 suggestions for educators to prevent students from dropping out, and covers student learning, professional growth, family and community involvement, and school safety.

Reviews the fifteen strategies identified in "Strategies to Help Solve Our School Dropout Problem, " and features a selection of "best practices" material that has been used successfully to address the dropout problem in schools and communities across the U.S. Includes resources and worksheets on CD-ROM.

Provides advice for teachers working with at-risk students; addressing family engagement, mentoring and tutoring, service learning, after-school opportunities, educational technology, individualized instruction, career and technical education, school-community collaboration, safe learning environments, systemic renewal, and more.