AT RISK

 

Mcpartland and Slavin (1990) reported that third-graders have almost no chance of graduating from high school if they:

Read one year below grade level.

Have been retained in one grade.

Come from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Attend school with many other poor children.

 

Types of Students Who are At Risk

Students who grow up in poverty

Homeless Students

Students in Single-parent Homes

Students Who Experience Significant Losses

Students who are Abused

Students who Abuse Substances

Students who become Pregnant

Students who are Delinquents

 

Four Approaches to Education for Students At Risk

Compensation -Make up for the effects of risk factors

Intervention -Reduce the Effects of Risk Factors as they Occur

Prevention -Prevent Risk Factors from Taking Effect

Transition -Make risk factors Irrelevant to Adult Success in the Workplace

 

Strategies for Teaching Students Who are AT Risk

Reading Emphasis

Accelerated Schools

Alternative Schools

One-on-One Tutoring

Extended School Day

Cooperative Learning

Magnet Schools

Teen Parent Programs

Vocational-Technical Programs

Mentoring

School-to-Work Programs