Changing the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs that Break the Cycle of Poverty

by Susan B. Neuman

Book Overview

Schools, today, are in the midst of the most major, costly educational reform movement in their history as they grapple with the federal mandates to leave no children behind, says author Susan B. Neuman, former Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education under President George W. Bush. Although some efforts for investing resources will be substantially more productive than others, there is little evidence that, despite many heroic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031336222X
• ISBN13: 9780313362224
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"