Parent Involvement in an Alternative School for Students at Risk of Educational Failure

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Lionel H.; Beckett, Kelvin S.
Titel	Parent Involvement in an Alternative School for Students at Risk of Educational Failure
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 39 (2007) 4, S.498-523 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124507301579
Schlagwörter	High Risk Students; School Policy; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Nontraditional Education; Academic Failure; Case Studies; Remedial Programs; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Whites; African American Teachers; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Socioeconomic Status; Social Class; Ethnicity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemschüler; Schulpolitik; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Förderprogramm; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; White; Weißer; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Ethnizität
Abstract	This case study contributes to a small but growing literature on alternative schools for at-risk students. Previous studies have been strong on participant narrative and advice for stakeholders, but have lacked theoretical and historical contextualization and are unlikely to have much impact on school policy. The present study focuses on the efforts of teachers and parents to build and sustain a successful remedial school for elementary and middle school students. It is argued that school districts should establish remedial schools, as they have other alternative schools, on a permanent basis. The case study also contributes to the much larger body of literature on parent involvement in schools. The study shows how middle-class White teachers and African American and urban Appalachian parents overcame barriers associated with socioeconomic class and ethnicity and became partners in building a home-school learning community that helped at-risk students prepare themselves for a more promising future. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10