After the At-Risk Label: Reorienting Educational Policy and Practice Contributor(s): Brown, Keffrelyn D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807757012 ISBN-13: 9780807757017 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $41.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Special Education - General |
Dewey: 371.9 |
LCCN: 2016285209 |
Series: Disability, Culture, and Equity |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book examines how the use of the "at-risk" category and label creates problems for students and teachers. Drawing from research across various education sites, the author illustrates how educators recognize the label's potential to redress issues of equity, but warns that it can also stigmatize the students so labeled. Brown explores how the labeling and subsequent practices by teachers and schools actually affect students, such as classifying many individuals as deficient. The text provides a historical overview, discusses the role of federal education policy and teaching, and includes tools to help readers acquire more complex, critical understandings of risk in educational practice. After the At-Risk Label not only challenges the education community to reorient itself to a more equitable discourse, it provides a framework for changing the structural conditions of schooling to better serve all students. Book Features:
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