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Social Issues in Today’s Schools

Social Issues in Today’s Schools. The Pursuit of Happyness Trailer Breakfast club trailer Pay It Forward Trailer Juno Trailer What social issues are represented in these films?. Social issues in recent history:. Data . Recent poverty locally

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Social Issues in Today’s Schools

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  1. Social Issues in Today’s Schools

  2. The Pursuit of Happyness Trailer Breakfast club trailer Pay It Forward Trailer Juno Trailer What social issues are represented in these films? Social issues in recent history:

  3. Data

  4. Recent poverty locally Child Poverty: America's Forgotten Children poverty today

  5. Perpetual cycle:

  6. What social factors today are influencing schools and education? What regions in the U.S. suffer most from poverty? What are some reasons for higher poverty rates in the south? How do we effectively educate students in spite of these issues? Questions for discussion…

  7. Successful schools in Louisiana Coalition of Essential Schools Other examples: Dugan & SYCS Is high achievement attainable?

  8. In closing…

  9. Coldarci, T. (2006). Do smaller schools really reduce the “power rating” of poverty? The Rural Educator, 28 (1), 1-8. Diaz, V. (2008). Relationships between district size, socioeconomics, expenditures, and student achievement in Washington. The Rural Educator 29 (3) 30-39. Dugan Alternative High School Website. Information retrieved June 26, 2010 from http://www.dugan.cps.k12.il.us/ Hopkins, T.M. (2005). If you are poor, is it better to be rural? The Rural Educator, 27 (1), 21-28. Meeker, S. D., Edmonson, S., & Fisher, A. (2009). The voices of high school dropouts: implications for research and practice. The International Journal on School Disaffection, 6 (1), 40-52. Michie, G. (2007). A real alternative: tragedy and hope in an urban immigrant community. TheInternational Journal on School Disaffection, 4 (2), 6-13. National Center for Education Statistics. Various tables and graphs retrieved June 2010 from www.nces.ed.gov O’Donnell, J., Kirkner, S. L., Meyer-Adams, N. (2008). Low-income, urban consumers’ perceptions of community school outreach practices, desired services, and outcomes. The School Community Journal, 18 (2), 147-164. Parkay, F. W. (2006). Social foundations for becoming a teacher. Boston, MA: Pearson. References

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