Word: at-risk
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...Somerset, intervened to secure the release of 12 middle-school boys jailed for leading a brawl. He then founded Brothers Working Together, which he says aims "to help young people realize that they have options beyond the street corner." The program, which offers guidance and tutoring to 60 at-risk students, was lauded by Governor Christine Whitman at the Republican Convention...
...spirit of the CCA's educational focus, the meeting featured a panel discussion titled "Improving Educational Performance in At-Risk Students...
...have never been around these persons. Anyone involved in community service will tell you that arguments about political correctness and multi-culturalism rarely trickle down to persons concerned with feeding their children, health care, and housing issues. Perhaps you should acquaint your self with the volumes of literature on "at-risk" communities housed in Harvard's Gutman library. Furthermore, how can you argue that African-Americans suffer from self-deprecation in one paragraph and political correctness in another...
...good theme--a "platform" that will serve as her stump speech should she win the crown. This week's wannabes will plump for such causes as aging with dignity (Miss Hawaii), youth-violence intervention (Maine), alternatives to underage drinking (Nebraska), organ-tissue donation (Texas) and motivating at-risk children through music (Alabama). Miss California will speak in favor of sexual abstinence...
...major benefit of such schedules is to improve students' retention rate. Teachers in traditional nine-month schools often must spend three to six weeks in the fall reviewing material learned the previous year. "The year-round program is particularly good for at-risk students because they don't have that long summer to forget what they struggled so hard to learn," says Brenda Teeter, a Mooresville science teacher...