Recently the chapter that we read talks about at risk students and programs that there is for them to succeed. The problem I find is that some of these kids want to take the help but the home environment might not support them. Unfortunetly children that do not finish their schooling have a higher rate of living in poverty for the rest of their lives. The sad thing is with out education they will never know that they don't have to stay in that class-status. That's the good thing about America, if you have a dream follow it. It's amazing what a human brain can do if it's put to the test.... According to the U. S Census Bureau the following conditions may contribute to different levels of At- Risk.
- Has at least one disabiltiy
- Retained in a grade at least once
- Speaks English less than "very well"
- Does not live with both parents
- Either parents emigrated in the past five years
- has a family income below $ 10,000
- Neither parent or guardian employed
- Upward Bound
- Pull out programs
- Compensatory education program
- PTA
- PTO
- Parent teacher conference
- Open house
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I loved the reading we did about this topic last week, and it's a great one for a blog. I agree with you that educators need to do as much as possible to help these at risk students. I know from experience in my high school that if these type of students had had more support, they would have done much better. Parent involvement is also a huge thing to me. I think the more the parents are involved, the more likely the child is to succeed. And I think this is true from a very young age. If a parent is involved in something at school or even at home that has to do with school I think it has a great impact on how well the child does in school. These at risk students need as much help as they can get! Great topic!
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