Failing at School
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Author_Camille A. Farrington
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ethnic minority students
high school drop outs
high-stakes testing
redesigning high schools
student achievement
student failure
student stratification
urban high schools
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- ISBN 9780807755167
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 154 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 07 Mar 2014
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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About half of all incoming ninth graders in urban districts will fail classes and drop out of school without a diploma. Failing at School starts with the premise that urban American high schools generate such widespread student failure not because of some fault of the students who attend them but because high schools were designed to stratify achievement and let only the top performers advance to higher levels of education. This is particularly true for low-income, racial/ethnic minority students. To get different results, Farrington proposes fundamental changes based on what we now know about how students learn, what motivates them to engage in learning, and what kinds of educational systems and structures would best support their learning.
Camille A. Farrington is a research associate (assistant professor) at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and the Consortium on Chicago School Research and director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment for the Network for College Success.
