The power of the media specialist to improve academic achievement and strengthen at-risk students
Offers school library media specialists ideas and information improving academic achievement and meeting the needs of at-risk students
xii, 108 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781586832292, 1586832298
162501928
The significance of the problem
Introduction
How significant is the achievement gap?
Graduation may not be enough
High school graduation and college readiness are not the same
Who is at risk of failing?
Socioeconomic status
Race and ethnicity
Immigration
Limited English proficiency (LEP)
Special education
Legislation and effective schools
Education laws and at-risk students
Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No child left behind
Education of the Handicaped Act/Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Section 504 of the Vocational and Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with diabilities Act
What is effective?
Introduction
The impact study research : school library characteristics that raise academic achievement
Learning and teaching
Information access and delivery
Program administration
Educational and social science approaches that raise academic achievement
Resiliency
Marzano and translating research into action
Student motivation
The national dropout prevention center/network guidelines
Applying what works to the school library
Introduction
What are dispositions?
The turnaround school library
Creating the holistic library
The systems perspective
The ecological systems change approach
The ecological systems change journey