Beating the Odds: High Schools as Communities of Commitment

by Jacqueline Ancess

Book Overview

Beating the Odds tells the story of how teachers, students, and leaders in three schools transcend obstacles to beat the odds of failure and achieve impressive success. The schools -- a suburban vocational-technical school, an urban school for immigrant, new-English-language learners, and an urban second-chance school for students who have failed elsewhere --all operate as communities of commitment. With accessible language, multiple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807743550
• ISBN13: 9780807743553
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"