Over five million children in the US are served by Title I schools. Following the implementation of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994, Title I has sought to assist schools in helping children to gain the knowledge they need for academic success.

As one of the foremost journals specifically aimed at the improvement of the educational experience of at-risk students, JESPAR assists researchers, policy makers, and practioners in identifying what programs and policies work in our schools today.

Editor's Introduction
Sam Stringfield


Case Studies

A Song of Faith... A Song of Hope: Nathan Goldblatt School
Pam S. Nesselrodt and Eugene C. Schaffer

They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Implementing a Career Academy Program for a Diverse High School Population
Abbe A. Shorr and Jeanne E. Hon

Research Articles

Effects of Bilingual and English as a Second Language Adaptations of Success for All on the Reading Achievement of Students Acquiring English
Robert Slavin and Nancy Madden

Effects of a Sport Education Curriculum on the Positive Social Behavior of At-Risk Rural Adolescent Boys
Peter A. Hastie and Tom Sharpe


Book Reviews

Personas Mexicanas: Chicano High Schoolers in a Changing Los Angeles, by James Diego Vigil
Gilberto Conchas

Let My Spirit Soar!: Narratives of Diverse Women in School Leadership, by Maenette K. P. Ah Nee-Benham and Joanne E. Cooper (Eds.)
Elizabeth L. Ihle

The More Things Change, the More They... A book review of Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring, by Pauline Lipman
BetsAnn Smith

The Four Imperatives of a Successful School
, by Lynn G. Beck & Joseph Murphy
Rebecca Herman

Race, the Courts, and Equal Education: The Limits of the Law
, by Richard Fossey (Ed.)
Mary von Euler

Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk
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