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.

Special Issue:
When Diversity Works: Bridging Families, Peers, Schools, and Communities

Guest Editors:
Catherine R. Cooper and Patricia Gándara

Guest Editors' Introduction
Catherine R. Cooper and Patricia Gándara

Research Articles

School/Community-Based Organization Partnerships for Language Minority Students' School Success
Carolyn Temple Adger

Finding Ways In: Community-Based Perspectives on Southeast Asian Family Involvement with Schools in a New England State
Francine F. Collignon, Makna Men, and Serei Tan

Good or Bad? Peer Influences on Latino and European American Adolescents= Pathways Through School
Margarita Azmitia and Catherine R. Cooper

Planning for the Future in Rural and Urban High Schools
Patricia Gándara, Dianna Gutiérrez, and Susan O'Hara

Latino Immigrant Parents and Children Learning and Publishing Together in an After-School Setting
Richard P. Durán, Jane Durán, Deborah Perry-Romero, Edith Sanchez

Bridging Funds of Distributed Knowledge: Creating Zones of Practices in Mathematics
Norma González, Rosi Andrade, Marta Civil, and Luis C. Moll

Segregated Classrooms, Integrated Intent: How One School Struggled to Develop Positive Interethnic Relations
Rosemary C. Henze

Commentary

The Holographic Properties of Diversity
Gil N. García

Building Bridges of Home, School, and Communty: The Importance of Design
Joyce L. Epstein

Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk
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