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

Research Articles

Influence of Culture-Related Experiences and Sociodemographic Risk Factors on Cognitive Readiness Among Preschoolers
T. Mark Beasley

Do We Know Whom to Serve? Issues in Using Risk Factors to Identify Dropouts
Philip Gleason and Mark Dynarski

How Can We Help? What We Have Learned From Recent Federal Dropout Prevention Evaluations
Mark Dynarski and Philip Gleason

Career Academies: Additional Evidence of Positive Student Outcomes
Lawrence M. Hanser, Marc N. Elliot, and Curtis L. Gilroy

Book Reviews

We're Still Bailin': A book review of Bail Me Out! by Gerald W. Bracey
Ellen M. Pechman, Mary S. Leighton, and Jane P. Stern

Handbook of Research on Improving Student Achievement (2nd ed.), edited by Gordon Cawelti
Dale C. Kalkofen

Spreading Resiliency: Making It Happen For Schools and Communities, by Mike M. Milstein and Doris Annie Henry
Hersh C. Waxman

Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model, by Jane Echevarria, Mary Ellen Vogt, and Deborah J. Short
Wendy Feltham

Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk
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