Foreword / Martin V. Covington -- Life in an urban classroom: where dreams and realities collide -- The personal journey of a teacher: Karen's story -- Developing teaching strategies that honor and motivate diverse learners -- The culture of the school -- Teacher action research -- Realizing student potential with alternative strategies -- What gets in the way of student success? -- Taking on the role of detective: teacher's response to struggling students -- Turning student aspirations into realities
Summary
Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-120) and index
