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teaching struggling readers to achieve academic and personal success
xviii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Introduction : the traits of effective academic success programs -- High performance high school initiative : improving high schools from the inside out -- ACCESS : a program overview -- What is ACCESS? -- Who is in ACCESS-and how did they get there? -- What we do in ACCESS, when we do it, and why : a brief overview -- Curriculum -- What we do : a day in the class -- Why we do what we do : revisiting the research -- The academic essentials : an overview -- What we do : samples of curriculum -- Opportunities -- College visit -- Guest speakers -- Toastmasters international youth leadership program -- Job shadowing -- Reading buddies -- Other opportunities -- Making the most of high school -- Students -- Accelerated students -- Steady progression -- Variable progression -- No progression -- Teachers -- Roles and responsibilities -- The home connection : parents -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199) and index.