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Title:
Fixing truancy now : inviting students back to class / Jonathan W. Shute and Bruce S. Cooper.
Author:
Shute, Jonathan, author.

Cooper, Bruce S., author.
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Call Number:
LB3081 .S48 2014
Abstract:
In this book, the authors posit that truancy is an indication that school curricula and pedagogy are not serving students' needs as well as they should, especially when it comes to ethnic minority students and English language learners. This book explores the concept of "classroom truancy" where students are truant from certain classes after they arrive at school. Major research in the field, and how teachers, school leaders, and students can work together in solving this problem are also examined.
ISBN:
9781475810059

9781475810066
Physical Description:
vii, 167 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Understanding and defining truancy -- "Surrounding the wrong building" -- Truancy by the numbers -- The ethnic minority and English language learner journey of education -- Truancy and ethnicity -- Listening to the truants -- Truancy among English language learners -- Shifting the prevailing winds of education -- A good teacher -- Fixing truancy.
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