First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents Overview *Synthesis of Where We Are Regarding At-Risk Youth, Robert Kronick Social, Political, and Health Aspects of At-Risk Youth *Politics of At-Risk Youth, Sung Roe Lee and Robert Cunningham *Teenage High School Leavers Speak Out About Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Life Problems, Sandra Putnam, James Malia, and Suzanne Streagle Some Intriguing Theories On At-Risk Youth *Home and School Correlates of Early At-Risk Status: A Coping Competence Model, Jean Dumas *New Learning and Agency in the At-Promise Student, Graham E. Higgs and Nancy L. Tarsi *Effects of Alternative Educational Programming on Intrinsic Motivation Among Ethnic Minority Adolescents, Cynthia Hudley *Television and At-Risk Youth, W. Thomas Beckner In Their Own Voice: Those Who Are Most At Risk *An African American Female, Rosa Kennedy *African American Parents' Roles in Education, Rhoda Barnes *Chestnut Ridge Learning Center: A Theory Put into Practice, Katherine Higginbotham Culture and Ethnic Groups That Are Often Ignored *Appalachian Culture and Schooling, Eva Thaller *Tribally Controlled Community College: Why Native American Dropouts Are Dropping In, Gabrielle Elliott Needed And Necessary Changes *Birth to Six Year Olds: Risks and Healing Strategies, Jerome Morton *Grading and Assessment Practices that Place Students At Risk, Charles Hargis *Education and Keeping Pace with Reaching At-Risk Students, Robert F. Kronick