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Arriero, Elisabeth; Griffin, Dana – Professional School Counseling, 2018
Community asset mapping is an approach that school counselors can use to locate resources to meet the needs of families, schools, and communities. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how school counselors might use community asset mapping to address the needs of their population(s), illustrated with an example of implementation in a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Hispanic American Students, High School Students, College Readiness
Smink, Jay; Reimer, Mary – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, 2017
The purpose of this report is threefold: to provide a brief overview of national dropout issues--both data and risk factors, with emphasis on those in rural areas--and then focusing on the particular factors that have the greatest impact on students in Mississippi; present the critical challenges for rural areas; and finally to recommend…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Dropout Prevention, At Risk Students, Dropout Rate
Stern, Barbara Slater; Kysilka, Marcella L. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2008
This book provides beginning teachers and educational leaders with a series of articles that can help them build their curriculum knowledge base. Features include: (1) Provides a historical context of the curriculum field, giving educators a solid foundation for curriculum knowledge; (2) Describes the political nature of curriculum and how we must…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Curriculum Development, Urban Schools, High Schools