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Author Bruce S. Cooper looks at truancy as an indication that curricula and pedagogy are not serving students' needs, especially for ethnic minorities and English language learners. This book explores different types of truancy, major research in the field, and how teachers, school leaders, and students can work together to solve this problem.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Understanding and Defining Truancy
Chapter 2: "Surrounding The Wrong Building"
Chapter 3: Truancy By The Numbers
Chapter 4: The Ethnic Minority And English Language Learner Journey Of Education
Chapter 5: Truancy And Ethnicity
Chapter 6: Listening To The Truants
Chapter 7: Truancy Among Speakers Of English As A Second Language
Chapter 8: Shifting The Prevailing Winds Of Education
Chapter 9: A Good Teacher
Chapter 10: Fixing Truancy
About the author
Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, Education Administration and Public Policy, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University; having taught at University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College, after receiving his doctorate at the University of Chicago with Donald A. Erickson, as his mentor. Cooper has written 35 books on education politics and policy, including The Handbook of Education Politics and Policy, in two editions with Lance D. Fusarelli and James Cibulka; served as President of the Politics of Education Association and a founding member of Private School Research Association; and received the Jay D. Scribner Award for Mentoring and the UCEA.
Summary
Author Bruce S. Cooper looks at truancy as an indication that curricula and pedagogy are not serving students’ needs, especially for ethnic minorities and English language learners. This book explores different types of truancy, major research in the field, and how teachers, school leaders, and students can work together to solve this problem.
