Full Description
Help teens in the academic middle succeed by creating and valuing other ways to win!
Research suggests that more than half of high school graduates are not academically prepared for college, yet they do not have significant learning disabilities preventing them from succeeding in a traditional classroom setting. This timeless bestseller, now in its third edition, has been updated with new data, recommendations, and observations to explore the choices available to these students beyond traditional four-year colleges.
Illustrating options that are more accessible and carry a much higher probability of student success, this resource:
Dispels the "one way to win" myth
Presents "other ways to win" that do not require a four-year college degree
Provides benefits for students with alternate forms of post-high school education
All teens deserve to succeed regardless of the post-secondary educational path they take. Other Ways to Win can help make it happen.
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. The One Way to Win Myth
1. The One Way to Win Myth
2. Recognizing the Forces Behind One Way to Win
3. Limited Options for Special Populations
Part II. Counting the Losers in the One Way to Win Game
4. Questionable Academic Preparation
5. Winners and Losers in the One Way to Win Game
6. Who Cares? The Politics of Average Students
Part III. Creating Other Ways to Win
7. The High Skill/High Wage Rationale
8. Step One: Providing Systematic Career Guidance for Students and Structured Feedback for Parents
9. Step Two: Redesigning the High School Academic Curriculum
10. Step Three: Ensuring Equal Status and Focused Academics
11. Other Ways to Win and Success for All
References
Index
