socioeconomic status
concepts and terms in curriculum studies
school systems, structures, and processes
The label “at-risk” gained prominence in the taxonomy of educational research in the 1980s subsequent to the publication of the commissioned report, A Nation at Risk. This document both documented and lamented the status of the U.S. educational system in comparison to the school systems of other industrialized nations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; At-Risk Students]
at-risk students
concepts