CHAPTERCHAPTER Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, AND SOCIETY EIGHTH EDITION DAVID MILLER SADKER MYRA POLLACK SADKER KAREN R. ZITTLEMAN 5 Life in Schools

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. TRACKING Benefits Early career preparation Liabilities Reflects socioeconomic class Student Generated Responses 5.1

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. SCHOOL TIME Figure 5.1 Source: From Jon Goodland, A Place Called School (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984).. 5.2

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. MIDDLE SCHOOLERS’ SELF-PERCEPTION Source: Roper Youth Report, Question 22, Self-Perception,

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. ADOLESCENT ANGST (WHAT TEENS SAY) What other “woes” and “wows” have you heard from teens? Source: Are We Preparing Students for the 21 st Century? Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 2000), p

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY Figure 5.3 Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being,

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. LATCHKEY CHILD IN TROUBLE: WARNING SIGNS SLOVENLY OR UNTIDY CLOTHING SLIPS REQUIRING PARENT’S SIGNATURE NOT RETURNED NO LUNCH OR LUNCH MONEY HOMEWORK NOT COMPLETED HANGS AROUND AFTER SCHOOL DECLINE IN ACHIEVEMENT 5.6

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. CHILDREN IN POVERTY Figure 5.4 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. Current Population Reports (2005). Available at hppt:// 5.7

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. GRADUATION RATES IN THE U.S. Figure 5.5 Source: Gary Orfield, Losing Our Future: How Minority Youths Are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis (2004). Available at 5.8

Sadker/Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society, Eighth Edition. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. AT-RISK RESPONSES At-Risk Strategies Intervene early: Identify and address causes: Restructure school practices: Offer alternative programs: Other(s): Specific Teacher Responses Student Generated Suggestions 5.9