Section 1. Conditions of risk. Extent and consequences of risk in U.S. education / Deborah Land and Nettie Legters ; Resiliency among students at risk of academic failure / Hersh C. Waxman, John P. Gray, and Yolanda N. Padrón ; Issues in educating African American children and youth / Robert J. Jagers and Grace Carroll ; Issues in educating Hispanic students / Yolanda N. Padrón, Hersh C. Waxman, and Héctor H. Rivera
section 2. Educating at-risk students from preschool through high school. Educating preschool and kindergarten children at risk / Barbara A. Wasik, Mary Alice Bond, and Annemarie Hindman ; Intentional school : effective elementary education for all children / Robert E. Slavin ; Essential components and next steps for comprehensive whole school reform in high poverty middle schools / Robert Balfanz, Allen Ruby, and Douglas Mac Iver ; Promising solutions for the least productive American high schools / James M. McPartland ... [et al.]
section 3. Looking beyond traditional practices for at-risk students. Involving families and communities in educating children and youth / Mavis G. Sanders, Glenda L. Allen-Jones, and Yolanda Abel ; Toward universal literacy / Robert Rueda and Ellen McIntyre ; Technology, education and at-risk students / Richard Durán
section 4. Systemic supports for improving at-risk schools. Title I : the evolution and effectiveness of compensatory education / Geoffrey D. Borman ; New roles for career and technical preparation programs in educating at-risk students / James R. Stone III and Marisa Castellano ; Systemic supports for schools serving students placed at risk / Sam Stringfield and Amanda Datnow.