Success for All - 9781593119409

Success for AllA Comprehensive Educational Reform for Improving At-Risk Students in an Urban School in China\nAuthor(s): Yanyu Zhou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781593119409, 978-1593119409\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a detailed account of an educational experiment in a middle school in Shanghai, China. The school, called Zhabei No. 8 Middle School (hereafter No. 8 School), is located in a run-down, lower working class district. Since the mid-1980s the school has experimented on an educational reform program called success education, aiming to help those at-risk students to be successful in school. This book illustrates how this educational experiment has been carried out and to identify experiences that could be learned by the international educational community.\n\nThe book analyzes the critical role played by Principal Liu Jinghai, and particular attention is paid to the strategies adopted by .