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Other Ways to Win
Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates

Third Edition

March 2006 | 264 pages | Corwin

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.


 
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

"This is the first book I've read that concentrates on the academic middle who may not want to go to college or who may want to go but may struggle to succeed.  Gray and Herr have provided educators and parents a resource full of alternative 'ways to win.' "

John Casper, Supervisor of Secondary Instruction
Nelson County Public Schools, Bardstown, KY

"The authors demonstrate an effective and legitimate working knowledge of a real high school and national dilemma and write skillfully and engagingly about the dilemma."

Robert Todd, Principal
Theodore Roosevelt High School, San Antonio, TX

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface to the Third Edition

Chapter 1


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