Changes in American Families
Socioeconomic Factors
Changes in Students
At-risk Students
100
children who return to empty houses after school and who are left alone until parents come home
What are latchkey children?
100
combination of family income, parents occupation, level of parents education
What is socioeconomic status?
100
unwanted sexual-oriented behavior
What is sexual harassment?
100
schools that have family resource centers and provide places for social and health services
What are full-service schools?
200
this is an issue for 60% of working mothers with children under 2 years old
What is quality child care?
200
household income levels that represent the lowest earnings required to meet basic living needs
What are poverty thresholds?
200
a systematic or repetitious abuse of power between students
What is bullying?
200
students who have overcome their issues and continue with their schooling and other milestones in their lives
What are resilient students?
300
the husband is the breadwinner, mother doesn't work, two school aged children
What is a traditional family?
300
people with low incomes who continually struggle with economic problems
What is underclass?
300
the use of electronic media to harass a student
What is cyber bullying?
300
Low SES/poverty, High dropout rates, divorced families, minority, low self-esteem, poor attendance, lack of interest
What are qualities of at-risk students?