Children in Chaos: How Israel and the United States Attempt to Integrate At-Risk Youth

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• List of Tables ix
• Preface xi
• Introduction 1
• 1 - Changing Youths' Attitudes: Well-Meaning Attempts In the United States 7
• 2 - Warehousing Our Children: Another Dismal Failure 15
• 3 - Some Good Educational Programs: A Brief Overview 21
• 4 - Integration of At-Risk Youth: Israeli Success With Youth Aliyah Programs 37
• 5 - Federal Failures: How Bureaucracy Hinders Progress 73
• 6 - Snapshots of Chaos: Personal Portraits of Pittsburgh 83
• 7 Conclusion 101
• Appendix I Agencies Receiving "Act Together" Grants 105
• Appendix II - An Operational Definition Of Public Service 111
• Appendix IV - Public Service Commitment Questionnaire B 115
• Table A.1 - Spearman Brown Split Half Test Results 119

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• List of Tables ix
• Preface xi
• Introduction 1
• 1 - Changing Youths' Attitudes: Well-Meaning Attempts In the United States 7
• 2 - Warehousing Our Children: Another Dismal Failure 15
• 3 - Some Good Educational Programs: A Brief Overview 21
• 4 - Integration of At-Risk Youth: Israeli Success With Youth Aliyah Programs 37
• 5 - Federal Failures: How Bureaucracy Hinders Progress 73
• 6 - Snapshots of Chaos: Personal Portraits of Pittsburgh 83
• 7 Conclusion 101
• Appendix I Agencies Receiving "Act Together" Grants 105
• Appendix II - An Operational Definition Of Public Service 111
• Appendix IV - Public Service Commitment Questionnaire B 115
• Table A.1 - Spearman Brown Split Half Test Results 119
• Glossary of Hebrew Terms 137
• Bibliography 141
• Index 143
• About the Author *