ABSTRACT
This issue of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR) is special for several reasons. This double issue presents summaries of the scholarly and practical-reform accomplishments of the first 5 years of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR). As described in Boykin’s article, this bold, 5-year initiative was charged with addressing, and has addressed, several of the problems that most directly challenge the values and practical aspirations of modern democracies.
