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The Power Of Community: How Foster Parents, Teachers, And Community Members Support Academic Achievement For Foster Youth, Brenda Morton
The Power Of Community: How Foster Parents, Teachers, And Community Members Support Academic Achievement For Foster Youth, Brenda Morton
Faculty Publications - College of Education
Foster children have been identified as one of the most high-risk groups for academic failure in schools today. However, a small number of foster youth are beating the odds by achieving academically. How are they able to overcome tremendous barriers and succeed? This phenomenological study reports the findings of former foster youth and their P-12 education experience. In-depth interviews are shared, offering a rare glimpse into the challenging lives of foster youth and revealing the supports that contributed to their success. The significance of each support entity identified by the participants must be broadly shared. The support entities are family, …
Barriers To Academic Achievement For Foster Youth: The Story Behind The Statistics, Brenda Morton
Barriers To Academic Achievement For Foster Youth: The Story Behind The Statistics, Brenda Morton
Faculty Publications - College of Education
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions of former and current foster youth about the barriers they encountered during their K-12 education, and to learn how they overcame these obstacles and achieved academic success. The study included in-depth interviews of 11 participants, all of whom were current or former foster youth who were enrolled or had plans to enroll in a community college or 4-year university. The results of this study indicated that previously identified barriers to academic achievement were true for this group of participants, but that these topics or themes represented the effects …