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Developmental Assets Supporting High School Graduation Among African American Students, Randall J. Johnson
Developmental Assets Supporting High School Graduation Among African American Students, Randall J. Johnson
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The focus of this study was individual and community assets and barriers that African American students living in disadvantaged low income communities encounter in their efforts to complete high school. The research questions were focused on understanding the high school experiences of students who graduated and of students who dropped out. The study was a comparison of the data collected from interviews of former students to the 15 interventions identified as most effective by the National Dropout Prevention Network (http://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/).
Findings suggested that 6 of the 15 developmental assets were effective for enabling African American students to graduate …
The School's Role As A Support System For Children Of Parental Divorce., Constance Myers Cottongim
The School's Role As A Support System For Children Of Parental Divorce., Constance Myers Cottongim
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In the year 2000, over one million children were involved in a new divorce. These statistics indicated that this subgroup of children would continue to be a large part of the school population. The school, because of time spent there, becomes a likely place for the recognition and identification of problems that may arise from parental divorce, thus providing an appropriate setting for interventions to be conducted.
The purpose of this study was to determine how parents, classroom teachers, and school counselors viewed the role of the school as a support system for children of divorce. The study also explored …