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Matthew A. Kraft; Alexander Bolves; Noelle M. Hurd – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
We document a largely unrecognized pathway through which schools promote human capital development -- by fostering informal mentoring relationships between students and school personnel. Using longitudinal data from a large, nationally representative sample of adolescents, we explore the frequency, nature, and consequences of school-based natural…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Human Capital, Educational Environment
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Owens, Ann – Sociology of Education, 2010
Scholars hypothesize that both neighborhood and school contexts influence educational attainment, but few have considered both contexts simultaneously. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the author analyzes how school and neighborhood contexts are jointly related to high school and college graduation. She finds…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Educational Environment, Competition, Reinforcement