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Download full textHickman, Greg; Anderson, Shannon – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2019
The high school dropout problem has been the focus of educational leaders and researchers for several decades. Despite efforts, students continue to drop out of high school. In an effort to prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of school, educators have paired mentors with youth in hopes of increasing graduation rates. These efforts have…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Mentors, Educational Administration
Direct linkSlaten, Christopher D.; Rivera, Roberto C.; Shemwell, Daniel; Elison, Zachary M. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2016
A growing body of research suggests educators need to focus on cultivating social and emotional competencies that youth will need to thrive in the new knowledge economy (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011). For marginalized urban youth, in particular, few have derived programs and interventions to assist with these…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Urban Youth
Cantrell, Susan C.; Carter, Janis C.; Rintamaa, Margaret – Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, 2012
This Striving Readers evaluation examined the impact of a targeted intervention for struggling adolescent readers in participating schools. This study was conducted in nine high schools in nine school districts serving large percentages of at-risk students in Kentucky. The targeted intervention for struggling readers was the Kentucky Cognitive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students
Cantrell, Susan C.; Almasi, Janice F.; Carter, Janis C.; Rintamaa, Margaret – Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, 2011
This Striving Readers evaluation examined the impact of a targeted intervention for struggling adolescent readers and investigated the impact of a whole-school literacy model on students in participating schools. This study was conducted in ten middle, nine high, and two 6-12 schools in seven rural school districts serving large percentages of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Strategies
