The Effect of Communities In Schools on High School Dropout and Graduation Rates: Results From a Multiyear, School-Level Quasi-Experimental Study

Getting Them There, Keeping Them There: Benefits of an Extended School Day Program for High School Students

“…The average SUN student was on track to graduate, having earned 6.5 credits, whereas the average comparison student was not, having earned less than 6 credits. This finding is consistent with other research on high school students who participated in extended school day programs (e.g., Goerge et al, 2007;Porowski & Passa, 2011;Reisner et al, 2004).…”

Youth Perceptions of a School-Based Mentoring Program

“…Youth development and educational attainment have long been areas of interest for researchers, and in recent years, this inquiry has centered primarily on the impact of school and community environments. Studies estimate that 1.2 million students drop out of school every year in the United States (Porowski & Passa, 2011; Radcliffe & Bos, 2011). This staggering dropout rate comes at a time when higher education and college degrees are critically important for future employment and career (Sondergeld, Fischer, Samel, & Knaggs, 2013; Sommerfeld & Bowen, 2013).…”

“…Students at greatest risk of dropping out include those who have parents with low educational attainment, low socioeconomic status, low parent and/or student educational aspirations (Berzin, 2010), low levels of school engagement (Suh & Suh, 2006), and low peer or teacher support (Archambault et al, 2009; Chang, Greenberger, Chen, Heckhausen, & Farruggia, 2010; Fruiht & Wray-Lake, 2013; Kenny et al, 2007; Porowski & Passa, 2011). Low school attendance and negative school climate are also predictors of a higher student dropout rate (Schoeneberger, 2012; Suh & Suh, 2006), and a negative school climate (Berzin, 2010).…”

Typologizing School–Community Partnerships

“…The one descriptive article (Walker & Hackmann, 1999) provides an overview of the School-Based Youth Services Program (SBYSP) supported in 29 Iowa communities. The four research syntheses were commissioned by the sponsoring organizations to evaluate the programs they were supporting: Community in Schools (CIS, 2010; Porowski & Passa, 2011), the National Education Association (NEA; Henderson, 2011), and the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), home of the Coalition for Community Schools (Blank, Melaville, & Shah, 2003; Melaville, 1998).…”