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Direct linkSanchez, Horacio – Corwin, 2021
Economic hardship is changing our students' brain structures at a genetic level, producing psychological, behavioral, and cognitive issues that dramatically impact learning, behavior, physical health, and emotional stability. But there is hope. This groundbreaking book by one of the nation's top experts in brain science and resilience offers…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income Students, At Risk Students, Racial Differences
Download full textMelguizo, Tatiana; Martorell, Francisco; Swanson, Elise; Kezar, Adrianna – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2020
In 2015, the University of Southern California (USC) began a longitudinal, mixed-methods evaluation of the Thompson Scholars Learning Communities (TSLC), a comprehensive college transition program that provides students with multiple, integrated types of support. The evaluation as a whole examined whether, how, and why TSLC, as implemented at the…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs, Student School Relationship, College Students
Lent, ReLeah Cossett; Baca, Jimmy Santiago – Heinemann, 2010
Fusing Jimmy Santiago Baca's talents as a writer of memoir with ReLeah Cossett Lent's expertise in building and empowering classroom communities, this book offers a completely new approach to reaching at-risk adolescents. Centered around conflicts and life-altering choices, Baca's gripping personal narratives--delivered through short stories and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Students, Transformative Learning, Literary Genres
