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Direct linkAscher, Carol; Maguire, Cindy – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
This report describes a follow-up qualitative study, conducted in 2006 by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, of a small group of New York City high schools that were "beating the odds" in preparing low-performing 9th-grade students for timely high school graduation and college going. The 13 schools included two long-established…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Qualitative Research, Grade 9, High School Students
Download full textFlaxman, Erwin; Ascher, Carol – 1992
This descriptive study examines the operation of youth mentoring programs in New York City. In particular, the study maps the experiences of developing and operating youth mentoring programs as articulated by the organizers or directors of 21 such programs; reviews and analyzes the research and descriptions of mentoring programs nationally to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Ascher, Carol – Equity and Choice, 1991
Recently developed school programs for African-American male students give strong gender and cultural identity; strengthen social skills, discipline, and self-esteem; and redefine the "manly" African American. Some programs have faced legal and political obstacles. Early evidence of modest success is clear, but the long-term efficacy is…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Black Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
