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Lavecchia, Adam M.; Oreopoulos, Philip; Brown, Robert S. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
We estimate long-run impacts to the Pathways to Education program, a comprehensive set of coaching, tutoring, group activities and financial incentives offered to disadvantaged students beginning in Grade 9. High school administrative records are matched to income tax records to follow individuals up to the age of 28, even when they leave the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Coaching (Performance), Tutoring, Group Activities
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Nieves, Sergio – Education and Society, 2013
This study assessed the civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes of Hispanic eighth grade students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), Florida. The participants consisted of 361 Hispanic students from 10 middle schools. Cuban, Colombian, or Nicaraguan participants did not demonstrate differences in civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Achievement Gap, Civics, Hispanic American Students
Kim, Tack-Ho; Lee, Sang Min; Yu, Kumlan; Lee, Seungkook; Puig, Ana – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2005
This study aimed to identify the significant protective factors that are likely to facilitate the development of Korean adolescents' resilience. The participants were 2,677 students in Korea, among whom 442 were receiving support from social welfare agencies. The results of hierarchical regression analysis show that the school adaptation variance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Personality Traits