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"This Is a Good Neighborhood. This Ain't No Pittsburgh!": Conflicting Narratives of Opioid Misuse within Rural School Districts and Communities
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Burfoot-Rochford, Ian; Schafft, Kai A. – American Journal of Education, 2021
Purpose: This study examines the local and institutional factors that shape how educators and educational leaders in western Pennsylvania have understood and responded to rapid growth in opioid misuse and drug overdose within their communities. We examine how educational leaders and educators in two rural school districts in western Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Principals
Linking Parent and Community Involvement with Student Achievement: Comparing Principal and Teacher Perceptions of Stakeholder Influence
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Gordon, Molly F.; Louis, Karen Seashore – American Journal of Education, 2009
Expanding the sources of leadership in schools has been a reform theme since the mid 1980s. Using exploratory factor analysis and regression, we examine the following questions: (1) How does leadership style affect principals' openness to community involvement? (2) Is a principal's openness to community involvement related to student achievement?…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, Leadership Styles
Discussion and Outlook: Research on Education and Development across the Years of Adolescence.
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Epstein, Joyce L.; Petersen, Anne C. – American Journal of Education, 1991
The articles of this special edition on education and development in adolescence share some common themes, raise points for debate, and offer new research ideas. Common themes emphasize the following: (1) diversity among adolescents; (2) simultaneity of multiple forms of development; and (3) multiple environmental influences on adolescents. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Community Influence
Community Influences on the Relation of Family Statuses to Adolescent School Performance: Differences between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites.
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Dornbusch, Sanford M.; And Others – American Journal of Education, 1991
Census and student questionnaire data for 382 African-American and 3,467 white high school students from suburban San Francisco (California) indicate consistent positive relationships among grades and family status, level of parental education, and a two-parent home only for the white majority. The community context is important in understanding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Students, Blacks