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Tepvaddei Seiler – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Digital inclusion is an opportunity to fill the digital divide, the inequity preventing access to technological resources which support participation in online learning. Specific to financially disadvantaged students, this interpretive qualitative study examines how factors of digital inclusion influence one's decision to pursue an online health…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Electronic Learning, Poverty
Rosado, Jacqueline – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Schools have made efforts to improve outcomes for poor, Black, and Latino students, but disparities persist. Education policies in the United States are not addressing the structural inequities in schools and any external influences that contribute to the low achievement of Black, and Latino students living in poverty. The research in this study…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Clinics, Public Schools, Access to Health Care
Brown, La Vera C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Elementary school counselors working in high-poverty schools experience several challenges due to the multiple barriers associated with serving children from low-SES families. Research shows that children from low-SES families are at risk of adverse consequences to their developmental and psychological progress due to negative environmental…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics
Conway, Patricia Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In 2014, Miskitu participants in the communities of Raitipura and Kahkabila and several of their children had dropped out of school. Earlier quantitative research revealed a problem of low matriculation in elementary and high schools in all of Nicaragua. This inquiry differed from others in that it was a qualitative study focusing on one group of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence, Dropout Prevention, Indigenous Populations
Perry, Teresa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the perceptions of principals and teachers regarding mental health provider's impact on student achievement and behavior in high poverty schools using descriptive statistics, t-test, and two-way ANOVA. Respondents in this study shared similar views concerning principal and teacher satisfaction and levels of support for the…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures