Youth-led action research found that many California high school students did not feel cared for by adults at school¶
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q2 i? Youth-led action research including a survey of 2,000 students found that more than 40% of surveyed 9th- and 11th-graders reported it was not at all true or only a little true that a teacher or other adult really cared about them, with lower assessments among Black and Pacific Islander students. → Hernández 2023
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Hernández 2023¶
Hernández, L. H., & Rivero, E. (2023). Striving for relationship-centered schools: Insights from a community-based transformation campaign. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/621.856
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Youth-led action research conducted over 10 months prior to the 2015 campaign launch, including a survey of 2,000 students and interviews with 65 education leaders. The report states that "more than 40% of surveyed 9th-graders and 11th-graders indicated that it was 'not at all true' or was 'a little true' that there was a teacher or other adult who really cared about them."
"This research sought to investigate a troubling pattern surfaced in the results from the 2013–15 administration of the California Healthy Kids Survey—that more than 40% of surveyed 9th-graders and 11th-graders indicated that it was “not at all true” or was “a little true” that there was a teacher or other adult who really cared about them."
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Related Claims¶
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- Teachers' empathetic caring is associated with stronger mathematics classroom connectedness among Black and Latine students than transactional care — related
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Youth-led action research found that many California high school students did not feel cared for by adults at school |
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Youth-led action research found that many California high school students did not feel cared for by adults at school |
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