Berea College Promise Neighborhood initiative

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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

A Berea College–run place-based education initiative serving students and communities across Clay, Jackson, and Owsley Counties in rural Appalachian Kentucky.

Components

• Berea College Promise Neighborhood initiative serving three rural Appalachian Kentucky counties: The Berea College Promise Neighborhood is a place-based education initiative serving Clay, Jackson, and Owsley Counties in rural Appalachian Kentucky. The profile states the initiative "aims to reach all of them in some way," referring to the roughly 6,300 students residing in the three counties. It was documented as part of the Promise Neighborhoods Case Studies project (2014-2015), prepared for the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink. (Esposito et al. (2015))

Claims

• The initiative aims to reach all 6,300 students residing in the three served counties [+W]
• The Berea College Promise Neighborhood serves counties with per capita income significantly lower than state and national averages [+W]
• The Berea College Promise Neighborhood serves an area where 81 percent of students qualified for free or reduced-price school meals in 2010 [+W]
• All middle and high schools in the Berea College Promise Neighborhood are persistently low-achieving [+W]

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Key Sources

• Esposito, A. M., Osborn, S., Coley, R., Hulsey, L., & Boller, K. (2015). Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Berea College Promise Neighborhood. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/promise-neighborhood-site-profile-berea-college-promise-neighborhood

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