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Faith Applegate; Jen Freed; Ariana Jiménez; Nina Wang – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
This piece documents the collaboration between a team of four University of Pennsylvania students and seven youth partners from across the Greater Philadelphia area who came together to discuss, understand, and take action toward civic issues impacting their communities. As youth arrived at the Civic Engagement Summer Program, a joint Philadelphia…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Social Change
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Dappen, Leon; Isernhagen, Jody C. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2002
A study examined whether the characteristics of rural communities would limit success of a statewide mentoring program in Nebraska. Surveys of 1,490 students, parents, mentors, and teachers in 10 rural and 23 nonrural schools indicated similar positive changes in student behavior in rural and nonrural schools. Provision of mentors and staff by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Child Relationship, Behavior Change, Community Involvement