"I Hope I Make It": Alternative School Students' Attendance and the Need for an Expanded Accountability

Autor/inn/en	Ewing, Eve L.; Davis, Bridgette; Guz, Samantha
Titel	"I Hope I Make It": Alternative School Students' Attendance and the Need for an Expanded Accountability
Quelle	(2021), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ewing, Eve L.) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Nontraditional Education; Student Attitudes; Attendance; Attendance Patterns; Housing; Student Transportation; Sense of Community; Accountability; High School Students; Urban Schools; Student Experience; Financial Support; Disadvantaged Youth; Low Income Students; Student Needs; Caring + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Schülerverhalten; Anwesenheit; Unterkunft; Schulbus; Verantwortung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Studienerfahrung; Finanzielle Förderung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung
Abstract	Few empirical studies describe the interior world of alternative school settings. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 11 alternative school students, discussing factors that contribute to absenteeism as well as the circumstances that led them to enroll in an alternative setting. We find that students' regular attendance is facilitated by: (1) stable housing; (2) a means of transportation to school; (3) feelings of belonging; and (4) flexible supports from staff. Given that two of these pertain to matters beyond the school, we argue for an "expanded accountability," in which the language of "accountability" is broadened to encompass non-educational policymaking. [This is the online version of an article published in "Urban Education."] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01