The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools Program and High School Completion

Autor/inn/en	Yin, Michelle; Siwach, Garima; Belyakova, Yulia
Titel	The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools Program and High School Completion
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 59 (2022) 2, S.315-344 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yin, Michelle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/00028312211032744
Schlagwörter	Students with Disabilities; Graduation Rate; High School Students; Youth Programs; Inclusion; Athletics; Leadership; Holistic Approach; Educational Environment; Program Effectiveness; Correlation; Clubs; Consciousness Raising; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Jugendsofortprogramm; Inklusion; Leichtathletik; Führung; Führungsposition; Holistischer Ansatz; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Korrelation; Club; Klub; Bewusstseinsbildung
Abstract	Despite an increase in special education enrollment, a stark gap in high school completion between students with and without disabilities persists. This study examined the impact of Unified Champion Schools (UCS), a Special Olympics program designed to foster social inclusion through three components--Unified Sports, Inclusive Youth Leadership, and Whole School Engagement--on high school graduation rates. Using a novel dataset and a difference-in-differences design, we found that implementing the UCS program increased the graduation rate by 1.1 percentage points for all students and 1.4 percentage points for students with disabilities. The increase in schooling outcomes for students with disabilities in UCS schools also was found to be positively correlated with perceptions about a more socially inclusive school environment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01