[Ohiogift] successful strategies among high-achieving minority youth

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is a link to and excerpt from a story that appeared on the Educaiton Week blog, and a link to the study on which this story is based.

Margaret


http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2013/09/researchers_learn_best_strategies_for_black_and_latino_young_men_to_succeed.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2


Study Identifies Strategies for Blacks, Latinos to Succeed Academically
By Caralee Adams on September 30, 2013 4:49 PM

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania decided the best way to find out how to improve the academic performance of young black and Latino men was to go to the real experts: Successful minority students.

The group of researchers interviewed 325 high-achieving juniors and seniors from New York City public schools and 90 graduates who had gone on to college to learn how they managed to succeed in school. The students talked about how they developed their college goals, prepared for higher education, and navigated what can be a challenging path through high school and on to college.

http://www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/nycReport