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Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth

Creator:

Calvert, Robert C. (Robert Christian)

Abstract:

Youth in foster care often perform at lower levels academically than those not in foster care. Prior research on the nature of the relationships that affect former foster youth's educational path has been inconclusive. Though it is widely believed that positive relationships with faculty, staff and peers is beneficial for...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

(Kirchsteiger & Sebald, 2010). Those foster children whose caregivers had a higher education levels were more