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Improving Opportunities for Bridging Social Capital: The Story of a Full-Service Community School Initiative at an Alternative High School |
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| Authors: | Xiaoxia A Newton Shanna Rose Thompson Bangsil Oh Leah Ferullo |
| Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USAXiaoxia_Newton@uml.edu;3. Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA |
| Abstract: | AbstractThis article describes the collective efforts educators and multiple community partners are taking to transform one alternative urban high school into a full-service community school. The article presents preliminary findings on the opportunities for bridging social capital that the full-service initiative has created and the impacts such opportunities have for students in urban alternative settings with multiple risk factors stacked against them. |
| Keywords: | alternative schools at-risk students community partnerships full-service community schools social capital urban education |