An Investigation of the Relations Between School Concentrations of Student Risk Factors and Student Educational Well-Being

Educational Researcher

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-36

  Fantuzzo, John W ^a   LeBoeuf, Whitney A ^a   Rouse, Heather L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Arkansas Center for Health Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

at risk students; educational policy; hierarchical linear modeling; social context; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893477027     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X13512673     Document Type: Article

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