State of New Jersey, Department of Education

Solutions & Strategies to Reduce the Achievement Gap: SES

Articles and Research Papers

Fostering Resilience in Children, ERIC Digest (1995).

Research brief review.
A good overview. "Research suggests that when schools are places where the basic human needs for support, respect, and belonging are met, motivation for learning is fostered."
Fostering Resilience in Children, from Ohio State University Research-based overview.
The table of contents is:
  • The Definition of Resilience
  • Personal Characteristics Related to Resilience
  • Familial Environmental Factors
  • Academic Environmental Factors
  • Fostering Resilience
  • References
Fostering educational resilience and achievement in urban schools through school-family-community partnerships (2005). Research review.
14 web pages that can be emailed or printed (using toolbar above article)