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“Majority minority schools”, where the majority of students are from a minority racial or ethnic group, have the same high school completion rates as majority white schools when they have more resources (e.g., selective programs, higher per pupil expenditures, suburban location), highlighting the impact of social and economic factors on promoting power2.

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A Multilevel Investigation of the Association Between School Context and Adolescent Nonphysical Bullying
The Relationship Between School-Based Health Centers and the Learning Environment
National School Climate Center
Examining School Climate: Defining Factors and Educational Influences

School Climate

School Climate, Student Success and the Role of School-Based Health Care

For its combined short- and long-term effects on student health, well-being, and academic success, purposed measures must be taken to cultivate a positive school climate. School-based health centers make a logical partner in this commitment, for their focus on student wellness and their potential to lead systemic school-wide change.
The presence of a school-based health center has an overall stabilizing effect on a school and they can be a force to bridge administrators, staff, students and families in creating a positive school climate that fosters learning and curtails school dropout1. School-based health centers are at a physically and metaphorically critical point, within the school, to impact the quality and character of school life, or the school climate, for all students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Strolin-Goltzman, J 2010, “The Relationship Between School-Based Health Centers and the Learning Environment”, Journal of School Health, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 153-159.
  2. Balfanz, R., & Legters, N. (September 2004), Locating the Dropout Crisis: Which High Schools Produce the Nation’s Dropouts? Where Are They Located? Who Attends Them?, no. 70, http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/techReports/Report70.pdf.