Seeking K-8 Alumni Voice to Understand Their Educational Expereinces (original) (raw)

This pilot case study explored the educational experiences of the alumni of a K-8 independent Catholic school situated in a high poverty Northeastern city. Through semi-structured interviews, alumni recalled retrospectively the lived educational experiences that were personally significant to them and reflected on how it impacted their life thereafter. Participants included a group of ten African-American alumni, four females and six males (ages 21-27 years), who graduated between 1997 and 2002, and were enrolled in the school for 3-9 years. Understanding educational outcomes cannot be exclusively limited to the mastery of academic content knowledge and standards based performance. This ignores the identification of the experiences, capability, and character necessary to cope successfully in a world they enter as adults.

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