2022
Structural school characteristics and neighborhood risk factors: Associations with student-reported school climate in a large, urban public school district in the United States
Moore S, Ouellette R, Connors E. Structural school characteristics and neighborhood risk factors: Associations with student-reported school climate in a large, urban public school district in the United States. Frontiers In Education 2022, 7: 931474. PMID: 37928927, PMCID: PMC10624158, DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.931474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive school climateSchool climatePublic schoolsSchool buildingsSchool neighborhoodsNeighborhood risk factorsUrban public school districtSchool climate scoreNumber of studentsPublic school districtsNeighborhood factorsTeachers’ yearsEducation leadersHigh crime ratesSchool characteristicsSpecial educationAcademic successSchool districtsSchoolsSystemic schoolCommunity violence exposureUnited StatesYouth developmentCrime ratesUrban districts
2020
Can We Move the Needle on School Mental Health Quality Through Systematic Quality Improvement Collaboratives?
Connors EH, Smith-Millman M, Bohnenkamp JH, Carter T, Lever N, Hoover SA. Can We Move the Needle on School Mental Health Quality Through Systematic Quality Improvement Collaboratives? School Mental Health 2020, 12: 478-492. PMID: 34322180, PMCID: PMC8315192, DOI: 10.1007/s12310-020-09374-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNumber of studentsSchool district teamsMental health qualityAcademic improvementActive engagementDistrict teamsQualitative feedbackInform recommendationsQuantitative findingsRapid cycle testsStudentsMental health screeningSystem qualityFuture researchBehavioral health careEarly interventionSuburban communitiesCollaborativesSchoolsMedical settingsSpecific benefitsDistrictParticipantsQuality effortsTeam