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Improving Academic Accomplishments of Youth in Residential Education and Care in Israel: Implementing a Policy Change

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Children and adolescents in residential-care facilities often have lower academic achievements that their counterparts who are raised at home. Traditionally, residential programs do not prioritize academic achievements, especially at the high-school level, a situation detrimental to their chances to enter institutes of higher education. The Israel Ministry of Education decided to implement a policy change to affect the overall ecology of youth villages (Israeli residential schools), aimed at emphasizing highschool academic achievements as a key to future success. This attitudinal change led to the development of after-school study centers or evening classes within the village, applying non-formal teaching and learning methods in a relaxed atmosphere. Additionally, various support systems were developed in youth villages, all geared toward helping adolescents excel in meeting the challenges of high school.

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  1. School of Education and Social Studies, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel

    Emmanuel Grupper

  2. Department for Residential Education in the Administration for Rural and Residential Education, Ministry of Education for Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

    Yossef Zagury

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  2. Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Institute on Quality of Life, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

    Carme Montserrat

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Grupper, E., Zagury, Y. (2019). Improving Academic Accomplishments of Youth in Residential Education and Care in Israel: Implementing a Policy Change. In: McNamara, P., Montserrat, C., Wise, S. (eds) Education in Out-of-Home Care. Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26372-0_13

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