How Schools Meet Students' Needs: Inequality, School Reform, and Caring Labor

by Katie Kerstetter

Meeting students' basic needs - including ensuring they have access to nutritious meals and a sense of belonging and connection to school - can positively influence students' academic performance. Recognizing this connection, schools provide resources in the form of school meals programs, school nurses, and school guidance counselors. However, these resources are not always available to students and are not always prioritized in school reform policies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978823592
• ISBN13: 9781978823594
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher