Support for high school success: perceptions of male students living in out-of-home care attending a comprehensive high school

This dissertation examined the experience of male out-of-home care students attending comprehensive high schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The study sought to highlight the needs of these students, as well as identify patterns for using institutional supports in order to create student success, as well as shed light on practices and supports that serve to further disadvantage this population. This initial study is qualitative in nature and was intended to uncover possible threads for future study and additional in-depth research regarding the best practices for supporting out-of-home care students within the context of public high schools. The study uncovered commonalities in the areas of personal resources, institutional resources, and barriers for success for the population of interest.