{"id":147482,"date":"2025-06-11T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/?p=147482"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:40:01","slug":"scirearly-voices-stories-solutions-school-dropout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/higher-education-and-research\/scirearly-voices-stories-solutions-school-dropout\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices, stories, and solutions against school drop-out and underachievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What genuinely helps young people in challenging circumstances stay in education and build a positive future? How can we more effectively support those at risk of early leaving of education and training? The European project SCIREARLY<\/a> explored these questions using a participatory approach: listening to young people who, despite coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, have managed to forge positive educational paths. Based on these experiences, the project then co-created concrete recommendations for more effective school policies and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two important resources are now available, compiling the results of two key project activities: interviews with young people and significant figures, and co-creation workshops with local stakeholders. Both documents offer invaluable tools for those working in education, educational policy, and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interviews: giving voice to journeys of resilience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first activity involved 51 young people aged between 16 and 30 across eight European countries, including Italy, each with stories of educational success built in difficult contexts: poverty, migration, ethnic discrimination, family instability, or experiences of foster care or institutionalisation. Participants recounted their life and educational journeys, highlighting critical moments, enabling factors, and obstacles overcome<\/strong>. Each interview was complemented by a conversation with a 'significant person' \u2013 a teacher, parent, or mentor \u2013 identified by the young people themselves as fundamental to their success. These individuals were also interviewed, offering a complementary perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These narratives reveal a rich and complex picture, demonstrating how educational success is never solely an individual matter. Trusting relationships, emotional support, access to institutional resources, inclusive school environments, and the valuing of cultural diversity are among the most recurrent transformative factors. The result is a detailed mapping of the conditions, relationships, and strategies that enable educational resilience<\/strong>. The Report Transformative Drivers in Successful Academic Journeys<\/a><\/em> provides an in-depth analysis of these elements, useful for inspiring more equitable and effective school policies and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Co-creation: from stories to recommendations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Building on the interview findings, SCIREARLY<\/a> organised participatory workshops to engage with young people, teachers, educators, parents, researchers, and social workers. The objectives of these meetings were to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n