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Sarah Boeke; Erin Kim; Charlotte Ryan; Andrew Hashikawa; Wendi-Jo Wendt – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children and adolescents in the United States. Traditional injury education interventions for children often are inaccessible due to cost and logistics in underserved communities, exacerbating injury disparities. A new approach is needed to close this gap for…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Prevention, Injuries, Child Safety
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Baird, Matthew D.; Pane, John F. – Educational Researcher, 2019
Evaluators report effects of education initiatives as standardized effect sizes, a scale that has merits but obscures interpretation of the effects' practical importance. Consequently, educators and policymakers seek more readily interpretable translations of evaluation results. One popular metric is the number of years of learning necessary to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Policy, Evaluators
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Straubhaar, Rolf; Gottfried, Michael – Education and Urban Society, 2016
Building upon previous research on how personal and demographic characteristics of teachers are correlated with larger issues in teacher recruitment and retention, this study contributes unique insight into the personal attributes, characteristics, and career aspirations of new teachers brought into teaching in Los Angeles through the Teach For…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Occupational Aspiration