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Jennifer M. Pallone – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Parent engagement in the transition planning process for students with IEPs is an essential indicator for positive post-school outcomes for students with disabilities graduating from high school. Barriers to parent participation include lack of communication, trust, and knowledge of the process in which they are participating. Educators must seek…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Cooperative Planning, Transitional Programs, Individualized Education Programs
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Hilary E. Travers – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: Students with visual impairments represent a low-incidence disability group with poor postschool outcomes. Educators who support these students at the transition-age level need access to high-quality training and resources. Method: I surveyed 87 special educators and teachers of students with visual impairments in a southeastern…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Post High School Guidance
Bradley Allen Hunt – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The transition from middle school to high school can be challenging for some students. Many school districts are implementing practices to ease the transition to high school. The current study examined one school district's practices and procedures for the development and implementation of a ninth-grade center. In this study, I examined the…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Transitional Programs, Educational Practices, Education Service Centers
Glover, Stephany – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Three of four high school students with special needs become unemployed after graduation. These students, referred to as "bridge students" as they transition into postsecondary life, seldomly escape lifestyles of criminal, sedentary or dependent behavior. Certain protocols enacted at the high school level may act as either barriers or…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Educational Practices, Barriers
Education Insights Center, 2019
Bridging the Gap (BtG) supports successful student transitions from high school to postsecondary, via cross-system, education partnerships. With funding from The James Irvine Foundation, BtG partnerships focus on first-generation college students, students of color, and low-income students who face substantial barriers in meeting their educational…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, High School Students, College Bound Students, Partnerships in Education
Nodine, Thad; Jaeger, Laura; Bracco, Kathy Reeves – Education Insights Center, 2019
A group of public education institutions throughout the Salinas Valley came together in 2016 to help more youth in the valley prepare for and succeed in college. In this brief, we draw from interviews with faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as with student focus groups, in order to answer the following question for those interested in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, High School Students, College Bound Students, Partnerships in Education
Nodine, Thad; Bracco, Kathy Reeves; Jaeger, Laura – Education Insights Center, 2019
Long Beach and the Salinas Valley joined Bridging the Gap to smooth transitions for students from high school to postsecondary education. Due to policy reforms at the state and system levels, working across systems increasingly became an immediate and practical need for those seeking to improve student transitions from high school to postsecondary…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, High School Students, College Bound Students, Partnerships in Education
Nodine, Thad; Jaeger, Laura; Bracco, Kathy Reeves – Education Insights Center, 2019
In 2016, a team of education leaders from the Long Beach College Promise joined Bridging the Gap to build and strengthen student transitions from high school to college. The partners sought to assess and improve the partnership's dual enrollment programs spanning the three public institutions, pilot and implement new career exploration tools and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, High School Students, College Bound Students, Partnerships in Education
Hively, Jocelyn D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Students with disabilities have diverse needs that can be difficult for schools to meet. One promising approach that addresses this issue is Linked Learning, a high school reform initiative aimed at simultaneously preparing all students for college and career (ConnectEd, n.d.). Although research has shown that participation in Linked Learning is…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Change Strategies, College Readiness
Hooker, Sarah; Finn, Sam; Niño, Derek; Rice, Alice – Jobs for the Future, 2021
Interest in dual enrollment is rising in California and nationwide, but students from special populations--including English learners, students with disabilities, foster youth, and young people experiencing homelessness--are too often left on the sidelines. This report explores promising practices and recommendations for designing dual enrollment…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Foster Care
Valle, Katherine – Association of Community College Trustees, 2016
Although the United States is touted as a country where anyone could be successful regardless of social class or national background, upward social mobility is hard to attain. Less than one in 10 children born into poverty will reach the top of the income distribution. For many individuals, postsecondary education has historically been a way out…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges
Relles, Stefani R.; Tierney, William G. – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2014
Students who graduate from high school who are college-ready are more likely to graduate than those who are not college-ready. The need for remediation on college campuses burdens both students and institutions with financial and opportunity costs that at best delay, and at worst impede graduation rates. At a time when workforce preparation skills…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, College Readiness, College Bound Students, Low Income Groups
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Test, David W.; Bartholomew, Audrey; Bethune, Lauren – NASSP Bulletin, 2015
In response to legislative mandates that schools use evidence-based instructional practices, the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center has identified evidence-based practices and predictors in the area of secondary transition for high school students with disabilities. This article provides an overview of practices and…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Disabilities, Teaching Methods, High School Students
pepnet 2, 2017
The overall goal of the Building State Capacity Summit series was to enhance successful outcomes for students leaving high school, whether it is matriculation in a postsecondary education or training program, or employment. Young adults who are deaf or hard or hearing face barriers that inhibit these successful outcomes. One way to mitigate these…
Descriptors: Statewide Planning, Educational Planning, Deafness, Secondary Education
Nodine, Thad R. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
In 2005, the Hildago (Texas) Independent School District, in partnership with the University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas System, the Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, promised that all of its students would earn college credits before graduating from high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Stakeholders, College Programs
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