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Ann Marie Wilkinson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Students with disabilities are faced with overwhelming challenges as they transition from high school to postsecondary education, careers, and independent living. Legislation has mandated that schools provide services for students with disabilities to prepare them for these transitions into adult life (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, High School Students
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program was developed to increase the number of secondary students who participate in rigorous academic courses, to accelerate student learning, and to improve student performance. The AVID program in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) targets students who (1) are in the academic…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Bound Students, School Districts, Acceleration (Education)
Xu, Zeyu; Hannaway, Jane; Taylor, Colin – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Teach For America (TFA) selects and places graduates from the most competitive colleges as teachers in the lowest-performing schools in the country. This paper is the first study that examines TFA effects in high school. We use rich longitudinal data from North Carolina and estimate TFA effects through cross-subject student and school fixed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Placement, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Stout, Karen E.; Christenson, Sandra L. – Prevention Researcher, 2009
Students' engagement at school has emerged as a critical factor across hundreds of dropout prevention and recovery programs in the United States. By supporting and improving academic, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement, we can mitigate the risk of dropping out. This article describes the history of school dropout, predictors of…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Learner Engagement, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate
Kahne, Joseph E.; Sporte, Susan E. – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2007
This study of 4,057 students from 52 high schools in Chicago examines the impact of civic learning opportunities on students' commitments to civic participation. The study controls for demographic factors, pre-existing civic commitments, and academic test scores. Unlike prior large scale studies that found limited impact from school based civic…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Political Issues, Citizen Participation, Service Learning