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Roy A. Roberts Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A qualitative approach was utilized in this study to examine four transition programs' best educational practices in building transition programs for eighth to ninth grade. An analysis of a retrospective study of the four transition programs provided data to support recommendations for best educational practices to build a transition program for…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Program Implementation, Transitional Programs, Middle Schools
Saldaris, Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students are experiencing greater levels of mental and behavioral-health issues that are affecting their educational experiences. Schools are providing services to try and address these issues with lack of resources and knowledge. Universal screeners can be a useful tool for schools to not only screen students for these concerns that don't have…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Scores, Student Personnel Services, Middle School Students
Lyzz Davis; Kathy Terry; Molly Cain; Samantha Sniegowski; Brandie Semma – American Institutes for Research, 2024
The Lone Star Stem (LSS) program was designed to increase high-quality STEM education opportunities and outcomes for high-need students in Texas. The focus of the program was on implementing rigorous coursework that helps students gain the skills, postsecondary credentials, and experience necessary to embark on well-paying careers in STEM fields.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, STEM Education, Disadvantaged, Student Participation
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Guest, Andrew M.; Siamoo, Peter; Maige, Gerald – Cogent Education, 2021
School extracurricular activities are an important site for positive youth development in low-resource international contexts due to their relative accessibility and community relevance. Such activity programs can simultaneously illuminate local best practices and learn from research in other contexts where positive youth development research is…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Extracurricular Activities, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Anne Michelle Bell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with disabilities in the United States continue to encounter less than favorable success in employment and education after high school. Only 35% of students with disabilities graduating from high school have workforce skills. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate high school special educators' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, High School Students
Tony McAleavy; Louise Pagden – Education Development Trust, 2024
The case study from Brunei described in this report provides a practical example of how learning outcomes in this area can be improved through the power of teacher coaching. This report explores how the Literacy and Numeracy Coaching Programme (LNCP) -- developed by Brunei's Ministry of Education with technical assistance from the Education…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Literacy Education, Academic Standards
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Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Holmes, Pierrce; Schwartz, Heather L.; Doan, Sy – RAND Corporation, 2023
This report is the fourth in a series describing the RAND Corporation's evaluation of the two Delaware weighted funding programs for disadvantaged K-12 schools spanning the 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 school years: Opportunity Funding and the Student Success Block Grant. The authors drew on annual surveys of Delaware local education agencies (LEAs)…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Finance, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Cassandra Sade Brentley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explores the impact of attending optional professional learning events on the critical consciousness development of Ready to Learn (RtL) mentors over the course of one program year. Ready to Learn is an out of school time math tutoring and mentoring program that seeks to address opportunity gaps in math learning for middle school…
Descriptors: Mentors, Consciousness Raising, Critical Theory, Social Justice
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2020
The middle grades have become the agreed upon starting point for high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, as this represents a critical time for students making important decisions that may have a lasting impact on their careers. However, there lacks a common view among state and local leaders on what makes up a high-quality middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Vocational Education, Career Exploration, Job Skills
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Germuth, Amy A. – Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2018
In 2015 WakeEd Partnership and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina's largest school system, designed an engaging, results-oriented professional development opportunity for elementary and secondary educators -- SummerSTEM. SummerSTEM is a hands-on professional development experience that addresses the needs of educators --…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, STEM Education
Houston Independent School District, 2021
This report describes the Achieve 180 Program in Year 3, the last of the three years initially planned for this comprehensive program. The 54 participating schools received Texas Education Agency campus accountability ratings of "Improvement Required" (IR), "Not Rated," or "Former Improvement Required". The 2019-2020…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Improvement, Accountability
Lubell, Sam; Drake, Graham; Putman, Hannah; Rickenbrode, Robert – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2017
For most Americans, the high school years played a pivotal role in shaping what they know about subjects such as U.S. history, world history, literature, geometry and biology. For many, the high school years provide one of the last opportunities to gain valuable life-enhancing insights, for example, reading a classic novel such as "To Kill a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Gafney, Leo – Online Submission, 2017
This report is based on several evaluations of NSF-funded geoscience projects at Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY. The report reviews the status of K-12 geoscience education, identifying challenges posed by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the experiences of university faculty engaged in teacher preparation, state…
Descriptors: Science Education, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
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Holstead, Jenell; Hightower King, Mindy; Miller, Ashley – Afterschool Matters, 2015
Structured afterschool programs are often perceived as a service for young children only. Communities often overlook teenagers, expecting more substantial benefits from investments in programs for younger children (Hall & Gruber, 2007). Of about 8.4 million children participating in afterschool programs nationwide, only 1 million are high…
Descriptors: After School Programs, High School Students, Youth Programs, Best Practices
Gonzalez Quiroz, Alicia; Garza, Nora – American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2017
Summer bridge programs support post-secondary success by providing intensive, short-term academic and social resources while introducing college expectations and the cultural contexts of the institution. They typically are offered in the summer between high school graduation and the first term of college and vary in content, program size and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Success, Best Practices, Focus Groups
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