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V. Paul Poteat; Robert A. Marx; S. Henry Sherwood; Jerel P. Calzo; Hirokazu Yoshikawa – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Schools are responsible for promoting LGBTQ+ students' academic success, yet many LGBTQ+ students contend with unsupportive learning environments. Gender-Sexuality Alliances (GSAs)--clubs that affirm students' sexual orientation and gender diversity--could promote academic engagement and protect against disaffection. Aims: We aimed to…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Learner Engagement, Social Support Groups, Clubs
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Naftzger, Neil; Wheeler, Kathryn; Hall, Georgia – Afterschool Matters, 2023
This descriptive study explored the relationship between sustained attendance in high-quality 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC)-- funded programs and key child outcomes. The key hypothesis was that high-quality programming is associated with the development of social and emotional skills, which in turn may be related to academic…
Descriptors: After School Programs, 21st Century Skills, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Rossetti, Zach; Burke, Meghan M. – Exceptionality, 2019
Within special education policy and practice, parents are expected to advocate for their children to receive appropriate special education and related services. However, the majority of parents report feeling disempowered to advocate; families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds may feel especially disempowered. Federally…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Advocacy, Cultural Differences, Language Usage
Russell, Jennifer Lin; Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Iriti, Jennifer; Long, Courtney – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2021
The Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) is looking to transform high school math instruction in New England and beyond. Through this network, researchers and practitioners are working together to make high school Algebra I classes more student centered. This report outlines findings from the first year of this developmental evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Bracco, Kathy Reeves; Klarin, Becca; Broek, Marie; Austin, Kim; Finkelstein, Neal; Bugler, Daniel; Mundry, Susan – WestEd, 2014
The Core to College initiative aims to facilitate greater coordination between K-12 and postsecondary education systems around implementation of the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessments. Core to College grants have been awarded to teams in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, College School Cooperation, Alignment (Education)
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Papazian, Anahit Evoyan; Noam, Gil Gabriel; Shah, Ashima Mathur; Rufo-McCormick, Caitlin – Afterschool Matters, 2013
Growing evidence shows that participation in out-of-school time (OST) activities positively supports youth development in general. However, simply participating in a self-identified STEM program is not sufficient. Youth will benefit more if they participate in "quality" afterschool programs. Therefore, a common understanding of quality…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, After School Programs, STEM Education, Data Collection
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Mlyn, Eric – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
The civic mission of American colleges and universities has received renewed attention over the last decade. From the "engaged campus" designation now offered by the Carnegie Endowment for the Advancement of Teaching to the growth of Campus Compact (from 782 institutional members in 2000 to 1150 in 2012) to major institutional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizen Participation, College Students, Colleges
Arena, Meaghan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With six-year degree completion rates for undergraduate students at a dismal 50% nationally (Weddle-West & Bingham, 2010), many institutions of higher education strive to develop programming to increase student retention rates. Summer bridge programs, an example of commonly used retention programs, seek to increase retention rates by…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Social Integration, Undergraduate Students
McIntosh, Hugh; Berman, Sheldon; Youniss, James – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2010
In September 2003, Hudson High School in Hudson, Massachusetts, launched two new civic development efforts--clustering and schoolwide governance--that provide an opportunity to study the influence of schoolwide democratic deliberation on students' civic knowledge and participation. The intervention involved, in part, organizing the school into…
Descriptors: Intervention, Citizenship Education, Grade 12, Citizen Participation
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Lawrence, Joshua F.; Rolland, Rebecca Givens; Branum-Martin, Lee; Snow, Catherine E. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2014
We tested whether urban middle-school students from mostly low-income homes had improved academic vocabulary when they participated in a freely available vocabulary program, Word Generation (WG). To understand how this program may support students at risk for long-term reading difficulty, we examined treatment interactions with baseline…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Middle School Students, Urban Schools, Vocabulary Development
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Levy, Dan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Getting students to prepare well for class is a common challenge faced by instructors all over the world. This study investigates the effects that two frequently used techniques to increase student preparation--web postings and cold calling--have on student outcomes. The study is based on two experiments and a qualitative study conducted in a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Study Habits, Assignments, Computer Mediated Communication
Russell, Lane; Little, Priscilla – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2011
Cities around the country are building systems that seek to make the most of public and private resources to provide widespread, high-quality, out-of-school time opportunities. Local officials are leading these efforts because participation in OST programs not only benefits young people but also the cities in which they live, with the potential to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Urban Programs, Data Collection, Information Utilization
National Endowment for the Arts, 2009
The Big Read evaluation included a series of 35 case studies designed to gather more in-depth information on the program's implementation and impact. The case studies gave readers a valuable first-hand look at The Big Read in context. Both formal and informal interviews, focus groups, attendance at a wide range of events--all showed how…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, National Programs, Case Studies, Program Implementation
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Carson, Stephen; Kanchanaraksa, Sukon; Gooding, Ira; Mulder, Fred; Schuwer, Robert – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
The free and open publication of course materials (OpenCourseWare or OCW) was initially undertaken by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other universities primarily to share educational resources among educators (Abelson, 2007). OCW, however, and more in general open educational resources (OER), have also provided well-documented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Open Source Technology, Outcome Measures
Winkler, Carol K.; Fortner, C. Kevin; Baugh-Harris, Sara – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2013
Every year 1.3 million U.S. high school students drop out of school with one quarter of female students failing to graduate on time. Female dropouts are more likely to be unemployed, to earn less when they are employed, to become pregnant before the age of 20, to become obese, to smoke, and to drink more heavily than their male counterparts. This…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Womens Education, Womens Studies, Disadvantaged Environment
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