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Mary E. Morningstar; Sarah R. Carlson; Dana Lattin; Rebecca Romine Swinburne – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
This article shares the results from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study of a promising transition-focused professional development approach. The 12-week team-based intervention resulted in positive outcomes among intervention group participants' knowledge and capacities. The intervention group exhibited statistically significant changes in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Professional Development, Intervention, Knowledge Level
Kelly M. Purtell; Hui Jiang; Laura M. Justice; Robin Sayers; Rebecca Dore; Logan Pelfrey – Grantee Submission, 2022
Background: Strong connections between children's teachers and their parents fosters their learning and development in early childhood and throughout their schooling. Developing strong connections in preschool may ease the transition to elementary school for children. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine the initial implementation of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Kelly M. Purtell; Hui Jiang; Laura M. Justice; Robin Sayers; Rebecca Dore; Logan Pelfrey – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: Strong connections between children's teachers and their parents fosters their learning and development in early childhood and throughout their schooling. Developing strong connections in preschool may ease the transition to elementary school for children. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine the initial implementation of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Quillen, Cassandra – Education Commission of the States, 2020
On a given day, more than 43,000 youths who largely identify as students of color and are disproportionately male are held in residential placement facilities as a result of involvement with the juvenile justice system. More than two-thirds of youths living in placement facilities who participated in a national survey shared aspirations to…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Barriers
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2017
Research suggests that ninth grade is a critical year for setting the course to high school graduation. The transition to high school is a period of special threat to the academic achievement of many students. On average, students' grades, attendance, and attitudes toward school decline, while their behavioral troubles increase. Urban students and…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Transitional Programs, Intervention
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Every step in a student's life is important for future success. Schools are building stronger frameworks of curricula, instruction and assessments to prepare students to move from one learning environment to another with maximum results as they journey toward adulthood. This issue of "High Schools That Work" contains examples of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Centers (Classroom), Transitional Programs, High School Students