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van Kuijk, Mechteld; Mullender-Wijnsma, Marijke; Bosker, Roel – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: The effectiveness of the 14-component evidence-based whole-school reform Success for All (SfA) has been well established, but research on its implementation is limited although fidelity of implementation is vital for the effectiveness of such a program. This review sheds light on this issue. Design/Approach/Methods: A systematic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Program Effectiveness, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
Maxwell, Nan; Bellotti, Jeanne; Schochet, Peter; Burkander, Paul; Whitesell, Emilyn; Dillon, Erin; Inanc, Hande; Geckeler, Christian; González, Raquel – US Department of Labor, 2019
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded $107 million in four-year grants to 24 applicants for the Youth CareerConnect (YCC) program, a high school-based program that blended academic and career-focused learning to better prepare students for both college and careers in high-growth industries that often rely on foreign workers. The…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Pathways, College Readiness, Partnerships in Education
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy, Ed. – Education Week, 2017
With just months to go until the nation's overhauled K-12 law goes into effect, state policymakers are still scrambling to firm up the infrastructure for their education systems, under the new blueprint laid out in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). They're doing it at a time of political change and policy uncertainty at the national level,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Educational Policy, Public Opinion
Puente, Kelly – District Administration, 2012
The senior year of high school has long been considered a lost year, a time when many students have earned most of their high school credits and have been accepted into college. With few requirements and little pressure, students often slack off in a common affliction known as "senioritis." The year of slacking off, however, may have…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Attendance
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Porowski, Allan; O'Conner, Rosemarie; Luo, Jia Lisa – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
This study provides an overview of similarities and differences in how states and state education agencies define alternative education, as well as which states have alternative education standards and what those standards entail. The study reviewed information on alternative education definitions and programs from state and federal websites and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, State Standards, State Departments of Education, Web Sites
Public Agenda, 2015
Communities across the country are grappling with different approaches to improving their schools. Introducing or expanding charter schools is one of the approaches that states and school districts have considered or implemented. Charter schools serve more than 5 percent of public school students nationwide and make up close to 7 percent of all…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Improvement, Program Implementation