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Kearney, Christopher A. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: School attendance and school attendance problems are complex and significant indicators of child and adolescent health and development. The study of school attendance/problems has a rich history but one that has bifurcated into detached systemic and analytic approaches. Objective: Integrative heuristic frameworks are pursued to enhance…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Truancy, Intervention, Heuristics
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Stein, Marc L.; Davis, Marcia H.; Balfanz, Robert W.; Fox, Joanna Hornig – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Building on previous research showing how well ninth-grade student behaviors predict on-time high school graduation, this experimental study investigates the impact of a ninth-grade intervention on student attendance and course passing. The study, conducted in 41 geographically and demographically diverse high schools within a single state,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Predictor Variables, Graduation Rate
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Olofson, Mark; Knight, David – Education Sciences, 2018
Since the emergence of middle schools as distinct educational settings in the 1960s, proponents of the model have advocated for structures and approaches that best meet the particular developmental needs of young adolescents. Middle school researchers have developed frameworks of best practices for schools that have been widely, if not uniformly,…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Effectiveness, Best Practices, Educational Practices
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Pagliari, Leslie; Batts, David; McFadden, Cheryl – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
The growth of distance education and the demand for instructors has developed over the past ten to fifteen years. There is a perception that the type and amount of instructor preparation is highly variable between institutions. Of the faculty members at two year institutions surveyed, nearly half did not attend training over the previous year.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Two Year Colleges
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Shiu, Shiona – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
Schools today are faced with increasing numbers of students with chronic illness. Medical advances, which improve health and prolong life, and increased incidence levels among some illnesses have led to this increase. Children with a chronic illness are more likely to encounter academic, social and emotional difficulties. The challenge facing…
Descriptors: Intervention, Chronic Illness, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries