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Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2018
The perception of college affordability and financing is a grim one, fueled by the very real rising costs of higher education, as well as media coverage of how much students and their families are borrowing. While this perception is understandable given the realities of paying for college, how do students and parents feel about the process of…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Costs, Higher Education, High School Seniors
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Noel, Amber; Stark, Patrick; Redford, Jeremy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
This report presents data on students in the United States attending kindergarten through grade 12. The main focus of the report is on parent and family involvement in the students' education during the 2011-12 school year as reported by the students' parents. It also includes the percentage of students who participated in selected family…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, National Surveys, Parent Participation, Family Involvement
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Noel, Amber; Stark, Patrick; Redford, Jeremy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This report presents data on students in the United States attending kindergarten through grade 12. The main focus of the report is on parent and family involvement in the students' education during the 2011-12 school year as reported by the students' parents. It also includes the percentage of students who participated in selected family…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Parents as Teachers
Lenhart, Amanda; Ling, Rich; Campbell, Scott; Purcell, Kristen – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010
Daily text messaging among American teens has shot up in the past 18 months, from 38% of teens texting friends daily in February of 2008 to 54% of teens texting daily in September 2009. And it's not just frequency--teens are sending enormous quantities of text messages a day. Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Age, Focus Groups, Adolescents
Johnson, Jean; Gupta, Jyoti; Hagelskamp, Carolin; Hess, Jeremiah – Public Agenda, 2013
Are parents an untapped resource in improving and reimagining K-12 education in Kansas City? What do they think would enhance student learning and what are they willing to do to help their children get the education they deserve? These are among the questions explored in an in-depth survey of 1,566 parents with children now in public school in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Parent Role