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Steinberg, Laurence – Educational Leadership, 2015
Brain science reveals that there are two periods of heightened plasticity, a time when the brain is especially prone to change: The first period is from birth to age 3; the second is during adolescence. The author, Laurence Steinberg, suggests that this finding should stimulate interest in secondary education as an opportune time to intervene to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Self Control, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Goodwin, Bryan; Hein, Heather – Educational Leadership, 2016
U.S. high school graduation rates have risen steadily for the past decade, hitting an all-time high of 82 percent in 2013-14 (Rich, 2015). Yet there's a dark cloud behind this silver lining. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education (2015), only 59 percent of students who enter four-year colleges complete their…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Time to Degree, College Graduates
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McCormack-Larkin, Maureen – Educational Leadership, 1985
The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Schools' Project RISE raised the achievement levels of 18 inner-city elementary schools dramatically without changing personnel or student composition, and without additional funding. Improvements were related to change in staff attitudes and in policies and practices affecting management, organization, behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques
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Barton, Paul E. – Educational Leadership, 2006
During the last two decades, estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau have suggested that the U.S. high school completion rate was steadily rising and nearing 90 percent. In the last few years, however, estimates from independent researchers have contradicted this rosy picture and found much lower completion rates ranging from 66.1 percent to 74.4…
Descriptors: Dropouts, School Statistics, Educational Trends, Predictor Variables