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Hertzog, Nancy B.; Lamb, Kristen N.; Mammadov, Sakhavat – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2021
Early entrance to college, a form of academic acceleration, is an educational alternative that opens pathways for advanced students to have challenging, stimulating, and relevant learning experiences. Children who choose this option enter the adult world several years earlier than most of their age peers. This involves extra growth, adaptation,…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Students, Transitional Programs
PACER Center, 2019
The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to Minnesota CareerForce youth development professionals on how to intentionally integrate the Guideposts for Success framework into the Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) model. Developed by PACER Center for Minnesota's Partners for Youth Disability Employment Initiative (DEI), this guide…
Descriptors: Success, Youth Programs, Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Standing, Kim; Judkins, David; Keller, Brad; Shimshak, Amy – US Department of Education, 2008
In 1998, Congress authorized the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program. The purpose of the program is to foster increased knowledge, expectations, and preparation for postsecondary education among low-income students and their families. GEAR UP projects may provide services to students, parents and…
Descriptors: Readiness, Undergraduate Study, Access to Education, College Preparation
Diemert, Amy – 1992
The transition from elementary school to middle school or junior high school can be exciting, stressful, scary, and fun all at once for young adolescents. The stress of this transition can either be diffused or augmented by school procedures for introducing these students to the school. In this study, a needs survey was given to a heterogeneous…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Middle School Students
Pantleo, Sam J. – 1992
This report describes procedures to develop and implement a program to reduce ninth grade failure rates at a high school of 1,200 students in the center of a western city of 100,000. It is noted that grading data collected at the middle school and the high school levels have indicated that the number of failing grades increased substantially as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Grade 8, Grade 9
deNomme, Dennis A. – 1994
This practicum was designed to ensure that junior high students with learning disabilities experience a successful transition back into the regular classroom from the resource room. The focus was on increasing communication between the regular classroom teacher and the resource room teacher, evaluating transition candidates using a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Communication