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Su, Mengchen; Lee, Jaekyung – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2023
Under current test-driven educational accountability policies, there has been a debate about school effectiveness. As conventionally measured by test scores in academic subjects, school effectiveness is often limited and potentially biased. With increasing emphasis on preparing students with both cognitive and noncognitive competencies,…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Holistic Approach, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement
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Alison Willis – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
Survey research among Australian teachers revealed that teachers experience tensions between student well-being concerns and the demands of academic performance and improvement agendas. Qualitative findings revealed teachers view student-teacher relationships as imperative to student well-being and academic development. However, in a time of…
Descriptors: Student Welfare, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship
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Aparicio, Gloria; Iturralde, Txomin; Maseda, Amaia – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
This paper seeks to offer a better understanding of the existing literature regarding student engagement (SE), specifically at the higher education (HE) level. It provides an updated and holistic perspective based on compilation, organisation, and systematisation of all relevant SEHE research articles published from 1998 to 2018. The methodology…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Bibliometrics, Learner Engagement, Educational Research
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Zhou, Changheng – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2022
Non-cognitive ability has recently gained popularity as a hot topic in education and has appeared as a novel idea in contemporary study. Numerous studies on the definition, measurement, influencing factors, impact, and other aspects of non-cognitive talents have been conducted. With the intention of igniting additional conversation on this topic…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Academic Achievement
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Zajda, Joseph – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2023
This book analyses discourses of inclusive schooling and engaging motivational environments globally. It focuses on the student's identity, belonging, performance in the classroom, and the significance of cognitive, cultural, emotional and social capital to student's academic achievement. The book discusses and evaluates the shifts in…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Environment, Student Motivation, Self Concept
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Nolan, Amy; Hannah, Elizabeth F. S.; Lakin, Elizabeth; Topping, Keith J. – Educational & Child Psychology, 2021
Aims: This systematic analysis aims to address the research question -- do whole-school nurturing approaches show any impact in the short or long term on (1) emotional/behavioural, (2) cognitive/educational or (3) teacher/school variables? Rationale: Trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences can have long-term consequences though causing problems in…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Program Effectiveness, Trauma, Environmental Influences
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Kreider, Carri – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
A high school in the northwestern United States has a student population composed primarily of low income and minority students. Yet something that sets the school apart is a four-year graduation rate of 95%. While it is difficult to determine all of the factors that contribute to this academic success, this article explains students' perceptions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education, High School Students, Low Income Students
Kimner, Hayin – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2021
Educators and policymakers have increasingly turned their attention--and $2.8 billion in funding-- to community school strategies as a way to mitigate the learning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A healing-centered community school implements a whole child approach to teaching and learning to address the fundamental physiological and safety needs of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Community Schools, Holistic Approach
District of Columbia Public Schools, 2017
Just over a decade ago, Washington, District of Columbia (DC) made the choice to transform the way public education works for students, families, and educators in the District. In order to set more young Washingtonians up for success in school and in life, the choice was made to invest in the modernization of outdated buildings throughout the city…
Descriptors: Public Education, Equal Education, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Change
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Bassett-Gunter, Rebecca; Yessis, Jennifer; Manske, Steve; Gleddie, Doug – Health Education Journal, 2016
Background and context: Healthy school communities aim to optimise student health and educational achievement. Various models, terms and resources have been used to describe healthy school communities. Policy makers and practitioners have reported confusion around many of the key concepts involved because of the varying models and terms.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Academic Achievement, School Health Services
Ohio Department of Education, 2019
"Each Child, Our Future" is Ohio's shared plan for ensuring each student is challenged, prepared and empowered for his or her future by way of an excellent prekindergarten through grade 12 (preK-12) education. The plan's purpose: to lift aspirations, create hope and excitement, guide development of state-level education policies and…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Strategic Planning, Statewide Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gandhi, Allison Gruner; Slama, Rachel; Park, So Jung; Russo, Patrick; Winner, Kendra; Bzura, Robin; Jones, Wehmah; Williamson, Sandra – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018
We used a comparative interrupted time series design to examine the impact of the Massachusetts' Wraparound Zone Initiative on student achievement, attendance, retention, and suspension. This initiative was designed to create coordinated district systems that allow schools to proactively and systematically address students' nonacademic needs. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Attendance, Retention (Psychology)
Louisiana Department of Education, 2019
The purpose of this guide is to assist Local Education Agencies (referred to as "districts") and schools with creating an effective and efficient school health team--representing all ten components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, that focuses on the improvement and sustainment of a healthy school culture.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Culture, Educational Environment, Student Welfare
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
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Balfanz, Robert – Education Next, 2019
What do K-12 schools need to do to prepare their students for adult success? This was the question that originally catalyzed the standards-and-accountability movement some 30 years ago, though it seems somehow to have gotten lost. Today the question merits revisiting, because addressing it makes a strong case for taking an integrated approach to…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Emotional Development, Social Development, Emotional Intelligence
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