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Direct linkEdgerton, Adam; Polikof, Morgan; Desimone, Laura – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2017
Five-plus years into the experiment with new "college- and career-ready standards" (of which Common Core is the most notable and most controversial example), we know little about teachers' implementation and the ways policy can support that implementation. This paper uses new state-representative teacher survey data to characterize the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Teacher Surveys, Program Implementation
Peer reviewedStewart, Jennifer M.; Hanlon, Alexandra; Brawner, Bridgette M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Using data from the National Congregational Study, we examined predictors of having an HIV/AIDS program in predominately African American churches across the United States. We conducted regression analyses of Wave II data (N = 1,506) isolating the sample to churches with a predominately African American membership. The dependent variable asked…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Prevention, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Churches
Lawrence, Kendall E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The aging of the professoriate may be the most important issue in higher education today. When faculty members will choose to retire and how effectively they are replaced is a crucial problem for many institutions. Yet very little data are available on faculty retirement timing. The purpose of this study was to test life-span trajectory…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Life Satisfaction, Teacher Retirement
Lee, Chung Gun – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study consists of three sub-studies. Sub-study 1 and 2 attempted to incorporate environmental variables as precursor background variables of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict quitting-related intentions among Texas adult smokers and university student smokers, respectively. Sub-study 1 and 2 analyzed different data sets and were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Smoking, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
Rojstaczer, Stuart; Healy, Christopher – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: College grades can influence a student's graduation prospects, academic motivation, postgraduate job choice, professional and graduate school selection, and access to loans and scholarships. Despite the importance of grades, national trends in grading practices have not been examined in over a decade, and there has been a…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Geographic Regions, Private Colleges
Chatters, Linda M.; Taylor, Robert Joseph; Jackson, James S.; Lincoln, Karen D. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
This study examined demographic predictors of attitudes regarding religious coping (i.e., prayer during stressful times and look to God for support, strength and guidance) within a national sample of African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and non-Hispanic Whites (National Survey of American Life). The findings demonstrate significant Black-White…
Descriptors: Blacks, Coping, Whites, Religion
