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Fletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Warren, Nathalie Q.; Hernandez-Gantes, Victor M. – Computer Science Education, 2019
Background and Context: Career academies emphasize learning in specific occupational contexts to enhance the relevance of student experiences. The premise is that the authenticity of occupational contexts provides for opportunities to make learning more meaningful for students. Objective: The purpose of this case study was to examine the school…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Inclusion, Equal Education, School Safety
Jackson, Erika; Page, Marianne E. – Economics of Education Review, 2013
Most evaluations of education policies focus on their mean impacts; when distributional effects are investigated it is usually by comparing mean impacts across demographic subgroups. We argue that such estimates may overlook important treatment effect heterogeneity; in order to appreciate the full extent of a policy's distributional impacts one…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Small Classes, Academic Achievement
DePaoli, Jennifer – Policy Matters Ohio, 2014
Highly rated urban schools are often held up as models for lower-rated urban districts. These high-scoring urban schools, both district and charter, get results on Ohio's standardized tests that shine compared to results many schools get in districts struggling with the effects of concentrated poverty. Administrators, journalists, and policy…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, State Standards
Burch, Patricia; Theoharis, George; Rauscher, Erica – Educational Policy, 2010
Class size reduction (CSR) has emerged as a very popular, if not highly controversial, policy approach for reducing the achievement gap. This article reports on findings from an implementation study of class size reduction policy in Wisconsin entitled the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE). Drawing on case studies of nine schools,…
Descriptors: Class Size, Achievement, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Sturm, H. Pepper – 1997
In 1989, the Nevada Legislature enacted the Class-Size Reduction (CSR) Act. The measure was designed to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in the public schools, particularly in the earliest grades. The program was scheduled to proceed in several phases. The first step reduced the student-teacher ratio in selected kindergartens and first grade classes…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 2000
The Educational Priorities Panel carried out a study of the first year of the class size reduction program for grades K-3 in the New York City public schools by visiting five schools throughout the city and interviewing the principal and at least two teachers involved in implementing the program at each school. In all, 17 interviews were…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Interviews
Jepsen, Christopher; Rivkin, Steven – Public Policy Institute of California, 2002
Intuitively, class size reduction is a good idea. Parents support it because it means that their children will receive more individual attention from teachers. Teachers like it for the same reason and also because it creates a more manageable workload. It is generally assumed that the fewer students in a class, the better they will learn and the…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Urban Schools, Achievement Tests, Teacher Shortage
The Link between High School Reform and College Access and Success for Low-Income and Minority Youth
Martinez, Monica; Klopot, Shayna – American Youth Policy Forum, 2005
This report provides an in-depth review of school reform research that presents evidence of college preparation for all students. It examines the predictors of college-going behavior and how they have been addressed within the high school reform movement. The report then draws out the promising practices from existing reform initiatives and makes…
Descriptors: High Schools, Financial Support, College Preparation, Social Networks