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Sallaffie, Moriah; Penney, Jessica; Cherba, Maria; Akearok, Gwen K. Healey; Ratel, Jean-Luc – Canadian Journal of Education, 2022
In Nunavut, data for 2012-2014 shows a high school graduation rate of 34%. Little has been published about the causes of secondary students' absenteeism and the methods for attracting students back to school. This study explored the barriers and supports to education success from the perspectives of school staff, students, and parents. Interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduation Rate, Attendance Patterns, Academic Achievement
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Ashley, Michael; Cooper, Katelyn M.; Cala, Jacqueline M.; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Summer bridge programs are designed to help transition students into the college learning environment. Increasingly, bridge programs are being developed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines because of the rigorous content and lower student persistence in college STEM compared with other disciplines. However, to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Summer Programs, Disproportionate Representation, Curriculum Development
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Hemsley, Lucy – Teaching History, 2016
Frustrated by the low numbers of students from her comprehensive state school who expressed any interest in applying to Oxford or Cambridge to study history, Lucy Hemsley set out to explore ways in which she might both inspire and equip her students to do so. Her careful analysis of the explicit requirements of the two universities suggested that…
Descriptors: Historians, History Instruction, College Preparation, Curriculum Development
Rhode Island Department of Education, 2017
Rhode Island's School Accountability system is in a period of transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The accountability data released October 2017 is based on the 2016-17 administration of the PARCC assessment. Results from the Multi-State Alternate Assessment in ELA/literacy and mathematics are also included. The results of this…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Policy, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation
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Juergensen, Miyoshi B. – High School Journal, 2015
This study explores African American educators' ideas about school completion in the 1920s and 1930s as a way to begin to understand their contributions to the historical discourse on school completion. Using publications from African American professional teaching organizations, the author elevates and examines how African American educators both…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High School Graduates, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Achieve, Inc., 2006
This brochure provides an overview of the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network and describes the urgent need for improvements to the U.S. educational pipeline to ensure that all students are adequately prepared for the demands of the twenty-first century workplace. Through the ADP Network, states will: (1) make their high school standards,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Job Skills, Academic Standards