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Briana A. López; Aprile D. Benner – State Education Standard, 2025
While all school transitions are important, the middle to high school shift stands out. It coincides with biological, social, and cognitive changes in young people that began in early adolescence but continue into high school. These changes can be quite stressful, often disrupting students' academic performance and social and emotional well-being…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Transitional Programs, Middle School Students
Perez Pietruszka, Lauren – Learning Professional, 2023
Learning networks for school improvement are a powerful structure for educators to expand their knowledge and improve their practice, and when networks include members with diverse experiences and perspectives, the results can be particularly effective. But how can network facilitators ensure that members are learning from each other and…
Descriptors: Networks, Diversity, Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
S. Blair Payne; Elizabeth Swanson – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Executive functions, which begin developing in early childhood, are necessary for the tasks of daily life, such as decision making and planning. Despite their early development, often without teaching, many teens with disabilities need explicit instruction to acquire and apply executive functions each day. Gaps in executive functions directly…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Adolescents, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
Samantha Lukey; Lynne Keevers; Chye Toole-Anstey; Jodie Stewart; Steven Dodd; Lisa MacLeod – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
This systematic review reports evidence on practices and programmes that enhance successful primary-secondary school transition and participation for Indigenous students in Australia. A thematic analysis found three sets of practices: the school context; bridging practices; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students cultural recognition.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Indigenous Personnel, Transitional Programs
Katerina Wingfield – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
States have introduced a range of strategies and legislative policies aimed at increasing college matriculation through readiness strategies and initiatives that offer strong collaboration between secondary and postsecondary education. Early college high school (ECHS) models are one-way that colleges, primarily community colleges, can serve…
Descriptors: Post High School Guidance, Dual Enrollment, Transitional Programs, High Schools
Pechota, Damion; Brixey, Emily; Perez, Zeke, Jr. – Education Commission of the States, 2020
High school feedback reports can allow states, districts and schools to evaluate the transition of students from high school to postsecondary education. These reports or data systems contain a variety of information on a state's high school graduates, including postsecondary enrollment data, developmental education needs and first year…
Descriptors: High Schools, Feedback (Response), Reports, College Bound Students
Domers, Ted – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
At most high schools, the goal is to prepare students to make the leap to a college environment. By contrast, Philadelphia's G.W. Carver High School of Engineering and Science has decided to create an environment that mirrors the culture and expectations of college so the transition to college won't seem like a leap at all. Three changes have been…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
Scheef, Andrew R.; Hollingshead, Aleksandra; Voss, Cory S. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
The use of peer support arrangements can be an effective strategy to improve educational services for students with disabilities, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When developing peer support arrangements, secondary teachers should consider aligning these services with evidence-based predictors of positive postschool outcomes…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Disabilities, Autism
Ullman, Ellen – Community College Journal, 2014
Teachers dedicate their lives to working with students, but also in learning from each other. In programs around the Spokane, Washington area of the U.S., teachers have been meeting with the intention of strengthen connections and smooth transitions between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in alignment with expectations for the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College School Cooperation, College Readiness, Elementary Secondary Education
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs For the Future, 2016
Jobs for the Future and the Greater Texas Foundation's new report documents an early college program in El Paso, Texas that has enabled over a thousand students to earn a bachelor's degree, and holds lessons for early college advocates and leaders. Texas has been at the forefront of the early college movement since early college--which integrates…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment
Roberts, Laura A.; Bouknight, Tamisha M. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2015
This case illustrates an example of how one school relied solely on aggregate data and failed to address the college readiness needs of African American students with disabilities. However, the way in which the school counselor identified this opportunity gap may not have been the most ethical approach, and now she is faced with a dilemma. This…
Descriptors: College Students, African American Students, Disabilities, Achievement Gap
Connell, Diane; Hutnick, Marilyn; Glover, Sandi; Glover, Curtis – Exceptional Parent, 2012
Transitioning from middle school to high school is a tremendous change for all students; it is especially important for learners on the Autism Spectrum. In this article, the authors discuss the move to high school and give seven tips for successfully navigating these years. We draw upon the experiences of Mrs. Sandi Glover and her 21-year-old son…
Descriptors: Autism, High Schools, Transitional Programs, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Valle, Katherine – Association of Community College Trustees, 2016
Although the United States is touted as a country where anyone could be successful regardless of social class or national background, upward social mobility is hard to attain. Less than one in 10 children born into poverty will reach the top of the income distribution. For many individuals, postsecondary education has historically been a way out…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges
Pearson, George – Education Canada, 2012
At the opening of Olds High School, Principal Tom Christensen held his breath as he watched students inspect the new facilities designed with a new approach to learning in mind. The Alberta school is divided into four so-called "quads," each housing one-quarter of the school's 800 students, with flexible learning spaces to accommodate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Shared Resources and Services
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2012
The nation's economy is only as strong as the educational foundation that supports it. Economic success in the twenty-first century requires a labor force capable of demonstrating an advanced level of both knowledge and skill. To be a true engine of growth, the nation's education system must be aligned with these demands. This is why the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Economics