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Direct linkGrillo, Stacy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The transition into high school is a traumatic event in an adolescent's life. Students face several emotional challenges during their high school years as they struggle to gain a sense of self, develop the tools needed to advocate for their own needs, and navigate the demands of a new school. A successful transition into high school has a…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Adolescents, High School Students, Administrator Attitudes
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
The Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) case study series highlights best practices High Schools That Work (HSTW) network schools and districts are implementing to better prepare students for further studies and careers. Lee's Summit West (LSW) High School near Kansas City, Missouri, boasts of a 99 percent graduation rate; 93 percent of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, High Schools, Educational Quality, Benchmarking
Download full textNational Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2018
This paper was written in 2018 by NCWD/Youth [National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth] to inform the development of the Guideposts for Success 2.0, an update to the original Guideposts for Success published in 2005. Since it was created in 2005, the Guideposts for Success has become nationally recognized as a valuable…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Secondary School Curriculum, High Schools
Nodine, Thad R. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
In 2005, the Hildago (Texas) Independent School District, in partnership with the University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas System, the Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, promised that all of its students would earn college credits before graduating from high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Stakeholders, College Programs
Viloria, Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to determine the common programs and practices that Beating the Odds (BTO) high schools in California are using to achieve high graduation rates. More specifically, this study identifies specific programs and practices that the high schools are using to address at-risk student behaviors as well as…
Descriptors: High Schools, Effective Schools Research, Institutional Survival, Phenomenology
Boroch, Deborah; Hope, Laura – Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
In 2007, the Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) was launched in California's 109 (now 110) community colleges. This initiative responds to an increasing awareness that state policies favoring "open access" also result in the enrollment of large numbers of students who are underprepared to succeed in college-level work. Identified as a key…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Transitional Programs, Community Colleges
Bohanon, Hank; Flannery, K. Brigid; Malloy, JoAnne; Fenning, Pamela – Exceptionality, 2009
The integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions through positive behavior supports (PBS) can provide benefit for students, staff, and families (Bohanon et al., 2006; Turnbull et al., 2002). However, there is limited application of PBS to high schools settings (Sugai, Flannery, & Bohanon, 2004). However, preliminary data is…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Behavior, Incidence, Graduation Rate
Stein, Gabriela Livas; Hussong, Andrea – American Secondary Education, 2007
This study examines high school expectancies in a sample of at-risk, rural youth, and how these expectancies relate to 8th grade functioning, 9th grade functioning, and 9th grade experiences of high school. A total of 76 eighth-graders and their parents, drawn from a larger study of the transition to high school, participated in interviews the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Youth, Grade 9, Educational Environment
Standing, Kim; Judkins, David; Keller, Brad; Shimshak, Amy – US Department of Education, 2008
In 1998, Congress authorized the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program. The purpose of the program is to foster increased knowledge, expectations, and preparation for postsecondary education among low-income students and their families. GEAR UP projects may provide services to students, parents and…
Descriptors: Readiness, Undergraduate Study, Access to Education, College Preparation
Peer reviewedRetish, Paul – Special Services in the Schools, 1988
The support of home and parents is a major factor in the school-to-work transition of special needs students. Survey research describes parent expectations of these students as minimal. Suggestions are offered for enhancing support for parents and their special needs students. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Entry Workers, Expectation
Peer reviewedBrotherson, Mary Jane; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1993
Five strategies to support young adults with disabilities who are making the transition into adulthood include (1) encouraging parents to have early expectations for community life; (2) helping parents realize the importance of their role; (3) helping parents honor their children's choices; (4) involving social support networks; and (5) addressing…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Expectation
US Department of Education, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education 2004 National High School Summit took place December 2-3, 2004, in Washington, D.C. Nearly 1000 individuals participated-educators, policymakers, business leaders, and government officials. The event built on the work the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) had done with states over the prior year and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Expectation
Hoffman, Nancy, Ed.; Vargas, Joel, Ed.; Venezia, Andrea, Ed.; Miller, Marc S., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Minding the Gap" argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the United States currently earns a postsecondary credential. This timely and instructive book from Jobs for the Future explores policies and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, First Generation College Students, Postsecondary Education, High Schools
