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Download full textNew Jersey Department of Education, 2025
Annually, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) collects, analyzes, and reports to the Governor and Legislature on disciplinary infractions and their consequences, as reported by school districts, to meet the requirements of the Public School Safety Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:17-46 through 48. This report includes statewide information on…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Safety, Discipline, Bullying
Kristin E. Mansell; J. Jacob Kirksey – Center for Innovative Research in Change, Leadership, and Education, 2025
This report examines the characteristics, geographic distributions, and descriptive student outcomes of Model Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work® Schools in Texas. Model PLC at Work® Schools voluntarily apply for this designation, demonstrating a commitment to collaborative data-driven instructional practices designed to improve student…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, School Culture
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2022
The Accountability Plan is an annual report that is closely aligned with the Board of Governors' 2025 System Strategic Plan. This report enhances the System's commitment to accountability and strategic planning by fostering greater coordination between institutional administrators, University Boards of Trustees and the Board of Governors regarding…
Descriptors: State Universities, Accountability, Strategic Planning, Educational Finance
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2021
The Accountability Plan is an annual report that is closely aligned with the Board of Governors' 2025 System Strategic Plan. This report enhances the System's commitment to accountability and strategic planning by fostering greater coordination between institutional administrators, University Boards of Trustees and the Board of Governors regarding…
Descriptors: State Universities, Accountability, Strategic Planning, Educational Finance
Van Campen, James; Sowers, Nicole; Strother, Scott – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
The Community College Pathways (CCP) program had an outstanding second year. In 2012-2013, the program reproduced the positive outcomes realized in the first year of implementation, including successful course completion rates of over 50 percent for both Pathways. Simultaneously, the administration of the Pathways has continued to develop and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, Research Reports, College Outcomes Assessment
Direct linkWindham, Melissa H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Although close to half of all community college students leave before obtaining their stated goals, most retention studies are still being conducted at the four-year college and university level. There is still little research conducted at the community college level. In order to determine what student characteristics increase community college…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, College Freshmen, Academic Persistence
Peer reviewedAviles, Maria; Eastman, Jacqueline K. – Journal of International Education in Business, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how technological tools, such as Web 2.0 and online learning management systems, can be utilized to improve Millennials' educational performance. Design/methodology/approach: An exploratory survey of Millennial business students was conducted to measure their self-reported use and perceived…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning
Phillips, Meredith; Yamashiro, Kyo; Farrukh, Adina; Lim, Cynthia; Hayes, Katherine; Wagner, Nicole; White, Jeffrey; Chen, Hansheng – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) serves a large majority of socioeconomically disadvantaged students who are struggling academically and are underprepared for high school graduation and college. This article describes the partnership between LAUSD and the Los Angeles Education Research Institute, and how this collaboration endeavors…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Research, Best Practices
Bulgakov-Cooke, Dina – Wake County Public School System, 2013
Seven district improvement initiatives were implemented in 2011-12 in the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). All were well designed and coordinated, with common goal setting processes and use of common monitoring tools. All initiatives either met or partially met 2011-12 goals. Some were more successful in showing student outcomes, with the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Hollifield-Hoyle, Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Poverty in the US is growing at an alarming rate. The current economic climate demands higher education to embrace the economic diversity of all students and to prepare them, regardless of economic class, for a globally competitive workplace. Unfortunately, the higher education community is not as adept at serving low-income students, as it is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Interviews, Poverty
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2011
In 2010-11, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) was in district-wide improvement as a result of failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in mathematics at the district level for the second consecutive year. This report examines student outcomes in 2010-11 as well as overall teacher outcomes and longitudinal results for schools targeted…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
Lukuyu, B.; Place, F.; Franzel, S.; Kiptot, E. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: This paper assesses the effectiveness of volunteer farmer trainers in promoting adoption of agricultural technologies in western Kenya. Specifically, the purpose was to assess the type of information they disseminated, farmer trainers' characteristics desirable to farmer trainees, and how trainees evaluate farmer trainers.…
Descriptors: Trainers, Agricultural Occupations, Volunteers, Agricultural Engineering
Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2011
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" investigates the number of attempts it takes students to complete all developmental education courses to which they are referred. Subsequent gateway course completion and overall persistence are also examined. Three-year outcomes were analyzed and…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation
Clery, Sue – Achieving the Dream, 2011
"Data Notes" is a bimonthly publication that examines data to illuminate the challenges facing Achieving the Dream colleges and to chart their progress over time. Gateway courses generally include the first college-level English and math courses students are required to take. Increasing the number of students who attempt gateway classes…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, English Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Gender Differences
Lee, John B. – Achieving the Dream, 2010
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" highlights some of the differences that exist between states. In addition to Achieving the Dream data, this report includes data from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) for the 2008-09 academic year to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Low Income Groups, Academic Persistence, Developmental Studies Programs
