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Direct linkCann, Colette N.; McCloskey, Erin – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
Tutoring programs that link colleges to public schools are seen as a way to improve the academic performance of K12 students while providing a practicum site for college-age students. Prior research on college-K12 partnerships focuses on how the academic achievement of both K12 and college students are enhanced by these relationships. This article…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Tutoring, Service Learning, Racial Factors
Katsiyannis, Antonis; Thompson, Martie P.; Barrett, David E.; Kingree, J. B. – Remedial and Special Education, 2013
School-related problems such as poor academic performance, truancy, frequent suspensions, and grade repeating have been identified as risk factors for adolescent behavior problems. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of school-related factors on violent criminality in adulthood, based on data from the National Longitudinal…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Violence, Behavior Problems, Crime
Sapkova, Alesja – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2011
The article aims to present findings of a study on the profile of traditional/constructivist beliefs of mathematics teachers in Latvia connected with effective teaching. For this purpose, data acquired within the framework of the project "Nordic-Baltic comparative research in mathematics education" (NorBa) were analyzed. The sample…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Matyo-Cepero, Jude – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine if special education and at-risk students educated exclusively in a school-within-a-school setting showed improved high-stakes standardized reading test scores after learning the strategic instruction model (SIM) inference strategy. This study was focused on four groups of eighth-grade students attending…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Scores, Reading Achievement, Special Education
Weems, Carl F.; Taylor, Leslie K.; Cannon, Melinda F.; Marino, Reshelle C.; Romano, Dawn M.; Scott, Brandon G.; Perry, Andre M.; Triplett, Vera – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study examined the stability of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a predominantly ethnic minority sample of youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Youth (n = 191 grades 4th thru 8th) were screened for exposure to traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms at 24 months (Time 1) and then again at 30 months (Time 2) post-disaster. PTSD…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Natural Disasters, Minority Group Children, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Ruck, Martin D.; Park, Henry; Killen, Melanie; Crystal, David S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
There is a dearth of published research on the role of intergroup contact on urban US ethnic minority children's and adolescents' evaluations of racial exclusion. The current investigation examined these issues in a sample of low-income minority 4th, 7th, and 10th grade (N = 129, 60% female) African American and Latino/a students attending…
Descriptors: Minority Group Children, Adolescents, Urban Areas, Racial Factors
Download full textTexas Center for Educational Research, 2010
This executive summary presents findings from the Year 3 evaluation of Texas' state-level Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, grant. GEAR UP grant requirements include an evaluation component designed to assess program effectiveness and to measure progress toward project goals. To this end, the evaluation…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation, Student Attitudes
Ballou, Dale; Springer, Matthew G. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Under the No Child Left Behind Act, states have been required to set minimum proficiency standards that virtually all students must meet by 2014. Sanctions of increasing severity are to be applied to schools that fail to meet interim targets, known as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The authors examine the effect of this legislation using…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Federal Legislation, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Boyd, Don; Lankford, Hamp; Loeb, Susanna; Rockoff, Jonah; Wyckoff, Jim – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2008
Arguably the most important educational resource is teachers. Teachers and teaching quality are a central feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) which requires a "highly qualified teacher" in every core academic classroom. Many states and large districts also have policies in place to attract qualified teachers to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement
Kidd-Proctor, Kathleen; Herrington, David – Online Submission, 2006
St. Martin Hall, a demonstration school affiliated with Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, collaborated with the Harry Jersig Center to test students for speech and language difficulties or hearing loss. A significant number of the children were from economically disadvantaged homes. Most of the children were Hispanic.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Parochial Schools, Laboratory Schools, Elementary Schools
Killen, Melanie; Henning, Alexandra; Kelly, Megan Clark; Crystal, David; Ruck, Martin – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
US majority (European-American) and minority (African-American, Latin-American, Asian-American) children were interviewed regarding race-based and non-race based reasons for exclusion in interracial peer contexts (N = 685), evenly divided by gender at 9, 12, and 15 years of age (4th, 7th, and 10th grades) attending 13 US public schools. All…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Peer Relationship, Peer Influence, Social Experience
Feldman, Jay; Tung, Rosann; Ouimette, Monique – Center for Collaborative Education, 2003
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing educators of today is to create and sustain high-quality educational environments for low-income students and students of color. The Boston Pilot Schools Network, a network of eleven small, innovative schools within the Boston Public Schools, can be a model for other schools and districts as to how to create…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Low Income Groups, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
