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Direct linkBowers, Sharon W.; Williams, Thomas O., Jr.; Ernst, Jeremy V. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
Recent developments in initiatives, standards, and legislative agendas have led to increases in the number of STEM educators, in particular elementary STEM educators. This study investigates and reports the characteristics and credentials of this group and explores the features and characteristics of the student population within their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Profiles, STEM Education, Elementary School Students, National Surveys
Mason-Williams, Loretta; Gagnon, Joseph Calvin – Journal of Special Education, 2017
This study provides nationally representative information about the qualifications and preparation of secondary content and special education teachers in special education and alternative school settings, as compared with teachers in regular schools. Findings demonstrate that a statistically significant relationship did not exist between school…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Special Education, Nontraditional Education, Special Education Teachers
Izumi, Masashi; Shen, Jianping; Xia, Jiangang – Education and Urban Society, 2015
In this study we investigated determinants of the graduation rate of public alternative schools by analyzing the most recent, nationally representative data from Schools and Staffing Survey 2007-2008. Based on the literature, we built a series of three regression models via successive block entry, predicting the graduate rate first by (a) student…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Public Schools, Graduation Rate, Predictor Variables
Download full textCarver-Thomas, Desiree – Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2017
This paper examines the current state of teachers of color in the workforce, the factors that affect the recruitment, hiring, and retention of teachers of color, and opportunities for growing a stable workforce of teachers of color. The first section of this paper, The Current State of Teachers of Color in the United States, includes a description…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Minority Group Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
Ryan, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Decreasing the high school dropout rate in the United States is gaining a great deal of national attention. One of the key strategies that has been identified to decrease dropout rate is to offer at-risk students alternatives to traditional school. This study contributed to our knowledge about alternative high schools for at-risk students by using…
Descriptors: High Schools, Average Daily Attendance, At Risk Students, Graduation Rate
Dillow, Sally, Ed. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2003
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications and data products released in a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message from the NCES on a timely…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, National Surveys
