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J. Hurdle; Sage V. Eichenburch; Megan Kershner – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2025
4-H is uniquely situated to provide youth with opportunities to learn about citizenship, government, and civic engagement, given its own infrastructural makeup: a federal-state-county partnership. Youth civic engagement is of even greater relevance at present, given the emergent issues seen in society (e.g., aftermath of COVID-19, mental health,…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Leadership, Citizen Participation, High School Students
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Makayla Boyd; Heide R. Cygan; Booker Marshall; Derrick Little; Mallory Bejster – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
School nurses are uniquely positioned to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) students. One approach is involvement in Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs). GSAs have been found to improve outcomes for LGBTQ students. The purposes of this quality improvement project were to build infrastructure for GSAs by…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Social Support Groups, LGBTQ People, Program Development
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Mihyeon Kim; Conor Dibble; Ashley Morris – Gifted Child Today, 2025
From its inception, the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary has been committed to the education of gifted students. Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska, founder of the CFGE, created a learning environment to work directly with gifted students and parents by providing diverse university-based pre-collegiate programs in both residential and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Enrichment Activities, High School Students
Illinois State Board of Education, 2025
The 2024 Illinois Career and Technical Education Report is submitted in compliance with Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 435/2e, which requires a written career and technical education (CTE) report to be issued to the governor annually. This report describes the establishment of and delivery of CTE in Illinois, the existing condition of Illinois CTE…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Program Development, Delivery Systems, Police Education
Gee, Kevin A.; Beno, Carolynne; Lindstrom, Lauren; Lind, John; Post, Cindy; Hirano, Kara – Grantee Submission, 2020
Supporting college and career readiness among youth who encounter significant academic and life challenges requires innovative strategies to help them envision their futures, leverage their strengths and develop dispositions that promote positive trajectories. For youth development professionals who develop and implement novel programmatic…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Disadvantaged, Adolescents
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Besnoy, Kevin D.; McDaniel, Sara C. – Gifted Child Today, 2016
Mentoring programs are an effective way to offer gifted students authentic learning opportunities. Although there are many mentoring models, the fundamental relationship between mentor and mentee has remained consistent throughout the ages. One mentoring model that has recently grown in popularity is the cross-age mentoring model. In this model,…
Descriptors: Mentors, High School Students, Academically Gifted, Cross Age Teaching
Illinois State Board of Education, 2023
This report describes the establishment of and delivery of Illinois Career and Technical Education (CTE), the existing condition of Illinois CTE based on fiscal year 2022 data, and the future developments and recommendations for CTE in our state as required by Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 435/2e. Further, this report provides an update on police…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Equal Education, Gender Bias, Program Development
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Bovin, Amy J. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the phenomenology of the female high school band director (FHSBD). In order to achieve a sample for regional maximum variation, one FHSBD from each county in the state of Connecticut was interviewed. After gathering data from a series of three interviews, I used Moustakas's modification of the Van Kaam…
Descriptors: Females, Music Activities, Phenomenology, Music
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Hopkinson, Michelle; Smolianov, Peter; Dion, Steven; Schoen, Christopher; Norberg, Jaclyn; Bouncher, Christopher – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2018
This study examines the current state of volleyball in the USA against a heuristic model for high performance sport integrated with mass participation. A questionnaire was utilized for the following elements of the model: talent development; advanced athlete support; training centers; competitions; intellectual services; partnerships with…
Descriptors: Athletics, Team Sports, Talent Development, Athletes
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Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Kaila, Erkki; Rajala, Teemu – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Automatically assessed exercises with immediate feedback can be a powerful tool for enhancing the effectiveness of education. In this article, we discuss the design and implementation of a collaborative learning tool called ViLLE. The design is based on experiences gathered from a previously developed and thoroughly researched visualization tool.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Cooperative Learning, Visualization, Design
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Hoedel, Joseph M.; Lee, Robert E. – Journal of Character Education, 2018
This 15-year program of research explored the extent to which prosocial attitudes and behavior of high school students were increased by focused lesson plans administered in dedicated high school classrooms over 1 or 2 academic semesters. The narrative describes the evolution of the Character Development and Leadership Program from a pilot study…
Descriptors: High School Students, Leadership Training, Values Education, Lesson Plans
Legters, Nettie; Parise, Leigh – MDRC, 2016
Providing ninth-graders with academic and social support can put more students on the graduation path, but it can be challenging for schools and school systems to implement that support routinely and effectively. This brief describes how Broward County Public Schools adopted a community of practice (CoP) approach to improve school-based teams'…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Urban Schools, Grade 9, Educational Policy
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Heggart, Keith – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
Previous scholarship has outlined possible models of civics education but have neglected to provide frameworks for evaluation of the way such educative programs contribute to ongoing active citizenship amongst the participants. This paper explicates a framework that can be used to analyse how effectively programs are developing active citizenship…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Citizenship, Civics, Citizen Participation
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Harada, Violet H. – School Library Research, 2016
This paper reports on a professional development initiative that targeted teams of teachers and librarians working with high school students on strengthening an inquiry approach to capstone projects. While much has been written about student-focused models for information search and use, little has been reported on how training for the…
Descriptors: Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Professional Development, Librarians, Secondary School Teachers
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Mitra, Dana L.; Sanders, Felicia C.; Perkins, Daniel F. – Applied Developmental Science, 2010
The term "youth-adult partnership" increasingly is being used to define a relationship in which both youth and adults have the potential to contribute to decision making processes, to learn from one another, and to promote change. Establishing a relationship with an "intermediary organization" can provide much needed stability and sustainability…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, High School Students, Youth, Adults
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