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H. Alix Gallagher; Benjamin W. Cottingham; Leah Faw – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2025
The CORE Districts, a nonprofit formed by large urban districts in California, received a Networks for School Improvement grant from the Gates Foundation to launch a network focused on improving ninth-grade on-track rates. CORE based its approach on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Collaborative model, where a hub identifies…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, High School Students, Grade 9
Difei Li – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Postsecondary institutions are redesigning the ways in which they offer remedial courses to support students' progress and eventual success in college more effectively A corequisite approach places students assessed as marginally remedial directly into college-level courses but provides them with additional academic support. The rationale is that…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Remedial Instruction, Required Courses, State Programs
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Beames, Simon; Mackie, Chris; Scrutton, Roger – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2020
Experiences of outdoor education are believed to have significant impacts on participants, but research on the lasting influences of extended programmes is limited. Gordonstoun School, an independent residential school founded by Kurt Hahn in 1934, provides a rich legacy of outdoor education against which to explore any enduring outcomes. Drawing…
Descriptors: Alumni, Boarding Schools, Outdoor Education, Program Design
Lotte van der Haar; Guthrie Gray-Lobe; Michael Kremer; Joost de Laat – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
This study reports the findings from a year-long randomized evaluation assessing the impact of assigning 62 classrooms in Nigeria to receive either blocked or interleaved math problem sets. Blocked practice sessions focused on a single skill at a time. Interleaved problem sets alternated between different skills within a practice session. On tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Retention (Psychology), Outcomes of Education
Walsh, Elias; Demers, Alicia; Terziev, Jeffrey; Boyle, Erin; Steele, Elisa; Lai, Ijun – Mathematica, 2022
This evaluation of the KIPP school leadership programs, funded by a grant from the Supporting Effective Educator Development program in the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education, aims to support sustained implementation of effective programs to prepare and support school leaders. KIPP administers three school…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Leadership, Program Effectiveness, Leadership Training
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Schueler, Beth E.; Rodriguez-Segura, Daniel – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
Access to quality secondary schooling can be life changing for students in developing contexts. In Kenya, entrance to such schools was historically determined by performance on a high-stakes exam. Understandably then, preparation for this exam is a priority for families and educators. To increase the share of students entering these schools, some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Secondary School Students, High Stakes Tests
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Holly Tiret; Cheryl Eschbach; Allison Nichols; Becky Smith; Jane Riffe; Terry Clark Jones – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Recognizing the need for education that addresses social emotional and mental health issues faced by adults, Extension developed two different types of programs. Michigan State University (MSU) Extension developed the RELAX: Alternatives to Anger program (RELAX) to address anger management, and West Virginia University (WVU) Extension created…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Stress Management, Psychological Patterns, College Students
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Rushford, Nick; DiRenzo, Amy; Furman, Nate; Sibthorp, Jim – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2020
Across the nation, many outdoor adventure education programs are becoming shorter in duration. The purpose of this study was to determine if instructors alter targeted course outcomes and course processes because of shorter amounts of student field time. Data collection involved interviews with staff from the Colorado Outward Bound School. Results…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Program Length, Program Effectiveness
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Morton, Benterah C.; Byrd, Kelly O.; Allison, Elizabeth; Green, André M. – Current Issues in Education, 2021
Each summer families across the globe send their children to summer camps and daycares for what amounts to babysitting. This study takes the discussion beyond babysitting and explores a unique summer enrichment program offered to rising second through fifth grade students in a modified enrichment camp model. During the four-week program, students…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
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Beach, Paul; Zvoch, Keith; Thier, Michael – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
This study employed hierarchical piecewise growth modeling and two interrupted time series models to examine the effect of introducing an Advanced Placement (AP) school accountability incentive on AP access in Pennsylvania. Specifically, we examined whether adoption of an advanced course access accountability indicator was associated with an…
Descriptors: Accountability, Incentives, Advanced Placement Programs, Access to Education
Kelly Robson; Lynne Graziano; Jennifer O'Neal Schiess – National Comprehensive Center, 2020
In the United States, students are assigned to public schools based on where they live. School districts have set boundaries and students living in the neighborhoods within those boundaries attend the district's schools. The district's boundaries are further delineated into attendance zones, in which particular homes and neighborhoods are assigned…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Open Enrollment, School Choice
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Yoon, Susan A.; Miller, Katherine; Richman, Thomas – Educational Technology & Society, 2020
Online professional development (PD) can support broader accessibility than traditional face-to-face PD. However online delivery presents challenges for characteristics of high-quality PD, such as collaborative knowledge building and community development, that have proven positive outcomes in face-to-face modes. A few comparative studies have…
Descriptors: Professional Development, High School Teachers, Science Teachers, Biology
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Balu, Rekha; Ehrlich, Stacy B. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2018
Accumulating evidence indicates that student attendance is closely tied to a range of educational outcomes, and yet millions of students are chronically absent each year. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), schools are now held accountable for their students' attendance at a scale this country has never before seen. As such, this is a…
Descriptors: Incentives, Models, Design, Attendance
Jackson, Kathleen Ryan; Ward, Caryn; Smolkowski, Keith; Gau, Jeff – State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center, 2021
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the districts that received ongoing training and coaching to use the Active Implementation Frameworks improved mathematics outcomes. The Active Implementation Frameworks represent five essential approaches for effective implementation of any evidence-based program or practice. One of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Outcomes of Education, School Districts, Educational Improvement
Spellman, Elaine Sabrina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
North Carolina's community colleges redesigned developmental math programs in 2011. The overall effectiveness of the redesign has not yet been evaluated. A concurrent mixed-methods study was conducted at Mid-Atlantic Community College (MACC) for a formative and summative evaluation of the redesigned program. Mezirow's transformative learning…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Design
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