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Scott, Lawrence; Kearney, W. Sean; Krimbill, Elisabeth; Hinojosa, Nicholas – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2023
This article presents a mixed method study utilizing teacher and student demographic and student attendance data from seven hundred and two public schools in central Texas along with follow-up qualitative data gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with the top 1% of principals identified as having the most diverse group of faculty…
Descriptors: Principals, Teachers, Students, Public Schools
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James Bear Mahowald; Sarah Winchell Lenhoff; Erica B. Edwards; Jeremy Singer – High School Journal, 2023
Since the incorporation of student chronic absenteeism rates into state school accountability systems after the passage of the "Every Student Succeeds Act," schools have adopted new practices to improve student attendance and decrease chronic absenteeism. Some of these practices borrow features from behavior management systems such as…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Correctional Institutions, Student Behavior, Discipline
Micheal Stone – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study is a journey through the academic lives of 4th-grade Black males in one Central Arkansas school district. This study aimed to investigate certain behavioral variables that may impede the learning and achievement of fourth-grade Black males in Central Arkansas. In the study, groups were established by ethnicity and gender and their test…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Blacks, African American Students
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Lasky-Fink, Jessica; Robinson, Carly D.; Chang, Hedy Nai-Lin; Rogers, Todd – Educational Researcher, 2021
Many states mandate districts or schools notify parents when students have missed multiple unexcused days of school. We report a randomized experiment (N = 131,312) evaluating the impact of sending parents truancy notifications modified to target behavioral barriers that can hinder effective parental engagement. Modified truancy notifications that…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance Patterns, Student Behavior, Parent School Relationship
Balfanz, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Results of a survey conducted by the Office for Civil Rights show that 6 million public school students (13%) are not attending school regularly. Chronic absenteeism--defined as missing more than 10% of school for any reason--has been negatively linked to many key academic outcomes. Evidence shows that students who exit chronic absentee status can…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Behavior, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
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McCarthy, Alyssa E.; Young, Jami F.; Benas, Jessica S.; Gallop, Robert J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2018
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of school-based depression prevention programs in reducing depressive symptoms and improving functioning. This study examined whether these programs have positive effects on school-related outcomes. Students at 10 middle and high schools in New Jersey were randomized to weekly sessions of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, School Counseling, Group Counseling
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Servoss, Timothy J. – Youth & Society, 2017
Despite a nationwide trend to increase security measures in schools, their effectiveness in reducing or preventing student misbehavior remains largely unexamined. In addition, there is concern that increased security may have unintended negative side effects and is applied inequitably across students of disparate racial/ethnic backgrounds. The…
Descriptors: School Security, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Grade 10
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West, Martin R.; Kraft, Matthew A.; Finn, Amy S.; Martin, Rebecca E.; Duckworth, Angela L.; Gabrieli, Christopher F. O.; Gabrieli, John D. E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
We used self-report surveys to gather information on a broad set of non-cognitive skills from 1,368 eighth graders. At the student level, scales measuring conscientiousness, self-control, grit, and growth mindset are positively correlated with attendance, behavior, and test-score gains between fourth grade and eighth grade. Conscientiousness,…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Characteristics, Self Control, Persistence
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Fisher, Benjamin W.; Tanner-Smith, Emily E. – Journal of School Violence, 2016
Homophobic victimization is a pervasive problem in U.S. schools that leads to negative outcomes for students. Those who experience homophobic victimization are at greater risk for avoiding particular spaces in school because they feel unsafe or afraid. Visible school security measures (e.g., security guards, metal detectors, and cameras) offer…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Fear, Victims, School Safety
Fisher, Benjamin W.; Tanner-Smith, Emily E. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Homophobic victimization is a pervasive problem in U.S. schools that leads to negative outcomes for students. Those who experience homophobic victimization are at greater risk for avoiding particular spaces in school because they feel unsafe or afraid. Visible school security measures (e.g., security guards, metal detectors, and cameras) offer…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Victims, Social Bias, Public Schools
Hickman, Antoine Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Jade County Public Schools has provided school-based therapeutic day treatment in its public schools for more than 10 years. This program was adopted by the school system to provide an intervention in the school and classroom to address the challenging behaviors of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Currently, three human services…
Descriptors: Intervention, Day Programs, Public Schools, Student Behavior
Johnson, Matthew; Demers, Alicia; Johnson, Cleo Jacobs; Gentile, Claudia – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2016
As part of its ongoing efforts to raise the academic achievement of children from low-income families in Kansas City, Missouri, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation founded the Ewing Marion Kauffman School in fall 2011. The Kauffman School's mission is "to prepare students to excel academically, graduate from college, and apply their unique…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Academic Achievement
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Messel, Matthew – Council of the Great City Schools, 2012
This study of high school outcomes in the Baltimore City Public Schools builds on substantial prior research on the early warning indicators of dropping out. It sought to investigate whether the same variables that predicted a non-graduation outcome in other urban districts--attendance, behavior problems, and course failure--were also significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Enrollment, Behavior Problems
Brathwaite, Debra Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Single-sex education is a reform initiative that is taking root in the United States and in many countries around the world as a possible solution to closing the racial, achievement, and gender gaps that have emerged where minority students lag behind their White counterparts and boys are falling behind girls academically. Although there have been…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Public Schools, Discipline, Academic Achievement
Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2007
This booklet is addressed to high school teachers, discussing what many researchers consider the most important year of high school, perhaps the most important year of school so far. Freshman year will set the stage for whether a student graduates and whether he or she will be ready for college. Citing years of study, the Consortium on Chicago…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High Schools, Attendance Patterns, Grades (Scholastic)
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