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Stephanie S. Machado – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Despite the link between school-lunch participation and student health, only half of adolescents with the program in their schools participate on a given day. A multi-pronged school lunch promotion intervention was implemented in middle and high schools in an urban, low-income school district to improve school lunch participation and reduce food…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Health, Student Participation, Intervention
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
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Ward-Begnoche, Wendy L.; Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie; Harris, Margaret M.; Dean, Janice – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2008
This article describes the design and implementation of a school-based obesity prevention program, the successes associated with its implementation, and challenges with development and application of the program's curriculum base. The program is described, including purpose and goals, content and structure of the curriculum, type and training of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Obesity, Participatory Research, Program Evaluation
Smith, Patricia K. – 1991
In Michigan, a school-based bicycle helmet intervention program has been developed to increase the prevalence of helmet use among middle/junior high school students. The intervention involved approximately 3,100 students and their parents. The school-based intervention component of the project is the focus of this report. A two-tier intervention…
Descriptors: Accidents, Behavior Change, Bicycling, Head Injuries
Morgan, Lena P.; Hertzog, C. Jay – Principal Leadership, 2001
To determine students' areas of concern while moving from middle- to high-school level, two college deans surveyed all eighth- and ninth-graders in four northwest Georgia school systems. Comprehensive transitional programs targeted concerns about curriculum, facilities, safety, discipline, staff, and general routines. A Wisconsin transition…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Discipline, Educational Facilities, Grade 8
Robledo Montecel, Maria; And Others – 1994
A federal program designed to reduce dropout rates in middle schools among limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is described. The program trains LEP middle school students at risk of dropping out as tutors for elementary school children. A demonstration project trained 101 Hispanic student tutors in two Texas school districts. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Allen, Michael G.; Sheppard, Ronnie L. – 1992
An important component of sound middle school education is a commitment to providing coordinated advising and counseling services in the school setting. This handbook describes how middle school professionals can develop small group advisory support for each student. Known variously as home-base, advisor-advisee, or teacher advisory (TA) programs,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Group Guidance