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Elengold, Kate Sablosky; Dorrance, Jess; Martinez, Amanda; Foxen, Patricia; Mihas, Paul – UnidosUS, 2021
Latino students are entering college at record numbers. Today, almost 3.8 million Latinos are enrolled in colleges and universities across the United States. Yet Latino students lag behind their White and Asian peers in attaining college degrees. The overall completion gap exceeds ten percentage points. What is causing this completion gap?…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Academic Persistence, College Graduates, Graduation Rate
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Yengin Sarpkaya, Pinar; Dal, Sinem – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the improvement of the application by revealing the difficulties of transported education application in a secondary school. In this study, single holistic case design was followed. Data was collected through semi-structured interview and semi-structured observation forms. 11 participants, determined…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Secondary School Students, Secondary Schools, School Administration
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Drabier, Renee; Ramirez, Linda Y.; Fimmen, Carol P. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
This study is an analysis of student reflective advice written to future semester abroad students based upon their personal experience in a semester study abroad program. In December 2018, 36 Mexican students wrote individual letters during an end-of-term session in which they were asked to reflect upon their semester abroad experience in San…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Student Experience
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Ares-Pernas, Ana; Carvajal, Carmen Coronado; Gomis Rodríguez, Alfonso; Fernández Ibáñez, María Isabel; Díaz Casás, Vicente; Zaragoza Fernández, María Sonia; Bouza Fernández, María Sonia; Santos Pita, Manuela del Pilar; García Allut, Antonio Domingo; Comesaña Pérez, María Pilar; Caínzos López, María Jesús; Feal Cabezón, Belén; Torres Miño, Araceli – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to present and describe the main actions carried out in six different faculties and common areas such as cultural and research centres and administrative buildings in the Ferrol campus at the University of A Coruña to achieve the second green flag on a Galician University. Design/methodology/approach: A case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Conservation (Environment), Sustainable Development
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Gibson, Camille; Williams, Fay – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2020
This study examined university students' motivations for engaging in activism for justice. Of interest is what moved a sample of university youth at a historically Black university to get involved in the Jena Six protest of September 2007 given that cases of injustice have remained fairly commonplace in recent decades for persons of color. To…
Descriptors: Activism, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Social Justice
Ichsan, Ilmi Zajuli; Sigit, Diana Vivanti; Miarsyah, Mieke; Rahman, Md. Mehadi; Islami, R. Ahmad Zaky El; Husamah – Online Submission, 2020
Science education in the 21st century including biology learning at the level of Junior High School requires a more contextual implementation. Environmental learning topics such as green consumerism is a contextual topic in biology learning. Students must have high Pro-Environmental Behavior (PEB) to participate in protecting the environment. The…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Environmental Education, Junior High School Students, Grade 7
Comly, Rachel; Fontana, Jason; Shaw-Amoah, Anna – Research for Action, 2020
As many districts in Pennsylvania pivot to hybrid or virtual models of education in response to Covid-19, it is hard to think about what "attendance" means or how to track it. Yet attendance is more important than ever. Students need to stay engaged to continue their learning and to access the myriad supports that districts are offering.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Truancy, Educational Strategies
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Meacham, Sohyun; Meacham, Shuaib; Kirkland-Holmes, Gloria; Han, Myae – Reading Teacher, 2017
This teaching tip reports a case of an author-illustrator study of Donald Crews. It discusses the suitability of his books for an author-illustrator study in preschool classrooms and emphasizes the significance of his work for family literacy among racial and ethnic minority groups. A Head Start classroom of preschoolers investigated Crews's books…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Family Literacy
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Bayard, Sybille; Imlig, Flavian; Schmid, Simona – Education Sciences, 2022
The Canton of Zurich is characterized by strong socio-spatial polarization typical for large and dynamic metropolitan areas. A helpful way to depict spatial dimensions is spatial typologies. Existing spatial categorizations of the Canton of Zurich are limited for education because they focus primarily on economic factors, which are not the only…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Socioeconomic Status, Neighborhoods, Extracurricular Activities
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Welsh, Richard O. – Educational Policy, 2022
School discipline is a salient challenge in K-12 districts nationwide. The majority of prior studies have focused on suspensions with relatively little attention paid to other forms of exclusionary discipline. This mixed-methods study provides a descriptive analysis of overlooked disciplinary consequences, namely, assignment to alternative…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Hearings, School Districts, Nontraditional Education
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Mishra, Sneha – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
The present paper describes and analyses multilingualism and language use in urban Vellore. In the situation of urban Vellore, together with multilingual immigrants, multilingualism is stimulated with the business motive, to earn livelihood and for social integration. Interviews are conducted with 31 respondents who are skilled in employing at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Kaiser, Justin T.; Herzberg, Tina S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This study analyzed survey responses from 114 orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists regarding the content and procedures they used in completing O&M assessments. Methods: O&M specialists completed an online survey in 2020 on their assessment practices for children and youths who are visually impaired. Results: Over…
Descriptors: Visually Impaired Mobility, Children, Adolescents, Visual Impairments
Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Allensworth, Elaine M.; Tansey, Jessica – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2022
Evidence of the short- and long- term benefits of Pre-K is so compelling that K-12 districts, state education departments, and even federal officials have considered offering universal Pre-K at no cost to children and families. In Chicago, a plan published in March 2019 aimed to provide free Pre-K for all Chicago four-year-olds, regardless of…
Descriptors: Family Needs, Attendance, Preschool Education, Access to Education
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Bulkley, Katrina E.; Marsh, Julie A.; Mulfinger, Laura S. – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2022
The evolution of education has provided families an increased opportunity to participate in selecting their children's education. With charter schools, school voucher programs, and inter-district choice, a number of states have steered away from traditional school enrollment structures, offering families more flexibility to choose schools that…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, School Choice, Equal Education
Gersmehl, Phil – Geography Teacher, 2018
This activity is part of a larger set of activities and presentations developed by the Michigan Geographic Alliance to help teachers meet the proposed Social Studies standards in 6th and 7th grade. The Michigan Geographic Alliance website also has explanatory presentations, supplementary maps, and readings. In this 20-40 minute intermediate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Map Skills, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Grade 6
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