This brief provides an overview of positive transition rates among California high schools eligible for inclusion in the Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS). Both state and federal law rely on high school graduation rates as a key indicator of high school accountability and performance. The California Department of Education (CDE) uses a…

This study explores high school teachers' perspectives on the prevalence of school violence within a selected high school in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, focusing on bullying, substance abuse, and gang-related activities. Guided by social disorganisation theory and an interpretive paradigm, the study utilised a qualitative approach and purposive…

This study explores factors that influence teachers' development of culturally sustaining pedagogical practices. The research is guided by the question: How do teachers perceive their development of culturally sustaining pedagogical practices? Data collection occurred during the fall 2020 semester and involved five high school teachers. Given…

Background/purpose: This study investigates the integration of Islamic values into the general curriculum at SMP Unismuh Makassar, addressing the evolving educational need that combines academic excellence with spiritual and moral development. Using the Stake Countenance Model, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of this integration in…

This paper aims to inspire art educators to become advocates of change by dismantling oppressive structures and discriminatory practices that negatively impact the learning outcomes of students with dis/abilities in school. I reflect on my high school teaching experience in an inclusive art classroom in Ghana, where the curriculum, the human-built…

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the impact of segment-specific physical activity (PA) recommendations during the school day on the daily PA in both boys and girls. Methods: A total of 426 Czech and 219 Polish adolescents participated in this study. They were divided into two groups: one receiving segment-specific PA recommendations for the…

High school administrators desire a high graduation rate, and government actors and community members pressure administrators to raise this rate. In the context of this challenging dynamic, principals sometimes compel teachers to alter their grading practices. While amending grading practices may provide the impression of improvement, it is…

Middle leadership has garnered significant attention in the realm of school leadership research. However, there remains a dearth of research exploring middle leaders' responses to reform through the lens of cognitive frames. This study aimed to fill the gap by investigating how middle leaders' beliefs, encompassing varying extents of implicitness…

China's 2022 curriculum standards issued by the Ministry of Education prioritize a "competency-oriented" education that highlights the role of science education in improving students' scientific literacy and competency. However, the implementation of science education in secondary schools remains fraught with challenges. This study is…

This dissertation is intended to add to what practitioners and researchers know about factors that affect a high school's postsecondary enrollment rates. It uses several regression models on a data set of all New Jersey High Schools from the 2012-2018 school years to answer three research questions. These questions were designed to gain an…

With significant rates of mental health problems reported among adolescents in Pakistan, it is necessary to equip them with mental health knowledge for timely detection and intervention. This study investigated the effectiveness of the Urdu version of the Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide in improving adolescents' mental health…

Test anxiety not only affects the performance of high school students in exams but also impacts their mental health. Previous studies have found that mindfulness helps alleviate the negative effects of test anxiety, but studies on its underlying mechanisms remain relatively scarce. Based on the Process Model of Emotion Regulation and the…

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,…

School districts increasingly gauge school quality with surveys that ask about school climate and student engagement. We use data from New York City's middle and high schools to compare the long-run predictive validity of surveys with that of conventional test score value-added models (VAMs). Our analysis leverages the New York school match, which…

Metacognitive reading strategies can contribute to high school students' academic achievements. This study investigates how basic psychological needs influence students' metacognitive reading strategies and classroom engagement. A total of 386 high school students in South Korea participated in this study. To examine the mediating role of…