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Bobkowski, Piotr S.; Cavanah, Sarah B. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2019
Using data from the nationally representative Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examined how journalism participation in high school relates to subsequent academic outcomes. The analysis statistically controlled for a host of correlates of academic achievement, isolating the associations between journalism participation and…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students
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Royster, Pamela; Gross, Jacob; Hochbein, Craig – High School Journal, 2015
National trends and goals have pushed beyond the dropout crisis and are now focused on raising the percentage of graduates prepared for college and career. This study examined a longitudinal cohort (n = 6443) of students in an urban, public school district in order to explore how districts and communities can redirect off-track high school…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Preparation, Educational Trends, College Readiness
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Fletcher, Jason M. – Economics of Education Review, 2009
In this paper, we follow up the important class size reduction randomized experiment in Tennessee in the mid 1980s (Project STAR) to attempt to further understand the long-lasting influences of early education interventions. While STAR led to large test score benefits during the intervention, these benefits quickly faded at its conclusion.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, High Schools, Class Size, Extracurricular Activities