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Potential Factors Affecting Suspension at K-8 Schools in the United States
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Islam, Khairul – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2021
Suspension and expulsion are adversely related to negative outcomes of students, such as falling behind academically, an increased risk of absenteeism or dropout from schools. Suspension discrepancy due to ethnicity is evident and well known in the United States. The proper understanding of factors affecting suspension may lead to intervention…
Descriptors: Suspension, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Student Characteristics
Is There a Home Advantage in School Readiness for Young Children? Trends in Parent Engagement in Cognitive Activities with Young Children, 1991-2001
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Schaub, Maryellen – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The desire to understand the "home advantage" has spurred a large body of research describing the contribution of differences in family background and parenting styles to school readiness and the achievement gap. Using the National Household Education Survey at two time points provides a fuller picture of the trends in parenting and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Parents, Parent Role, National Surveys
The Dynamics of Parental Involvement in U.S. Schools from 1996 to 2007
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Myers, Scott M.; Carrie B. Myers – Journal of School Public Relations, 2013
We use data from over 25,000 U.S. parents interviewed in the 1996 and 2007 National Household Education Surveys to address two under-researched questions. The organizing framework for these questions is the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. First, did school-based parental involvement change during 1996-2007? Second, do the predictors of this…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Educational History, United States History
Parents' versus Students' Perception of Predictors of Violence and Substance Abuse in Schools: Psychological and Contextual Factors.
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Kimweli, David M. S. – 1997
Data from the National Household Education Survey (NHES, 1995) were analyzed to compare parents' and students' variation in their perceptions of various variables predicting school violence: incidences of being attacked while in school, availability of substances of abuse (drugs, alcohol, marijuana and cigarettes), and actual use of these…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Parent Attitudes