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Showing up Matters: A Look at Absenteeism inside Newark's High Schools
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Chen, Peter; Rice, Cynthia – Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2017
Newark's high schools play an essential role in building the next generation of young minds for college and career readiness. Yet, high achievement may be unattainable if students miss too much school. Reasons for student absence vary. In Newark Public Schools, 48 percent of high school students were "chronically absent" in the 2015-16…
Descriptors: High School Students, Attendance Patterns, Public Schools, At Risk Students
Showing up Matters: A Look at Absenteeism inside Newark's High Schools. Executive Summary
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Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2017
Newark's high schools play an essential role in building the next generation of young minds for college and career readiness. Yet, high achievement may be unattainable if students miss too much school. "Chronic absenteeism" is generally defined as missing 10 percent or more of enrolled days for any reason. Research has shown that when…
Descriptors: High School Students, Attendance Patterns, Public Schools, At Risk Students
Online Threaded Discussions: Purposes, Goals, and Objectives
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Maurino, Paula San Millan; Federman, Francine; Greenwald, Lorraine – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
The purpose of this study was to understand the perspectives of instructors as they participate in an online classroom setting. It sought to find the purposes, goals, and objectives set by online instructors for the utilization of threaded discussions. The methodology employed was qualitative. A case study of a public two-year and four-year degree…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Focus Groups, Online Courses, Social Environment
Sexual Minority Youth Perspectives on the School Environment and Suicide Risk Interventions: A Qualitative Study
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Rutter, Philip A.; Leech, Nancy L. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
This qualitative study explored the experiences of five gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents' perspectives on their schools' acceptance of their sexual orientation, and perceptions of these schools' approach to suicide risk intervention. Focus groups were tape recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through constant comparative analysis. Themes that…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Suicide, Sexual Orientation
The Use of Reflexive Photography in the Study of the Freshman Year Experience.
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Harrington, Charles F.; Lindy, Ingrid E. – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
In a study of college students' experiences at a public, four-year comprehensive university, 10 students took photographs representative of their impressions of the university and discussed the underlying themes of the photographs in focus-group interviews. Several primary themes emerged, including perceptions about the physical environment,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Environment, College Freshmen, Focus Groups
Student Focus: Project Report of a Student-Centered Study of University Services at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Brenders, David A.; Hope, Peter; Ninnan, Abraham – 1997
This study assessed student perceptions of service at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane (Australia). Data were based on open-ended discussions with 48 undergraduate focus groups during which participants were asked what they perceived to be the good and bad aspects of university life, what they did to cope with obstacles, and how…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Environment, College Students, Focus Groups