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Direct linkFletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Dumford, Amber D.; Hernandez-Gantes, Victor M.; Minar, Nicholas – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of student engagement of career academy students to those at a traditional comprehensive high school using propensity score matching and structural equation modeling. We found that academy students had significantly higher levels of emotional engagement and significantly lower levels of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Academies, Learner Engagement, Differences
Fletcher, Edward C.; Dumford, Amber D. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
Violence--including issues of bullying--in urban schools across the United States is a persistent phenomenon, and continues to be of utmost concern for school administrators, community leaders, students, and their families. Using propensity score matching, we examined the relationship between school type--a magnet career academy and a traditional,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Career Academies, High School Students, Student Behavior
Download full textFletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Dumford, Amber D. – Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 2021
In this study, we compared the perspectives of students' 21st-Century competencies (critical thinking and communication, applied learning, and intrapersonal and interpersonal skills) based on participating in an urban magnet information technology (IT) career academy compared to a traditional, comprehensive high school. We utilized propensity…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Urban Schools, Magnet Schools, High Schools
