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Download full textMac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kellie; Sheldon, Steven; Clark, Emily; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – School Community Journal, 2021
Improving ninth grade course passing rates has been shown to be crucial in improving high school outcomes. Yet at this critical transition to high school, family engagement has tended to decrease. This study explores how increasing use of the parent portal could potentially help to reduce ninth grade failure. Using automatically generated…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Family Involvement, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
Direct linkMac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kellie; Sheldon, Steven; Clark, Emily; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Improving ninth grade course passing rates has been shown to be crucial in improving high school outcomes. Yet at this critical transition to high school, family engagement has tended to decrease. This study explores how increasing use of the parent portal could potentially help to reduce ninth grade failure. Using automatically-generated…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Family Involvement, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedMac Iver, Martha Abele – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2000
Analyzes evidence regarding the effects of educational vouchers for at-risk students, highlighting: the demand for school choice; who benefits and who loses; the nonapplicant problem (due to parents' inability to make the choice); the demand exceeds supply problem; and the accountability problem. Concludes with a proposal that attempts to strike a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
