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Tsoi-A-Fatt, Rhonda; Harris, Linda; Thakur, Mala; Larsen, Jonathan – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2007
Every day, an estimated 2,500 students across the nation drop out of high school. In the last decade, approximately 30 percent of students who enrolled in high school have failed to graduate four years later. The situation is even more dismal for youth of color. In 2003, only 55 percent of African Americans and 53 percent of Hispanics graduated…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Change, High Schools, Federal Legislation
Philadelphia Youth Network, 2007
In October 2006, a collaborative of cross-sector leaders launched Project U-Turn, a citywide campaign to bring much-needed attention to Philadelphia's dropout crisis and to build the collective will to resolve it. In addition to increasing public awareness of the issue in a variety of ways, Project U-Turn's work has resulted in significant…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Out of School Youth, Juvenile Justice, Public Support
Nicholls, Miles G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
In this paper, absorbing markov chains are used to analyse the flows of higher degree by research candidates (doctoral and master) within an Australian faculty of business. The candidates are analysed according to whether they are full time or part time. The need for such analysis stemmed from what appeared to be a rather poor completion rate (as…
Descriptors: Probability, Databases, Markov Processes, Student Characteristics
Brady, Kevin P.; Balmer, Sharon; Phenix, Deinya – Education and Urban Society, 2007
Despite nationwide decreases in school crime and violence, a relatively high and increasing number of students report feeling unsafe at school. In response, some school officials are implementing school-police partnerships, especially in urban areas, as an effort to deter criminal activity and violence in schools. This article examines the initial…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Suspension, Public Schools
Mac Iver, Martha Abele – Education and Urban Society, 2007
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban high school as it transitioned from one comprehensive reform model to another over a 10-year period. The study is based on qualitative interview data and quantitative data on student outcomes. Despite evidence of improved student outcomes during this reform period, the school could not…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, High Schools, Case Studies
Maloutas, Thomas – Journal of Education Policy, 2007
This paper uses census data to investigate educational inequality in different types of residential areas in Athens, focusing on drop-out rates from secondary education, access to higher education and to particular degrees within it. The unequal socio-spatial distribution of educational attainment is linked to antagonistic middle class education…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Equal Education, Residential Patterns, School Choice
Hoyle, John R.; Collier, Virginia – Education and Urban Society, 2006
The focus is on strategies used by 10 urban districts to reduce school dropouts. Thirty-eight strategies for dropout prevention were identified. Although the majority identified dropout prevention strategies, only two districts referred to "recovery programs." If district spokespersons mentioned their CEOs using a systems approach in…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention, Superintendents, School Districts
Castellano, Marisa; Stone, James R., III; Stringfield, Sam; Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth N.; Overman, Laura T.; Hussain, Roshan – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
This report presents the results of a five-year longitudinal study designed to examine the effect of career-based comprehensive school reform on creating a successful high school experience and preparing youth for the adult world of postsecondary education and work. The study included three feeder patterns of middle schools, high schools, and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, School Restructuring, Community Characteristics, Disadvantaged Youth
Hill, Talmira L. – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2007
Mayors and other municipal leaders in cities across the nation are helping expand alternatives for students who struggle in traditional high school settings. Alternatives for high school are new alternative secondary school initiatives that prepare young people to graduate from high school and achieve college and career success through programs…
Descriptors: High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Superintendents, Urban Areas
Klare, Matthew – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2006
In order to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004, states must collect valid data as needed to report annually to the Secretary of Education. This requirement, combined with those set forth in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, has led states to collect and analyze data about their programs, districts,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Cronje, Johannes C.; Adendorff, Debbie E.; Meyer, Salome M.; van Ryneveld, Linda – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
Although much is written about reasons why students drop out of online courses, little is said about what makes them stay. This article reports on an experiment whereby online students were exposed to a learning experience modelled on the US television series "Survivor." Twenty-four students were put into "tribes" and allowed…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Computer Uses in Education, Online Courses, Learning Experience
Hauke, Justin P. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2008
There is a divide in Maryland's schools. Although the state's high school graduation rate is above the national average, its urban school districts have suffered from years of decline. In 2007, the Baltimore city school district's graduation rate was only 35 percent, compared to 81.5 percent in Baltimore's suburbs and 76 percent statewide. The…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Private Schools, Taxes
Missouri Department of Higher Education, 2010
This 2010 Annual Report for the Missouri Department of Higher Education takes a close look at the performance of Missouri's system of postsecondary education in Fiscal Year 2010. The annual report follows the format of the state's public agenda for higher education, "Imperatives for Change: Building a Higher Education System for the 21st…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economics, Access to Computers, Access to Education
Iowa Department of Education, 2011
The Annual Condition of Education Report provides a wide range of state-level data, including shifts in student populations and demographics, teacher salaries and characteristics, student achievement results, and school financial information. A few examples of the categories presented in this 22nd edition report include: (1) Enrollment; (2) Early…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Annual Reports, State Surveys
Somerset, Anthony – Online Submission, 2007
Kenya has introduced policies to promote universal primary schooling at least three times since independence. Analysis of enrolments over four decades shows how these initiatives have resulted in gains in participation which have not always been sustained. This study illuminates the dynamics of efforts to increase access to education and acts as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Elementary Education, Educational Policy