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Browne, Jeffrey C.; Dickman, Anneliese; Schmidt, Jeffrey K. – Public Policy Forum, 2007
This is the 10th annual report on conditions affecting the Racine Unified School District RUSD). Analysis continues to focus on the long-term historical trends in RUSD, comparing RUSD to nine peer school districts and the State of Wisconsin. RUSD peer districts are Wisconsin's largest (Milwaukee Public Schools are not included) and their…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Public Schools, Comparative Analysis
Guam Public School System, 2007
The report addresses the reporting requirements of Public Law 26-26 and the programs and activities that affect student achievement as described in the Guam Public School System's Board-adopted District Action Plan (DAP). This is an annual report on progress towards increasing student achievement with the ultimate aim of Preparing Students for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation
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Azzam, Amy M. – Educational Leadership, 2007
A recent study by Civic Enterprises for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation examined the views of diverse youth, ages 16-25, who had failed to complete high school. "The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts" lists students' reasons for leaving school and suggests actions that schools, states, and the federal government can take.…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Experiential Learning, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2006
In the UK, there is a marked gender gap in the educational attainment of boys and girls. At the end of compulsory education, 10 per cent fewer boys achieve 5 or more good GCSEs. This gap is by no means confined to GCSE. It is evident at all Key Stages. Furthermore, some indicators suggest that the gap has widened over time. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Females, Compulsory Education, Numeracy, Foreign Countries
Holzer, Harry J.; Neumark, David – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2006
In this paper we review the research evidence on the effects of affirmative action in employment, university admissions, and government procurement. We consider effects on both "equity" (or distribution) as well as "efficiency." Overall, we find that affirmative action does redistribute jobs, university admissions, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employment, College Admission, Contracts
Bridgeland, John M.; DiIulio, John J., Jr.; Morison, Karen Burke – Civic Enterprises, 2006
The central message of this report is that while some students drop out because of significant academic challenges, most dropouts are students who could have, and believe they could have, succeeded in school. This survey of young people who left high school without graduating suggests that, despite career aspirations that require education beyond…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Attendance Legislation, Dropouts, Attendance
Karmel, Tom; Nguyen, Nhi – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
The aim of this report was to quantify the benefit, in terms of higher wages, of completing a vocational education and training (VET) qualification. Two factors influenced the direction of this research. First of all, VET is concerned primarily with improvements in skill levels (with a likely consequence of improved productivity and therefore…
Descriptors: Wages, Vocational Education, Educational Benefits, Certification
Philadelphia Youth Network, 2006
Today and every day, in neighborhoods and communities throughout Philadelphia, young people are making decisions that will change their lives forever. Some will decide to stay in school, graduate, and prepare themselves for college and careers. Others, who left school without a diploma, will summon the courage to seek out educational programs they…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Out of School Youth, Citizenship, Neighborhoods
Price, Hugh B. – Brookings Institution, 2007
This Opportunity 08 position paper advises that the next President of the United States should focus on lifting the achievement levels of our nation's schoolchildren. It recommends that the new President should mount a determined effort, together with states and local school districts, to boost the academic performance of low achievers by: (1)…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Educational Change, Achievement Gains, School Districts
Gottlob, Brian J. – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2007
North Carolina has a dropout crisis--only two thirds of North Carolina high school students graduate. One reason this crisis has not received the attention it deserves is because the state was reporting badly inflated graduation rates (supposedly as high as 97 percent) until it finally adopted a more realistic reporting method earlier this year.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Private Schools, Taxes, Low Income Groups
Gottlob, Brian J. – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2007
Research has documented a crisis in South Carolina's high school graduation rate. While state officials report a graduation rate above 70 percent, researchers from South Carolina and elsewhere place the rate just above 50 percent, with rates among minority students lower than 50 percent. South Carolina's graduation rate is the worst of all 50…
Descriptors: High Schools, Private Schools, Taxes, Low Income Groups
Steiny, Julia; Smith, Nancy J. – Data Quality Campaign, 2007
With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), state education agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) have stepped up activities to broadly expand their data collection and reporting systems. The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) has advocated strongly for states to build robust student-level longitudinal data systems based on…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Nelson, Anne – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006
The nation's dropout problem has been making national headlines with more and more frequency and more and more urgency. Although certainly not a new problem, the failure to earn a high school diploma is receiving heightened attention because the causes and effects of dropping out have changed significantly. No longer is a dropout simply a young…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Achievement Gap, Social Class, Dropout Rate
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2008
"KidsCount in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Colorado Children's Campaign, which provides the best available state- and county-level data to measure and track the education, health and general well-being of the state's children. KidsCount in Colorado! informs policy debates and community discussions, serving as a valuable…
Descriptors: Well Being, Poverty, Child Health, Public Policy
Shields, Regis Anne; Ireland, Nicole; City, Elizabeth; Derderian, Julie; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Urban Schools, High Schools, Case Studies
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