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Direct linkLowder, Christopher Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed-design study was to use quantitative and qualitative research to explore the effects of High School Success (a course for at-risk ninth graders) and its effectiveness on student achievement, attendance, and dropout prevention. The research questions address whether there is a significant difference between at-risk ninth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Qualitative Research, Dropout Prevention
Download full textCenter for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2009
Across the nation, school policymakers are grappling with what to do about the increasing numbers of students who do not advance beyond ninth grade. National estimates put the student attrition rate before tenth grade at between 11 and 33 percent, and only about 70 percent of ninth graders make it to graduation. This policy brief focuses on one…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Summer Programs, Grade 9, Student Attrition
Schultz, Brian D., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This book embraces the idea of listening to and learning from students. Although many educational theorists have long argued that incorporating children's perspectives about teaching and curriculum has the potential for increasing students' interest and participation in learning, their radical perspectives are still ignored or dismissed in theory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching (Occupation), School Activities, Educational Research
Herlihy, Corinne – National High School Center, 2007
The transition into high school is a critical point in the educational pipeline, and ninth-grade can be characterized as one of its leakiest junctures. This policy brief examines how some states and districts are currently easing the transition into high school for students. It focuses on five key challenges that states, districts and schools…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 9, Dropout Prevention, School Statistics
Peer reviewedWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Project 'Graduation Really Achieves Dreams'" ("GRAD") is an initiative for students in economically disadvantaged communities that aims to reduce dropping out and increase rates of college enrollment and graduation by increasing reading and math skills, improving behavior in school, and providing a service safety net. At the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Intervention, High School Students, Scholarships
Dedmond, Rebecca M. – Principal Leadership, 2005
Personalized learning: Everyone knows it needs to happen, but how? It is one thing to believe in the importance of high school reform. It is quite another to embrace a system that helps every student leave high school with a diploma and plans for postsecondary education or training that lead to productive and self-sufficient adulthoods. This…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Lifelong Learning, Transitional Programs, High Schools
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2007
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2006
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2005
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education
