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Barrett, Edith – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
The U.S. workforce has been changing rapidly. Close to half of working adults are women, and as the U.S. population becomes ever more racially and ethnically diverse, so too does the labour force. Using data collected from 13-18-year-old teenagers over three time periods across two decades, 1992 to 2012, this study examines changes in the career…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Adolescents, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Gender Bias
LaBanca, Frank; Oh, Youn Joo; Lorentson, Mhora; Jia, Yueming; Sibuma, Bernadette; Snellback, Margot – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2015
Research on blended learning's effect on student motivation has been largely limited to undergraduate and adult populations. To address this gap in research, a mixed methods approach is used to examine the impact of the STEM21 Academy's blended instructional approach on 9th-grade students' (1) engagement in science and mathematics learning; (2)…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Centered Learning
Cobb, Casey D.; Bifulco, Robert; Bell, Courtney – Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2009
As of October 2007, 54 interdistrict magnet schools enrolling 18,928 students were operating in Connecticut. The bulk of these schools are located in the Hartford and New Haven areas--21 in the Hartford area and 17 in the New Haven area. Interdistrict magnets also serve significant numbers of students in the Waterbury region. In keeping with the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation, Reading Achievement