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Denice, Patrick; Gross, Betheny – Urban Institute, 2018
In an analysis of 3,100 students entering ninth grade in Denver, this report identified 1,000 "super travelers," students willing to travel farther or past more schools to get to their first-choice high school. Super travelers' first-choice schools had better academic outcomes, fewer disciplinary incidents, and more advanced courses and…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Urban Areas, Travel, High Schools
Gauchat, Tiffanie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a career, academic, personal, and social high school transition program option on 9th-grade students' achievement, behavior, and engagement. Students in the career, academic, personal, and social group (n = 30) and the comparison academic/elective course option programs group (n = 30)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Elective Courses, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests