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Patterson, Nancy C., Ed.; Chandler, Prentice T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
The objective of this edited volume is to shed light upon K-12 perspectives of various school stakeholders in the current unique context of increasing political polarization and heightened teacher and student activism. It is grounded in academic freedom case law and the majority of opinion of the Supreme Court in the Tinker v. Des Moines…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Stakeholders, Attitudes, Student Rights
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Denecker, Christine – Composition Studies, 2013
Crossing the threshold from high school to college-level writing expectations constitutes a challenge for many students since secondary and post-secondary composition instructors often work under different constraints and are guided by different curricular philosophies. Dual enrollment classrooms provide a space where these differences can be…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Dual Enrollment, Writing (Composition), Secondary Education
Ma, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore the first-year academic experiences and achievement of Chinese international undergraduate students in American higher education. To do so, I tracked a cohort of Chinese international undergraduates through their first-year at a public research university in the United States. Both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Public Colleges, Qualitative Research
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Rowley, Rochelle L.; Wright, David W. – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
Racial inequality in education is a serious problem in the United States. The latest government attempt to address this problem was the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). This study used the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) to examine the relationship between race and composite reading and math scores among Black and White…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, African American Students, Federal Legislation, Grade 10