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Pathways to Opportunity: Insights into Workforce Entry from a Rural Research Network
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Elise Swanson – Grantee Submission, 2024
The National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN) seeks to increase opportunity for rural students through the power of actionable data and evidence. NCRERN partners with networks of rural school districts to generate and evaluate strategies for improving student outcomes. For more background on NCRERN's work, see the Introduction…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, School Districts, Career Readiness
Pathways to Opportunity: Insights into College Access from a Rural Research Network
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Elise Swanson – Grantee Submission, 2024
The National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN) seeks to increase opportunity for rural students through the power of actionable data and evidence. NCRERN partners with networks of rural school districts to generate and evaluate strategies for improving student outcomes. For more information about NCRERN's work, see the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, School Districts, Career Readiness
Effects of Apprenticeship on the Short-Term Educational Outcomes of Vocational High-School Students
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de Amesti, José; Claro, Susana – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
This study estimates the extent to which apprenticeship affects the academic trajectories of vocational high-school students. Previous research has shown that apprenticeship-based high schools (or dual vocational education) increase employment outcomes compared to school-based-only vocational education. Employing a propensity score matching…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Vocational Education
Problematising Current Forms of Legitimised Participation in the Examination Papers for Mathematical Literacy
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North, Marc; Christiansen, Iben M. – Pythagoras, 2015
In this article we argue that in South Africa the current format of legitimised participation and practice in the examination papers for Mathematical Literacy restricts successful apprenticeship in the discipline of scientific mathematics and limits empowered preparation for real-world functioning. The currency of the subject, then, is brought…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries
Links between Senior High School Indigenous Attendance, Retention and Engagement: Observations at Two Urban High Schools
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Briggs, Allan – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2017
This paper aims to provide some insight into the links between attendance, retention and engagement of Indigenous senior students in an urban environment. A study of 58 students from two urban high schools during the period 2009-14 was undertaken. The study used data from a variety of school records, as well as informal interviews with students.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Indigenous Populations, Attendance, School Holding Power
Early Environmental Field Research Career Exploration: An Analysis of Impacts on Precollege Apprentices
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Flowers, Susan K.; Beyer, Katherine M.; Pérez, Maria; Jeffe, Donna B. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Research apprenticeships offer opportunities for deep understanding of scientific practice, transparency about research careers, and possible transformational effects on precollege youth. We examined two consecutive field-based environmental biology apprenticeship programs designed to deliver realistic career exploration and connections to…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Environmental Education, Biology, Field Instruction