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Christopher N. Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The overrepresentation of Black students in special education, particularly in the most restrictive educational placements, is well documented in the literature. In addition, Black students are disproportionately placed into far more segregated educational spaces than their same-aged White peers with similar dis/ability labels. With limited…
Descriptors: Race, Disproportionate Representation, African American Students, Special Education
Marnetta Smith McIntyre – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effect of the yearly principal attrition rate on the state accountability ratings of 144 traditional public high schools in Mississippi from 2015-2019 and the proficiency rate of high school students in Mississippi in mathematics, reading, science, and history as evidenced on the…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Accountability, High Schools
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Watkins, Sharon; Anthony, Anika Ball; Beard, Karen Stansberry – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
U.S. federal policies No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top resulted in a policy overlap that created unique challenges and opportunities for administrators. This study examined principals' perceptions of an overlapping accountability-innovation policy context and their sense of how the policies affected their role as leaders. Primary data for…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Technology Integration, Public Schools
Joslyn Shannon-Harmon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Too many students with disabilities leave secondary school without being connected to an agency. This is especially true for those students with more severe disabilities that require a modified curriculum. Students with disabilities learning in a modified curriculum often need more support during school and usually will need the same or more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, School Districts, High Schools, High School Teachers
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
This document contains a model policy for an advanced placement (AP) incentive program. The model legislation stipulates conditions relating to full-time equivalent student membership values and district funds allocation; teacher bonuses; and annual appropriation limit. A brief list of decision issues and corresponding model recommendations are…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Advanced Placement Programs, Incentives
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Pregot, Michael V. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2021
In this study, research centered on the degree to which principals felt knowledgeable about basic generic leadership as well as special education functions. Current principals were selected from the 2018 state DOE databases from five states--Georgia, New York, Michigan, Vermont, and Oregon representing a wide demographic base. Ten (10) functions…
Descriptors: Principals, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy, Work Experience
Swallows, Grant – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine how school principals in the Cumberland region of Tennessee use online courses as a part of a curriculum program to help make students ready for postsecondary pursuits. The problem investigated was whether the use of online courses is meeting the college and career readiness standards in this region. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Students
Marder, Michael – Texas Education Research Center, 2019
HB5 of 2013 eliminated many end of course exams and lowered the course-taking requirements for many high school students. What were the main consequences? College readiness as measured by high school exams dropped precipitously. However high-school course-taking patterns were largely unchanged. The goal of the research project presented in this…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Course Selection (Students), High School Students
Illinois State Board of Education, 2023
This report describes the establishment of and delivery of Illinois Career and Technical Education (CTE), the existing condition of Illinois CTE based on fiscal year 2022 data, and the future developments and recommendations for CTE in our state as required by Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 435/2e. Further, this report provides an update on police…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Equal Education, Gender Bias, Program Development
Kuenzi, Jeffrey J. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) comprehensively reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Among other changes, the ESSA amended federal K-12 educational accountability requirements for states and local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving ESEA funds, including those regarding the identification, support, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Accountability
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Lipset, Michael – McGill Journal of Education, 2020
The author examines a federally funded internship program he organized while serving as the director of the High School for Recording Arts Los Angeles program. The school paid students to operate their own record label. Under the American Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, approved organizations provide paid, for-credit internships to young…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Internship Programs, Partnerships in Education, Music
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Whirley, Mary L.; Gilson, Carly B.; Gushanas, Christina M. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2020
Postsecondary education (PSE) programs for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) have increased steadily since the passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act. The purpose of this scoping review was to explore a decade of research pertaining to PSE programs for students with IDDs on college campuses. Online…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Programs, High School Graduates, Young Adults
Pingel, Sarah; Holly, Neal – Education Commission of the States, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created and will continue to create uncertainty in all facets of everyday life, exacerbating current challenges -- and generating new ones -- for every sector of the economy, including postsecondary education. As the pandemic continues, postsecondary education faces increasing pressures as concerns about health and…
Descriptors: State Aid, Student Financial Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Rodríguez-Gómez, Diana; Russell, S. Garnett – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
A major area of critical scholarship within human rights education (HRE) aims to discover HRE's revolutionary potential by questioning its relationship to the global human rights regime. However, the very concept of "human rights violations" remains underexamined. This article analyzes the use and function of human rights violations as…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, High School Students, Public Schools, Civil Rights Legislation
Chad R. Vinansky – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) enacted a new law called Act 44, which provided new form of funding for school safety in school districts across the State of Pennsylvania. The study focused on how school superintendents and high school principals prioritized each category in Pennsylvania Act 44 from highest to the lowest…
Descriptors: State Legislation, School Safety, Superintendents, Principals
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