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Nugent, Kelly Ann – English Journal, 2004
A high school teacher tries to eliminate the obstacles to subversive teaching in public schools by asking them to design schools that embodied the principles of learning suggested by the romantic and transcendental writers like Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman. It helps the students…
Descriptors: United States Literature, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Influence, Public Schools
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Bong, Mimi – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
This study tested whether students' motivation and perceptions of the learning environment changed significantly within the school year. Korean high school girls' (N = 375) perceptions of the performance goal structures in the environment increased significantly throughout the school year. The girls' personal achievement goals and task value…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Environment, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation
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Roman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2004
In this article, the author describes how Mr. Morris Lerner taught his class and shares what he learns from the science teacher. The author says Mr. Lerner greatly influenced his life and was the greatest teacher he ever had. Mr. Lerner taught the basic principles of technology education before most folks could spell the term--and that has made…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Technology Education, Classroom Environment, Teacher Influence
Beem, Edgar Allen – Teacher Magazine, 2004
While "early college" programs designed for high-school-age students are beginning to proliferate nationwide, a small New England school has been successfully educating teens for nearly four decades. In this article, the author features Simon's Rock, a small liberal arts college located in the Great Barrington, Massachusetts, that has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Liberal Arts, High School Students, College School Cooperation
Dounay, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2007
Improving high school graduation rates has in recent years become a growing concern to state and local policymakers for a number of reasons: the reduced economic opportunities and increased social costs for individuals without a high school diploma; the economic consequences, such as reduced tax revenues; and the need for more college graduates.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Taxes, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
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Calabrese, Raymond L.; Hummel, Crystal; San Martin, Teresa – International Journal of Educational Management, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of at-risk students in a rural district in Midwestern USA. Design/methodology/approach: This field-based research study used a qualitative embedded case study of a middle and high school informed by an appreciative inquiry theoretical research perspective to identify a positive core of…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, Social Capital
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Dawson, Marcelle C. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2007
In this article the relationship between identity and context is examined at a high school in Johannesburg, South Africa, which has, since 1995, been racially desegregated. Findings suggest that the identities of the learners are influenced not only by the immediate context of the school, but also by the past context of schooling in South Africa…
Descriptors: High School Students, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Interaction
Stromqvist, Sture – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2006
Student support consists not only of direct financial support, but also of educational provisions that are free of charge or subsidized by the state and local authorities. These provisions include formal education, as schools for young people and adults as well as higher education, and non-formal education, such as study circles and folk high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Financial Support, Lifelong Learning
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Cushman, Kathleen – Educational Leadership, 2006
New 9th graders reflect on the worries they had as middle school students about moving into high school. They also suggest ways of easing the transition and providing support in 9th grade. Teens want teachers to connect middle school students regularly with high school students, give them more responsibility in middle school, and focus on…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Middle School Students, High Schools, Transitional Programs
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Sweeney, Nancy M.; Tucker, Joanne; Reynosa, Brenda; Glaser, Dale – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
This study measured the effectiveness of a 9 a.m. nutrition break after it had been implemented for 1 academic year at an inner-city high school. Effectiveness was measured by student participation rates, student and teacher evaluations of hunger-associated symptoms experienced by students, and teacher evaluations of the effects on the learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Nurses, Nutrition, Student Participation
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Kutlu, Mustafa – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
A modern and healthy society can be created only by bringing up the individuals of the society in a healthy way and according to the needs of the modern era. Thus, it is important to grow healthy children and young people. The first duty, which belongs to the family, is to make the children and the young people, who are the hope of the society and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Social Services
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Kessler, Rachael – Educational Horizons, 2006
Most high school students grapple with profound questions of loss, love, and letting go; of meaning, purpose, and service; of self-reliance and community; of choice and surrender. The classroom community can profoundly influence how students respond to these questions--with love, denial, apathy, or even violence. When students work together, they…
Descriptors: High School Students, Spiritual Development, Self Determination, Community Characteristics
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Aharony, Noa – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: The learning context is learning English in an Internet environment. The examination of this learning process was based on the Biggs and Moore's teaching-learning model (Biggs & Moore, 1993). Aim: The research aims to explore the use of the deep and surface strategies in an Internet environment among EFL students who come from…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Environment, Computer Software, English (Second Language)
Osher, David; Poirier, Jeffrey M.; Dwyer, Kevin P.; Hicks, Regenia; Brown, Leah J.; Lampron, Stephanie; Rodriguez, Carlos – American Institutes for Research, 2008
Children and youth require safe and supportive schools and communities if they are to succeed in school and thrive. These needs are particularly great for children who struggle with the impacts of chronic poverty, lead poisoning and lead effect, community and media violence, drugs and alcohol, trauma and loss. There are many such students in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Environment, School Safety, Professional Development
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
This is the 31st Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 2009. Section 664(d) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA") (P.L. 108-446), as reauthorized in 2004, requires that the Department of Education report annually on the progress…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education
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