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Gates, Hailey R.; Borges, Bradley D.; Shoulders, Catherine W. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
In an effort to measure the influence of an immersive recruitment event, we sought to evaluate high school students' perceptions toward university climate before and after engaging in a day-long event hosted as part of National Teach Ag Day. The Inviting School Survey-Revised (ISS-R) was administered via paper and pencil when the students arrived…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, College Environment, Student Recruitment
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Gray, Sarah – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objectives: An increasing number of nutrition policies have been implemented in Ontario schools as part of a concerted effort to address students' well-being. This article explores understandings of biological differences in nutrition requirements between young men and women and the extent to which these differences are (re)produced in social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nutrition, Gender Differences, Social Influences
Danielle Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research uses both quantitative and qualitative methodology in a mixed methods research model to explore the implementation of a policy to integrate iPads as an instructional tool through the experiences of classroom teachers and students. The study's participants consist of classroom teachers and students involved in an iPad implementation…
Descriptors: High Schools, Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Handheld Devices
James P. Hollis – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Across the United States millions of school age students miss more that 18 days of school in a single year (Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2017). These students are far more likely than their regularly attending counterparts to be below grade level in reading, have behavior issues and be at risk of dropping out (Applied Survey Research,…
Descriptors: Attendance, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Student Attitudes
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Pinson, Halleli; Feniger, Yariv; Barak, Yael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
In the past three decades in high-income countries, female students have outperformed male students in most indicators of educational attainment. However, the underrepresentation of girls and women in science courses and careers, especially in physics, computer sciences, and engineering, remains persistent. What is often neglected by the vast…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Semitic Languages, Gender Differences
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Jarpe-Ratner, Elizabeth – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
In the USA, there has been a nationwide call for comprehensive sexual health education programs to be LGBTQ+-inclusive. The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) K-12 curriculum was intentionally designed to align with the National Sexuality Education Standards and to be inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning as well as other…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Sex Education, Public Schools, School Policy
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Roberts, Robert – NASSP Bulletin, 2022
The United States Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist. held that a local school district violated the First Amendment freedom of religious expression rights when it directed an assistant football coach to stop praying on the fifty-yard line of a high school football field after each game. In finding for the high-school football coach,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Constitutional Law, Religion, State Church Separation
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Burnett, Alyson; Burkander, Paul – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2021
To expand participation in Advanced Placement (AP) courses, several District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) high schools have enacted a policy mandating that all students enroll in one or more AP courses. To promote quality instruction in AP courses, DCPS recommends regular teacher participation in the Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI)…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Urban Schools, High Schools
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Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2021
Over the past decade the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has sought to expand participation in Advanced Placement (AP) courses in order to improve high school outcomes (attendance, achievement, and graduation) and longer-term outcomes (postsecondary enrollment and degree completion). DCPS wants to understand policies and recommendations…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Urban Schools, High Schools
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Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2021
This document contains the appendixes for the full report, "Advanced Placement Participation, Staffing, and Staff Training in the District of Columbia Public Schools." The study examined students' AP exam taking and passing rates in schools that mandate AP course enrollment and in schools that do not, teacher participation in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Urban Schools, High Schools
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Kostenius, Catrine; Lundqvist, Catarina – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: This study explores to what extent health promotion policy in practice and leadership engagement is reflected in school actors' experiences of health dialogues (HDs) and their ideas about promoting health and learning in schools. Design/methodology/approach: The 93 participants consisted of 44 school nurses, 37 students in grades 4, 7 or…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Letters (Correspondence)
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Maeng, Jennifer L.; Cornell, Dewey; Huang, Francis – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Threat assessment has been proposed as a method for schools to respond to student threats of violence that does not rely on exclusionary discipline practices (e.g., suspension, transfer, expulsion, arrest). The present study compared disciplinary consequences for 657 students in 260 schools using the Comprehensive Student Threat Assessment…
Descriptors: Violence, Discipline Policy, Comparative Analysis, Guidelines
Matthew L. White – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Arkansas schools have received changing and conflicting guidance for accommodating transgender students, and policies and practices within schools can critically impact this population. This mixed-methods, exploratory study investigated what official policies and unofficial but established practices exist in Arkansas high schools regarding…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, School Policy, LGBTQ People, Form Classes (Languages)
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Wicklund, Alissa; Andrews, Barb; Coatsworth, J. Douglas – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
All states have youth sports concussion laws that have helped shape school concussion policy. However, state laws do not specify how schools distribute policy. The present study examined parent, youth, and school personnel's knowledge of school concussion policy in Colorado and ease of access to policy via school website. Youth (n = 1,987),…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, School Policy, Knowledge Level, School Districts
Murren-Holder, Tracee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to understand the factors that contribute to college persistence and completion for Black and Latinx students in the northeastern United States. Additionally, the researcher aimed to understand how high school and college preparation structures and policies contribute to college completion rates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, College Preparation
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