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Boehm, Rebecca; Schwartz, Marlene B.; Lowenfels, Ann; Brissette, Ian; Pattison, Mary Jo; Ren, Jia – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: This study tested the hypothesis that written district wellness policies are associated with higher rates of implementation of nutrition and physical activity practices. Methods: Written wellness policies and building level practices were assessed for schools (N = 295) within high-need districts (N = 70) in New York State. The…
Descriptors: School Districts, Wellness, Nutrition, Physical Activity Level
Lowery, Maggie Harrison – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to review school policy documents and seek secondary principals' perspectives regarding Black, Asian, and Latino males grades 9-12 in North Dakota public schools. Qualitative data was collected to investigate practices, policies, and routines that contributes to their graduation rates. Interviews were conducted to…
Descriptors: School Policy, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, High School Students
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Kundu, Arnab; Bej, Tripti – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
In most cases, private schools in India are considered to have sufficient ICT resources for teaching-learning in 21st century classrooms and are assumed to be leaders in technology integration in the school pedagogy in this country. This study aimed to investigate the state of ICT integration and the degree of expertise these schools have…
Descriptors: Private Schools, High School Students, Technology Integration, Information Technology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017
This report provides results from the School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) conducted in 2016. Following a detailed Methods section, 2016 results are presented in a series of 90 tables organized around the components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. Tables 1.1 through 6.9 provide the percentage of…
Descriptors: School Health Services, School Policy, Holistic Approach, Elementary Schools
Serverance, Mary – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
This policy brief was adapted from "English as a Second Language at California's Community Colleges: An Early Examination of AB 705 Reforms." In Fall 2021, colleges began implementing reforms to English as a Second Language (ESL) that were mandated by Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705). In recognition of the need for effective and equitable ESL…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
W. Edward Chi – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Postsecondary education in the United States has played an increasingly more important role over time. In fact, in just a few decades, the share of recent high school completers who enroll in college each year has grown from 51% in 1975 to 70% in 2016 (Snyder, de Brey, & Dillow, 2019, p. 395). However, only 58% of entering college students…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation
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Morris, Wade H. – American Educational History Journal, 2019
In 1955, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church called for the racial desegregation of Episcopal institutions: parishes, seminaries, and schools. The study of Episcopal school desegregation reveals a fundamental paradox: Episcopal theology promoted desegregation but "white flight" spurred Episcopal school growth. The question of…
Descriptors: Whites, Protestants, Churches, School Desegregation
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Palm, Clara; Ganuza, Natalia; Hedman, Christina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
This article explores language use and investment among Somali-speaking children and adolescents in Sweden, through group interviews and survey data. Our findings indicate that there are incentives to invest in Somali language learning considering the reported language use patterns and the expressed positive attitudes towards Somali mother tongue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Afro Asiatic Languages, Immigrants, Incentives
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Hopkins, Megan; Weddle, Hayley; Lavadenz, Magaly; Murillo, Marco A.; Vahdani, Tara – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
Under federal civil rights law, U.S. school districts have a dual obligation to provide students identified as English learners (ELs) with designated English-language development (ELD) instruction and integrated ELD support during core content instruction. Drawing on an analysis of interviews with 96 educators in two large California districts, we…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, School Districts, Teacher Attitudes, Access to Education
Liu, Jing – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2022
Because the pandemic exacerbated chronic absenteeism in many parts of the country, the need to understand how schools can improve student attendance has never been greater. Accordingly, this study breaks new ground by examining high schools' contributions to attendance after accounting for individual students' prior absenteeism and other…
Descriptors: Attendance, Evaluation Methods, Pandemics, COVID-19
American Psychological Association, 2023
The purpose of this APA BEA Racial Disparities Task Force report is to examine the role of racism and bias on educational opportunity and achievement disparities experienced by children. Specifically, we seek to link racism explicitly to opportunity gaps by examining how racism operates on multiple levels. Using critical race theory,…
Descriptors: Racism, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Scott, DeWitt – Journal of Correctional Education, 2017
Explosions in America's incarceration rates have sparked critical examinations of root causes of entry into the criminal justice system. Researchers have predominantly focused on what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Solutions have centered on revising school policies and practices targeting certain students for disciplinary sanctions…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Access to Education, Correctional Education
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Pennell, Donna; Campbell, Marilyn; Tangen, Donna – Educational Research, 2020
Background: Cyberbullying is a significant problem for young people and secondary schools are the main institutions expected to address it. School anti-bullying measures have only modestly reduced the problem to date. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the perspectives of members within the school community regarding their actions to reduce…
Descriptors: Prevention, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, School Policy
Pangelinan, Yvonne R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Over the last 5 years, high school students with disabilities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have experienced a higher rate of dropout compared to their peers, adding to an ever-widening gap in learning and graduation rates. The rationale for this study was the growing numbers of dropouts among students with…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disabilities, Dropout Rate, At Risk Students
Samelson, Matt – Donnell-Kay Foundation, 2018
Under the current Denver Public Schools (DPS) transportation policy, students are eligible for transportation if they attend their designated neighborhood school and live a specified distance from that school -- more than 1 mile away for elementary school, 2.5 miles for middle schools, and 3.5 miles for high school. A multitude of exceptions exist…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, School Choice, Student Transportation
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