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Curran, Bridget; Reyna, Ryan – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2010
In 2005, the governors of all 50 states made an unprecedented commitment to voluntarily implement a common, more reliable formula for calculating their state's high school graduation rate by signing the Graduation Counts Compact of the National Governors Association (NGA). Five years later, progress is steady. Twenty-six states say they have…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
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Mucherah, Winnie – Learning Environments Research, 2008
This study examined classroom climate and student goal structures in high-school biology classrooms in Kenya. Participants included 891 students and their teachers in Grades 10 and 11 from two same-sex boarding schools--one for boys and the other for girls. School differences were found on all classroom climate aspects except teacher support and…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Goal Orientation, Competition, Biology
Thachil, Shoba Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined factors that relate to the persistence of first-generation undergraduate students in a 4-year public university in the Southeastern United States. Results were analyzed from a 2011 two-part survey: CARES-I (College Assessment of Readiness for Entering Students-Intent) and CARES-A (College Assessment of Readiness for Entering…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Semi Structured Interviews
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2009
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. Established nationally in 1995, GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Founded in…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Educational Environment
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Eshpanova, D. D.; Aitbai, K. O.; Aidarbekov, Z. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2009
This article discusses why it has become considerably more difficult for the rising generations to enter the system of social and civic relations in today's Kazakh society. This situation is due to the transition from the Soviet model of socialization (which was unitary in terms of its normative character, with equal starting social opportunities…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Socialization, Rural Youth, Maturity (Individuals)
Knight, Eileen Quinn; Donahue, John; Knight, Patrick – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2008
It only takes an hour or two of roaming the halls of Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Tech Charter High School to detect an enduring attitude of accomplishment from both the teachers and the students. This atmosphere is intentional. The school, located in Chicago, was created specifically to hone the skills of individuals choosing…
Descriptors: Architecture, Career Choice, Academic Achievement, Engineering
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Macgillivray, Ian – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2008
This study examines how high school students were affected by having an openly gay teacher and compares its results to a previous study (Rofes, 2000). The author's lesbian, gay, or bisexual students experienced a sense of relief that they could finally feel comfortable about themselves, as well as feeling happy that others in the school were…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Reflection, Secondary School Teachers
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Codding, Robin S.; Smyth, Carol Ann – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2008
Performance feedback has been described as a necessary component of consultation. Although feedback has been used to improve academic performance of individual students, less research has examined the effects on classroom academic engagement when implementation of classroom management variables is the source of feedback. Using a multiple-baseline…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Classroom Techniques, Time Management, Goal Orientation
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Ng, Jodie R.; Earl, Joanne K. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2008
Self-estimates of ability have been shown to be generally inaccurate but still continue to be used in career decision-making. The present study investigates the role of feedback and individual differences in goal orientation and self-efficacy in determining accuracy of self-estimates. A total sample of 94 high school-aged students gave…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Questionnaires
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Main, Kristin L. – English Journal, 2008
Kristin L. Main teaches the Ontario Literacy Course, an alternative course designed to support students who have failed the required standardized test for high school graduation. She sees the purpose of the class as giving students a chance to feel successful and helping them to see the practical value of purposeful communication and integrated…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation Requirements, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
Baldridge, Mary Caufield – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The overall purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a "growth mindset" intervention on the beliefs about intelligence, effort beliefs, achievement goals, and academic self-efficacy of learning disabled (LD) students with reading difficulties. The treatment group consisted of 12 high school LD students with reading difficulties. This…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Intelligence, Intervention
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Kehler, Michael D. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2007
Drawing on a larger ethnographic study of four high school young men, this paper foregrounds high school male-male friendships as a context for examining how heterosexism and homophobia operate to limit and delimit the ways masculinities are constructed. I begin this article by first highlighting an inconsistency between recent school initiatives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Ethnography, Males
Zito, Stephanie Theresa – ProQuest LLC, 2009
An extensive review of the literature has been conducted in the area of self-determination for youth with disabilities who are preparing for their transitions from school to post school activities. Self-determination is presented as a best practice for transition education and current instructional practices used to teach such skills are…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mild Mental Retardation, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments
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Almeida, Joanna; Johnson, Renee M.; Corliss, Heather L.; Molnar, Beth E.; Azrael, Deborah – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The authors evaluated emotional distress among 9th-12th grade students, and examined whether the association between being lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgendered (i.e., "LGBT") and emotional distress was mediated by perceptions of having been treated badly or discriminated against because others thought they were gay or lesbian.…
Descriptors: Suicide, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Grade 12
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Adelabu, Detris Honora – Urban Education, 2008
This study examines the relationship of academic achievement to future time perspective (FTP), hope, and ethnic identity among low-income, rural and urban African American adolescents ( N = 661). Findings indicate that adolescents who are oriented toward the future, determined to reach their goals (hope), and interested in and have a strong sense…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Time Perspective
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