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Sadowski, Michael, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2008
As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, "Who am I?" Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can complicate this question for young people, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, family, and peers. This new edition of "Adolescents at…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Multiple Intelligences, Race, Social Class
Demerath, Peter; Lynch, Jill; Davidson, Mario – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2008
In this article, we describe the identities of U.S. suburban high school students as they attempt to ensure their "market relevance" in a neoliberal era. The data are drawn from a four-year ethnographic study of the construction of educational advantage conducted by a diverse five-person research team. These identities were characterized by strong…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Racial Differences, Self Advocacy, Equal Education
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Opportunities for High School Improvement. Summary Table
Rutenberg, David – National High School Center, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) creates a unique opportunity for states, districts, and high schools to work in concert on behalf of high school students. The table presented in this document provides information on best practices and resources related to the primary funding streams under the 2009 American Recovery and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Federal Legislation
Hulton, Linda J. – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
Teenage pregnancy and the subsequent social morbidities associated with unintended pregnancies are complex issues facing school nurses in their daily work. In contemporary practice, school nurses are being held to higher standards of accountability and being asked to demonstrate the effective outcomes of their interventions. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Models, Prevention, School Nurses
Fuller, Nancy – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2006
This author prided herself as being one who embraced change, and often became disgusted with her fellow teachers when they dragged their feet and resisted district initiatives. She also believed in setting goals and then managing the tasks that allows one to reach the goals. She thought it was merely a matter of purposeful planning, effort, and…
Descriptors: Females, Career Development, Goal Orientation, Principals
Guan, Jianmin; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron; Bruene, April – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2006
This study examined the relationship between achievement goals and social goals and explored how students' achievement goals and social goals might affect their reported persistence and effort expended toward physical education in high school settings. Participants were 544 students from two high schools in the southwest U.S. Multiple regression…
Descriptors: Persistence, Social Responsibility, Multiple Regression Analysis, Achievement Need
Florinskaia, Iu. F.; Roshchina, T.G. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
This article presents a survey that was carried out in 2004 to assess the level of migration mobility on the part of young inhabitants in the small cities of Russia. The survey was participated in by eleventh-grade (senior) students. The total number of respondents was 500 (100 in each community); 61% were girls and 39% were boys. The statistical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Place of Residence, Migration
Gonzalez-DeHass, Alyssa R.; Willems, Patricia P.; Holbein, Marie F. Doan – Educational Psychology Review, 2005
Parent involvement has a sound research base attesting to the many potential benefits it can offer in education. However, student motivation as an academic outcome of parental involvement has only recently been investigated. The purpose of this article is to show how parent involvement is related to students' motivation. Studies of students from…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Student Motivation, Parent School Relationship, Elementary Schools
Ovando, Martha N.; Cavazos, Marcelo – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2004
The authors report a study in which they examined how principals utilize instructional leadership in high schools within a Hispanic majority context. The emphasis was on students' academic performance, goal development and implementation, school culture, and instructional management, which make up the broader theoretical framework of school…
Descriptors: Orientation, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Jobst, Lou – Journal of Staff Development, 2004
This firsthand account through the eyes of a facilitator describes meaningful moments of someone learning the job. Working primarily with new teachers in a large high school, this facilitator experienced the challenges and the fulfillment in helping colleagues, and discovered that the benefit of helping others grow may be one's own growth.
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Orientation
Jones, Eric – Principal Leadership, 2007
One-to-one computing, laptop learning, technology immersion: such initiatives are gaining momentum--and sparking excitement and controversy--in middle level and high schools, but the key to their success is more than cutting-edge technology. Henrico County Public Schools, a pioneer in educational technology in Virginia, launched a one-to-one…
Descriptors: Computers, High Schools, Technology Integration, Professional Development
Porto, Mark – Principal Leadership, 2007
In this article, a principal is inspired to change the conversations with students and staff members from discipline and deficit to hope and planning for future achievement. He wants conversations to be more about academic goals and decision making and less about discipline and random acceptance of postsecondary plans. He has asked all staff…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Advanced Placement
Rhoades, Brittany L.; Maggs, Jennifer L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Actively pursuing important goals predicts positive affect and well-being (Emmons, 1986, "J. Pers. Soc. Psychol." 51: 1058-1068; Emmons and King, 1988, "J. Pers. Soc. Psychol." 54: 1040-1048; Salmela-Aro and Nurmi, 1997, "J. Adult Dev." 4: 179-188). College-bound high school graduates (n=943) completed the ULTRA Orientation Survey prior to…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Drinking, High School Graduates, College Bound Students
Chang, Esther S.; Chen, Chuansheng; Greenberger, Ellen; Dooley, David; Heckhausen, Jutta – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated ethnic as well as gender and generational similarities and differences in the life goals among graduating high-school seniors. Adolescents came from six ethnic groups: White, African, Mexican, Other Latino, Filipino, and East/Southeast Asian Americans. Their self-articulated medium-range life goals were grouped into 8 major…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, High School Seniors, Adolescents, Ethnic Groups
PEPNet-South, 2007
This monograph has assembled together student and parent biblioesssays, position papers and reflective commentary from professionals who work with deafblind students. For the students profiled in this monograph, like many deafblind students, access to academic achievement was often met with obstacles due to low expectations, inadequate support…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Emergency Programs, Position Papers, Educational History