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Monique R. Mitchell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Obesity influences many adolescents, and a potential setting that can help with this health concern is schools. Schools can help raise awareness of adolescent obesity and promote healthier eating habits among adolescents. Therefore, researchers must determine if school food programs influence high school adolescents' behavior regarding the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, Eating Habits, Lunch Programs
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O'Donnell, Alexander J.; Mansfield, Dana; Loiacono, Bernardo; Withington, Margaret H. C.; Cory, Molly; Sagan, Dylan; Buscemi, Joanna – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: The school food environment is a critically important area to target the health of millions of students, especially those experiencing food insecurity. However, both students and caregivers have noted significant barriers to participation in the school meal program, including taste, lunchroom experience, and limited availability of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Affordances, High School Students, Lunch Programs
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Byker Shanks, Carmen; Stenberg, Molly; Bark, Katie; Izumi, Betty; Hoff, Casey; Parks, Courtney A. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Introduction: Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is low among adolescents, and waste of these foods is high in school cafeterias. The objective of this research was to determine the impact of behavioural economic strategies and structural lunchroom changes on FV selection and waste in high-school lunch programmes using the collaborative efforts…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Food, Eating Habits, Wastes
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Mansfield, Dana; Sagan, Dylan; O'Donnell, Alexander J.; Takgbajouah, Mary; Loiacono, Bernardo; Clark Withington, Margaret H.; Cory, Molly; Buscemi, Joanna – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: This study examined student and caregiver preference for school communication and explored the feasibility and acceptability of a digital tool to assist with communication about school meal program between schools and families. Methods: The study used qualitative methodology through youth focus groups and caregiver semi-structured…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High School Students, Interpersonal Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Tabatha Jeanette Efaw – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative correlational-predictive study addressed the predictive relationships of County Political Leaning (Republican vs. Democratic/reference) and Poverty of Student Population (operationalized as percentage of students enrolled in Free and Reduced Price Lunch programs) with Out-of-school Suspension in public high schools in California.…
Descriptors: Counties, Political Influences, Poverty, Student Characteristics
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Ivy, Jonathan W.; Williams, Keith; Davison, Lauren; Bacon, Ben; Carriles, Fred E.; Hendy, Helen M. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2022
This study examined the effect of pre-meal presentation on the consumption of vegetables in a sample of 16 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These 16 students (75% male; mean age = 13 years; age range 8-18 years) were enrolled in a private school serving children with autism. School staff offered participants 10 small pieces of two…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, High School Students, Middle School Students, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Andy Parra-Martinez; Rian Rinaldi Djita; Jonathan Wai; Sarah McKenzie – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2025
Participating in advanced placement (AP) can improve high school students' cognitive and noncognitive outcomes. Despite nationwide efforts, including Arkansas's mandate for statewide AP access since 2003 and exam cost coverage since 2005, disparities in enrollment persist. Using multilevel modeling, we investigate the relation between…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Enrollment, Outcomes of Education, High School Students
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Christopher D. Slaten; Kate Wadley; Paul C. Harris; Bini Sebastian; Jisu Lee; Bradley R. Curs – Journal of Career Development, 2024
High school graduation and successful entry into post-secondary education or the workforce has been a priority for educational policymakers, career development scholars, and educators for decades. Consensual qualitative research methods were used to analyze 11 education professionals working in high schools with high free and reduced lunch rates…
Descriptors: School Role, Community, Sense of Community, Career Readiness
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Zaff, Jonathan F.; Margolius, Max; Varga, Shannon M.; Lynch, Alicia D.; Tang, Catalina; Donlan, Alice E. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
Despite increases in the high school graduation rate in the United States, large disparities persist for English learners (ELs). These disparities are particularly important given that ELs are the fastest growing segment of the United States public school population. EL youth, though, are not a homogeneous population. Instead, EL youth speak many…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, High School Students, Graduation Rate, Academic Achievement
Heather Francis Terral – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Introduction: Education is a social determinant of health, and its intersection with incarceration is a powerful nexus for well-being of students. Whether policies specific to student well-being are associated with exclusionary discipline, a documented risk factor for incarceration, is unknown. This study has three aims: (1) to identify whether…
Descriptors: School Policy, Wellness, Discipline, Suspension
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LaTonia Amerson; Cynthia Martinez-Garcia; John R. Slate – School Leadership Review, 2024
The extent to which differences were present for African American girls as a function of their economic status in their performance on the Texas state-mandated Algebra I End-of-Course exam was examined. Specifically addressed was the extent to which African American girls differed in their performance on three Grade Level performance standards:…
Descriptors: African American Students, Algebra, Mathematics Achievement, Socioeconomic Status
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Gangemi, Kelsey; Dupuis, Roxanne; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Frasso, Rosemary; Solomon, Sara; Cannuscio, Carolyn C. – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
In Philadelphia, over 40% of youth are overweight or obese. The objective in this assessment was to learn about urban residents' perspectives regarding the local food environment and its impact on eating behaviors. Using photo-elicitation, 20 adolescents reflected on their food environments through photographs and corresponding interviews. Without…
Descriptors: Urban Environment, Urban Schools, Food, Adolescent Attitudes
Nuwayyir Alenezi – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of selected demographic factors on the academic achievement of high school students. More specifically, this study was concerned with the effects of the variables gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) scores in Mathematics,…
Descriptors: Demography, Influences, Academic Achievement, High School Students
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Veliz, Philip; Zdroik, Jennifer – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: In order to better understand some of the barriers to athletic opportunities for girls, we examined school-level characteristics to assess how they are associated with both the provision and participation in athletic opportunities for girls across US public high schools. Methods: Cross-sectional data for this study comes from the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Public Schools, Gender Differences, Athletics
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Jang, Sung Tae – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2023
This study examined how social constructs of race or ethnicity, sexuality, and socioeconomic status (SES) are multiplicatively associated with high school students' schooling experiences and aspirations. Using a critical quantitative intersectionality framework to analyse data from the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey, this study found that the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Minority Group Students, Race, Ethnicity
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