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Sitting Less for Success: Reducing Sedentary Behaviors to Increase Kindergarten Achievement
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Karyn A. Allee; Jeanette M. Garcia; Sherron K. Roberts; M. H. Clark – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Physical activity (PA) improves outcomes, but disadvantaged children typically experience more sedentary behavior (SB). This study explored movement, executive function (EF) health, and academic achievement (AA) for economically disadvantaged kindergarteners. Methods: Children in 2 classrooms (n = 16; n = 7) wore wrist-based…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, School Policy, Correlation, Socioeconomic Status
Parent Teacher Home Visits: An Approach to Addressing Biased Mindsets and Practices to Support Student Success. Occasional Paper. RTI Press Publication OP-0077-2209
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McKnight, Katherine; Venkateswaran, Nitya; Laird, Jennifer; Dilig, Rita; Robles, Jessica; Shalev, Talia – RTI International, 2022
Research has shown educators' implicit biases to be a key factor in creating and perpetuating disparities in students' experiences of schooling, learning, and longer-term outcomes, including job opportunities, wealth, and health. Current school reform and transformation efforts are aimed at addressing institutionalized racism in school policies,…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Home Visits, Social Bias, Attitude Change
The School Discipline Dilemma: A Comprehensive Review of Disparities and Alternative Approaches
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Welsh, Richard O.; Little, Shafiqua – Review of Educational Research, 2018
In recent decades, K-12 school discipline policies and practices have garnered increasing attention among researchers, policymakers, and educators. Disproportionalities in school discipline raise serious questions about educational equity. This study provides a comprehensive review of the extant literature on the contributors to racial, gender,…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Policy, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Implications of Bullying to School Policy Reform
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Knight, Nina Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Governmental attention to bullying in kindergarten through Grade 3 continues to be a challenge in a metropolitan school district in the eastern United States. This has presented a case for school policy reform. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine how bullying and office discipline related to suspension referrals,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Change, School Policy, Kindergarten
Third Grade Reading Policies
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Rose, Stephanie – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2012
In 2012, 14 states passed legislation geared toward improving 3rd-grade literacy through identification, intervention, and/or retention initiatives. Today, a total of 32 states and the District of Columbia have policies in statute aimed at improving 3rd-grade reading proficiency. The majority of these states require early assessment and…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Grade 3
Results of a 3-Year, Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention for Children in Rural, Low-Socioeconomic Status Elementary Schools
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King, Kristi McClary; Ling, Jiying – Health Education Research, 2015
Improving children's nutrition and physical activity have become priorities in the United States. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the longitudinal effects of a 3-year, school-based, health promotion intervention (i.e. nutrition and physical education, classroom physical activity, professional development and health promotion for teachers…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Physical Activity Level, Quasiexperimental Design