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Christopher, Elise; Daniel, Bruce – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
This Statistics in Brief uses data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a national study of more than 23,000 ninth-graders in 2009. Follow-up surveys were filled out by the cohort in 2012, 2013, and 2016. This report uses data of high school graduates' transcripts, collected in 2013, and their postsecondary transcripts,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Graduates, Postsecondary Education, Grade 9
Douglas N. Harris; Jonathan Mills – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
We provide evidence about college financial aid from an eight-year randomized trial where high school ninth graders received a $12,000 merit-based grant offer. The program was designed to be free of tuition/fees at community colleges and substantially lower the cost of four-year colleges. During high school, it increased students' college…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, High School Students, Grade 9, Merit Scholarships
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Reid, David B.; Creed, Benjamin M. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
The work of school principals is complex; however, little research has examined how they navigate this complexity outside of traditional settings and times. This specific line of inquiry is important, because principals' time allocation is related to various desirable student outcomes, and how many hours principals work (and when) is associated…
Descriptors: Principals, Working Hours, Time Management, Job Satisfaction
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Yoo, Paul Y.; Domina, Thurston; McEachin, Andrew; Clark, Leah; Hertenstein, Hannah; Penner, Andrew M. – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2023
Virtual charter schools are increasingly popular, yet there is no research on the long-term outcomes of virtual charter students. We link statewide education records from Oregon with earnings information from IRS records housed at the U.S. Census Bureau to provide evidence on how virtual charter students fare as young adults. Virtual charter…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Charter Schools, Virtual Schools, Outcomes of Education
Deb, Partha; Gangaram, Anjelica – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
In this paper, we examine the impact of school shootings on the human health and capital outcomes of middle and high school student survivors as adults in their twenties and early thirties. Our data on school shooting events is from a recent, comprehensive database of school shootings compiled by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The…
Descriptors: Violence, Risk, Student Behavior, Health
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Hancock, Roger; Hall, Thelma; Cable, Carrie; Eyres, Ian – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
This paper reports on an in-depth interview study of the roles, job jurisdictions and associated learning of higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs). This role has the core purpose of covering classes to enable teacher release for planning, preparation and assessment. HLTAs' individual job jurisdictions are described and discussed as are…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Assistants, Teacher Role, Job Analysis
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Mascall, Blair; Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
This article presents the results of research into the impact of principal turnover on schools, and the ability of schools to mitigate the negative effects of frequent turnover by distributing leadership in the schools. The findings from this qualitative and quantitative analysis show that rapid principal turnover does indeed have a negative…
Descriptors: Principals, Occupational Mobility, School Districts, Employment Patterns
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Benbow, Camilla Persson – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
Calls to strengthen education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are underscored by employment trends and the importance of STEM innovation for the economy. The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) has been tracking over 5,000 talented individuals longitudinally for 40 years, throwing light on critical questions…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Talent, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
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Nota, Laura; Soresi, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: The literature places special focus on the quality of life (QoL) of individuals with disability and on their self-determination and social and work participation. The field of vocational guidance also considers the satisfaction these individuals experience concerning their future crucial to their QoL. At the same time, however, persons…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
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Kalil, Ariel; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M. – Child Development, 2005
The links between single mothers' employment patterns and change over time in the well-being of the mothers' adolescent children were investigated using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Adolescents were ages 14 to 16 at baseline, and they and their mothers were followed for 2 years. Relative to being continuously employed in a good job,…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Dropouts, Mothers, Family Income