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Long, Mark C.; Bateman, Nicole A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
Affirmative action was banned in California, Texas, Washington, and Florida in the 1990s. Following this early wave, additional states banned the practice, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. In response to concerns about underrepresented minorities' falling college enrollment in flagship public…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Affirmative Action, Public Colleges, Minority Group Students
Stark Education Partnership, 2018
This white paper presents a selection of model schools who all have, to some degree, fostered deeper learning. Schools were selected by internet search, or through references in "deeper learning" reports and documents. It should be noted that information in these reviews is based on information from school web-sites, in some cases the…
Descriptors: Models, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Web Sites
Treat, Carol Rava – Principal Leadership, 2013
Hundreds of middle level and high schools are trying new strategies to improve attendance as an important path to improving achievement; graduation rates; and in many states, funding. Celebrity wake-up calls are just one of the tactics that school administrators are turning to as they look to leverage their own mix of sizzle and substance to…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, High Schools, Student Motivation, Attendance