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Teachers' Perspectives Regarding Teacher Behavior and Its Influences on Bullying of Obese Students in High School
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Tyra M. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research was carried out to assess high school teachers' perception of the bullying of the obese in a mid-size high school in north-eastern Texas and the role they could play in resolving the problem. The review of literature indicated that the bullying of obese students has continued unabated because of the lack of a unified strategy to…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Attitudes, High School Students
Investigating Various Stakeholders' Perceptions of Strategies That May Be Used to Improve Attendance among Secondary High School Students
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Ronald Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Student attendance is one of the most important factors leading to a student's achievement academically. Chronic absenteeism can lead to a variety of issues for a secondary high school student, including not graduating. Students who miss school on a regular and consistent basis are identified as being chronically absent. Graduation rates and…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, High School Students, Graduation Rate, High School Graduates
Working Together for Transition in Texas
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Johnson, Theresa; Serrano, John A. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2016
When Texas state budgets resulted in a loss of direct funding for the transition of deaf and hard of hearing students', collaboration efforts for assisting these students became critical. Theresa Johnson, MEd, outreach specialist at the Educational Resource Center on Deafness in Austin, and John A. Serrano, MA, director of Academic Affairs at the…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, High School Students
Addressing the Needs of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Considerations and Complexities for High School Interventions
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Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carter, Erik W.; Hedges, Susan; El Zein, Farah; Fan, Hannah; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Exceptional Children, 2015
The outcomes of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are driving the field to address how secondary education might be optimally designed and delivered. We conducted 28 focus groups across four states to explore the contexts, considerations, and complexities associated with delivering and combining evidence-based interventions to meet the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Student Needs
Addressing the Needs of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Considerations and Complexities for High School Interventions
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Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carter, Erik W.; Hedges, Susan; El Zein, Farah; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Grantee Submission, 2015
The outcomes of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are driving the field to address how secondary education might be optimally designed and delivered. We conducted 28 focus groups across four states to explore the contexts, considerations, and complexities associated with delivering and combining evidence-based interventions to meet the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Student Needs
Hidalgo School District Supports All Students
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Nodine, Thad R. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
In 2005, the Hildago (Texas) Independent School District, in partnership with the University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas System, the Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, promised that all of its students would earn college credits before graduating from high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Stakeholders, College Programs