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Direct linkArce-Trigatti, Paula; Harris, Douglas N.; Jabbar, Huriya; Lincove, Jane Arnold – Education Next, 2015
Previous studies have focused on the differences between charter schools and district schools, treating all charters within a community as essentially alike. In effect, these studies take a "top-down" approach, assuming that the governance of the school (charter versus district) determines the nature of the school. This approach may be…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, School Districts, Governance
Download full textMonk, Melissa H.; Baustian, Melissa M.; Saari, Courtney R.; Welsh, Susan; D'Elia, Christopher F.; Powers, Joseph E.; Gaston, Suzan; Francis, Pamela – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2014
Informal place-based environmental education is a proven approach for increasing environmental awareness for students in urban cities. This article describes and qualitatively evaluates the first two academic years of the EnvironMentors program at Louisiana State University (LSU-EM), which is part of a national network of EnvironMentors programs.…
Descriptors: Mentors, At Risk Students, Scientists, High School Students
Beer, Glenn; Le Blanc, Monique; Miller, Mark J. – College Student Journal, 2008
Preliminary research indicates that summer enrichment programs may have a positive impact on overall student development K-12, including academic motivation and engagement. The majority of this research has focused upon gifted students, although there is a burgeoning body of research detailing the impact of summer programs on at-risk or…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities, Economically Disadvantaged
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2006
Faced with stiffer economic competition and worried about the skills of their future workforces, many states are trying to connect education from preschool through postsecondary so that more students are prepared for further study, work, and citizenship. In the past decade, 30 states have created what are often called "P-16" councils or …
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), State Government, Educational Policy, College Preparation
Williams, Dana – Teaching Tolerance, 2006
An estimated 370,000 schoolchildren were displaced last year by Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster ever to strike the United States. One year after, hundreds of thousands of these displaced students remain scattered in schools across the nation. In Houston, which has the largest concentration of evacuees, two schools continue helping…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, High Schools, College Preparation, Coping
