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Esche, Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify decision-making factors from parents of Southeast Rural School District (SRSD) who chose to transfer their children to one of 14 cyber charter schools within Pennsylvania amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This research study utilized a phenomenological design, consisting of qualitative electronic…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, School Choice, Transfer Students
Carissa Long – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Pregnant and parenting teenagers in the United States face academic, social, and emotional hardships (Baney et al., 2022; Kinser & Masho, 2015; Masterson et al., 2021). Schools, programs, and policies can aid pregnant and parenting students by alleviating burdens or improving schooling outcomes (Brouwer et al., 2019; Modesto, 2018; Zief et…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Charter Schools, Early Parenthood, Females
Anna Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Over the past few decades, online schools have witnessed exponential growth. Nevertheless, the body of research on their effectiveness and viability as educational options for students with disabilities, as well as their offerings for diverse learners, remains surprisingly sparse. This deficiency in evidence is noteworthy, especially as the demand…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
Joshua J. Ziatyk – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Cyber charter schools continue to emerge and bring new opportunities for individualized learning to students and families, and at the same time, have a financial impact on the home school they left. However, some students return to their home school after trying cyber charter options. This study explored what motivated students to leave their home…
Descriptors: High Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Student Mobility
Schultz, Andrew J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
School choice is a long-standing tradition in the United States. New to the options available to K-12 parents are full-time virtual schools, and this option is an even more recent development for parents of students with disabilities. Very little research exists on why parents are choosing full-time virtual education for their school-aged…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Virtual Schools, Charter Schools
Christopher Lee Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2019
High school has evolved significantly over the last several decades. What was once a choice between public school and private school is now a decision that includes homeschools, magnet schools, charter schools, and virtual schools, to name a few. This was a mixed-methods case study that investigated students' and families' satisfaction with their…
Descriptors: High Schools, Virtual Schools, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience