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Rodgers, Bobby J.; Rodgers, Devery J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
The academic achievement of Black boys in the U.S. has been declining, and Black male mentorship can positively change these outcomes. Schools have tried many interventions to help Black boys receive the academic, social, and emotional support they need to close the performance gap. Some case studies have proven that Black male mentorship works.…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Males, Mentors, African American Students
Osvaldo Ocampo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The aim of this qualitative study was to examine the strategies employed by districts and school leaders in recruiting, developing, and supporting instructional leaders to enhance student achievement across schools. By conducting research and interviewing experts, this study aspires to serve as a conceptual blueprint that districts and leaders can…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, School Administration, Academic Achievement
Brenda Elizabeth Doucette – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Advocates of charter schools hold that the marketization of education compels all schools to be innovative in raising student achievement outcomes. Opponents of charter schools dispute whether the impact of charter schools on student achievement is statistically sufficient to justify taking resources from traditional public schools. Another…
Descriptors: Money Management, Charter Schools, Student Recruitment, Costs
Paula Klapesky – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The nation is facing a crisis with the current teacher shortage and rapidly decreasing number of individuals choosing teaching as a profession. Texas has the largest public school teacher workforce in the nation. In nearly ten years in Texas, from the 2012-2013 to the 2021-2022 school years, the number of individuals obtaining a degree in…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Shortage, Public School Teachers, Labor Force
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Russell Carpenter; Kevin Dvorak – Journal of Faculty Development, 2023
Amid continued concerns regarding faculty engagement, along with heightened challenges associated with recruitment, retention, teaching and learning, and student success, this status report provides an update based on the June 2023 Faculty (Re)engagement Institute (FRI). During the edition of the June 2023 FRI, participants examined barriers…
Descriptors: Faculty, Barriers, Faculty Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Hyman, Joshua M.; McFarlin, Isaac, Jr. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
Colleges compete to attract students by investing in amenities such as athletics, dormitories, and student activities. We examine the effect of student consumption of postsecondary amenities on academic achievement and future donation behavior in the context of Big-Time college sports. We resolve the selection issue using data from a large, public…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Competition, Postsecondary Education, College Students
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Herman G. van de Werfhorst; Dieuwke Zwier; Sara Geven; Thijs Bol; Carla Haelermans – npj Science of Learning, 2024
Using register data and linked student-level sociometric survey data from the Netherlands, this study examines whether the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schooling outcomes (track recommendation and track enrollment in the seventh and ninth grades) is conditional on students' academic and social embeddedness in the school setting. We estimated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Equal Education
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Pham, Lam D. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Mixed results from evaluations of school reform suggest a need for evidence to explain why some models succeed while others fail. Addressing that need, this study uses structural equation modeling to estimate difference-in-differences models that examine mediating mechanisms for positive effects produced by Innovation Zone (iZone) reforms in…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Change, Structural Equation Models, Program Evaluation
Acosta-Nijamkin, Brittany – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This Educational Leadership Portfolio (ELP) examines the implementation of targeted interventions to increase the recruitment and retention of members with varying diverse identities within Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority. Sorority membership benefits students through higher level academic performance and ultimately increased retention…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Sororities, Fraternities, Student Diversity
Ezra Jonah Greene – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem is that secondary school students within an education system in a small island Caribbean state are not performing at the required academic standard. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions of the Ministry of Education and Public Service Commission regarding the recruitment and selection of prospective principals with…
Descriptors: Principals, Personnel Selection, Administrator Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Penner, Emily K. – Educational Policy, 2021
Teach For America (TFA), a prominent alternative teacher certification program, has evolved substantially since it began in 1989. However, most studies ignore this potential variation when evaluating TFA's effects on student outcomes. Using 12 years of administrative data, I test whether TFA's effects on achievement differ over time, focusing on a…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Ponisciak, Stephen M. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2021
U.S. Catholic school enrollment has declined significantly from a peak in the 1960s. Schools attempting to reverse that trend have relied on marketing and promotion. We use survey data from Chicago Catholic schools to compare Rasch measures of school climate to student growth, school enrollment, and closure. We find that these measures are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Enrollment, Catholic Schools, Student Recruitment
Patrice A. Garmon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The United States public school system continues to be more diverse year after year. Even though the Black student population has increased significantly, the number of Black teachers has not. Although the achievement gap between Black students and non-Black students has decreased, there is still a concern about the educational outcomes of Black…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, Males, Academic Achievement
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Virginia S. Lovison – Education Next, 2024
Since its founding 34 years ago, Teach For America has prepared nearly 70,000 recent college graduates and career-changers to teach in high-poverty schools across the United States. Unlike traditional teacher-preparation programs, it places "corps members" in short-staffed public schools after an intensive summer seminar, before they are…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged
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Poole, Adam; Liujinya, Yang; Yue, Shi – SAGE Open, 2022
This paper reports on an emerging type of international school, which we refer to as the Chinese internationalized school. This school caters to Chinese citizens and aspires to offer a fusion of national and international curricula. The majority of internationalized schools in China are to be found in large metropolitan centers. Accordingly, the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, International Education, Barriers, Curriculum Implementation
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