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Mary E. Morningstar; Allison Lombardi; Valerie L. Mazzotti; Kathryn Buddeke; Shannon Langdon; Ashley Taconet; Graham Rifenbark; Stephen M. Kwiatek – Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024
In this study, we sought to understand the contexts, experiences, and needs among a sample of U.S. secondary education stakeholders to inform both a theoretical framework and policy contexts underpinning college and career readiness (CCR). Results confirmed a theoretically constructed framework of academic and non-academic CCR skills, with…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Stakeholders, Context Effect
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Brookover, Dana L.; Hanley, Erin M.; Boulden, Rawn; Johnson, Kaprea F. – School Community Journal, 2021
Understanding first-generation students' salient experiences in preparing for college is key for educators to engage in transformative college readiness efforts. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the perspectives and experiences of a sample of first-generation college-bound high school students. Five themes and four subthemes…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Readiness, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
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Ozuna, Taryn Gallego; Saenz, Victor B.; Ballysingh, Tracy Arámbula; Yamamura, Erica K. – Journal of School Leadership, 2016
Drawing upon Franquiz & Salazar's (2004) humanizing pedagogy, this qualitative case study explored the perspectives of 22 school and community leaders in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Focus group narratives revealed that school teachers, administrators, and community leaders emphasized a culturally responsive approach to overcoming…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, College Readiness, Stakeholders, Hispanic American Students
Phillips, Andrea; Kaufman, Julia H.; Pane, John F.; Lee, Emma; Bogart, Andy – RAND Corporation, 2019
This report presents findings from RAND's evaluation of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI) in 17 districts totaling 99 kindergarten-12th grade schools within the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). The initiative took place from the 2014-2015 through 2017-2018 academic years. The evaluation examined various aspects of ARI…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Project Tomorrow, 2014
The Speak Up National Research Project annually polls K-12 students, parents and educators about the role of technology for learning in and out of school. In the first report on the findings from the 2013 Speak Up National Research Project, "The New Digital Playbook: Understanding the Spectrum of Students' Activities and Aspirations"…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Skill Development
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Wozniak, Carl; Palmer, Louann Bierlein – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2012
Post-secondary experiences for students still in high school have been promoted as a means to increase academic rigor and create a better-trained workforce. Yet little is known regarding supports needed to significantly increase such options. This study obtained input from 411 stakeholders in one Midwestern state, including 201 district…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Stakeholders, College Programs, Principals