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Ediger, Marlow – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2004
Much is written in the literature about failing schools. What makes for failing schools as compared to those labeled as being proficient or excellent? Teachers and administrators in schools need to work in the direction of all schools being worthy. Each pupil needs to have the best education possible. The future of a child depends, in part, in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Extended School Day, Summer Schools, Academic Failure
Benford, Russell; Gess-Newsome, Julie – Online Submission, 2006
Students in gateway business, math, and science courses at Northern Arizona University receive non-passing grades (grades of D, F, and W) at high rates. To identify possible trends in demographic groups that receive DFWs and to investigate why students receive DFWs in these courses, a student survey was administered to 719 students in 7 gateway…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Student Surveys, Student Recruitment, Academic Achievement