Title IX prohibits sex-based harassment (SBH) in all federally funded educational activities, yet little is known about SBH in K-12 schools. We used the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) data (N = 96,440) to examine rates and school-, district-, and state-level predictors of SBH in K-12 schools. Results found the vast majority of schools had…

This 2022 Education Sector Analysis (ESA) is the second ESA report that the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia has produced since 2012. The report presents key education indicators across the various sub-sectors and provides an evidence base for the identification of policy priority areas and…

Research conducted in various settings suggests that preparation and support for online instructors should be considered separately from comparable efforts for instructors in face-to-face environments. However, few studies provide empirical data that outline the ways in which preparation to teach online should differ, and only a handful link these…

This article presents lists of the top ten schools with most students, largest enrollment, and other categories for 2011 in the U.S. The school districts with most student for 2010-2011 are New York City with 1,043,886 followed by Los Angeles with 667,251, Chicago with 403,770 and down to the 10th spot Orange County (Fla.) with 175,986. The…

This is the second edition of the "Mobile Digest of Education Statistics." This compact compilation of statistical information covers prekindergarten through graduate school to describe the current American education scene. The "Mobile Digest" is designed as an easy mobile reference for materials found in detail in the…

Changes to school funding in Indiana have been substantial in the last few years, and when coupled with the economic recession experienced by Indiana and the nation, school corporations are faced with new and sometimes challenging financial management decisions. This Education Policy Brief will examine the recent changes implemented to Indiana's…

This report, issued by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, reports on trends in higher education for the year 2010. Six goals are presented, each with indicators. Each indicator is broken down into the following subsections: About This Indicator; Highlights; and In the Future. Most indicators also include statistical tables and figures…

The topic of this newsletter is Student Transitions Project Research Question #2: What is the nature and distribution of the transition of students from the kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) education system into B.C. public post-secondary institutions over a multi-year period? (For secondary school graduates of 2001/02 to 2003/04 and post-secondary…

Multiple regression analysis of data from West Virginia school districts revealed that 41 percent of interdistrict differences in higher education enrollment rates was explained by percentage of disadvantaged students, percentage of students in college preparatory curriculum (strongly related to income and rurality), and student/teacher ratio.…

A consistent set of projections for key education statistics. Included are statistics on enrollment, graduates, instructional staff, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education is provided. The tables, charts, and narratives contain data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for the past…

The Brazilian educational finance system faces three principal problems: the persistence of large regional and intrastate inequalities on all wealth and development indices; the federal government's predominance in controlling revenue sources; and the education system's openness to political abuses. Disparities can only be rectified by…

Focusing on the education situation in Sub Saharan Africa, this paper states that while education systems in the region are faced with tremendous problems, over-generalization should be avoided, because all the problems referred to are not equally serious, and they are more acute in some countries than in others. The analyses and comments in the…

A study of educational disparities investigates school enrollment ratios of French-speaking African nations. Discussion covers the range of disparities, persistence of educational inequalities, mechanisms of reproduction and transfer of inequality, increased school enrollments, educational adaptation, and reversal of tendencies. (ND)

National data are presented on: 50 institutions conferring the most bachelor's degrees on African American and Hispanic men in 1992-93, including number and percentage of all graduates; educational attainment levels (elementary, secondary, college), by different age groups, and college enrollment by racial/ethnic group in 1984 and 1994; and…

Compares Zimbabwe's rapidly expanding educational system to those of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States with regard to enrollment rates, government expenditures, per pupil costs, student teacher ratios, teacher salaries, internal efficiency, and cost per graduate. Contains 16…