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College Enrollment and Persistence in Rural Pennsylvania Schools. REL 2015-053
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Howley, Caitlin; Johnson, Jerry; Passa, Aikaterini; Uekawa, Kazuaki – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the college enrollment and persistence rates of rural high schools in Pennsylvania; the types of postsecondary institutions in which students from such schools enroll; and the student, school, and college characteristics associated with enrollment and persistence outcomes. The study used extant data from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, College Bound Students, Postsecondary Education
Community Partnerships to Support High School Success
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Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
Graduation and dropout rates are the center of the conversation about high school reform, with President Obama and the U.S. Department of Education leading the charge to boost high school and college graduation rates among our nation's students in the next ten years. Recognizing the need for a comprehensive approach to keeping teens in school and…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database. Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 103
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs
Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 103
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs
Rich Schools--Poor Schools: Challenges for Rural and Urban Pennsylvania. Technical Paper No. 8.
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Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. – 1991
This report examines the wealth of Pennsylvania school districts, the effort districts exert to support education, school expenditures, and the effects of district wealth on students. Important findings related to disparities in wealth and spending on education include: (1) the polarization of wealth distribution during the 1980s made over 90% of…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)
Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2001-02. Statistical Analysis Report. NCES 2003-353
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Sable, Jennifer; Young, Beth Aronstamm – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
This publication provides descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Almost one in every four public school students in this nation is served by one of these large districts. They are distinguished from the average district by characteristics, in addition to sheer size, such as pupil-teacher ratios, high…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools