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Kendra Nolan; W. Kyle Ingle – Voices of Reform, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted face-to-face instruction in schools across the United States and the world. Using the Online Student Connectedness Survey (OSCS), we analyzed data from three middle schools in a suburban school district in the southeastern United States in order to determine if there were any statistically significant interaction…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Sense of Community, Student Attitudes, Middle School Students
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Abshire, Demetrius A.; Graves, Janessa M.; Dawson, Robin M. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To examine rural-urban differences in college students' cardiovascular risk perceptions. Participants: College students in rural (n = 61) and urban (n = 57) Kentucky counties were recruited from November 2012 to May 2014. Methods: This was a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study examining rural-urban differences in…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, College Students, Student Attitudes, Risk
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Austin, Ashley L.; Rice, Amber H.; Vincent, Stacy K. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2021
Likeness, also known as homophily, describes the tendency for individuals to seek out others who are socially similar to themselves. As a society, we are attracted to "like" behaviors, but subconsciously the value placed on likeness can lead to undesirable outcomes including segregation, reduced diversity in peer groups, and narrower…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Athletes, Agricultural Occupations
Bos, Johannes M.; Dhillon, Sonica; Borman, Trisha – American Institutes for Research, 2019
This is the final report of a large-scale independent evaluation of the Building Assets and Reducing Risks (BARR) model in ninth grade in eleven high schools in Maine, California, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Texas. This sample of schools included large and small schools in urban, suburban, and rural areas, serving students from a wide range of…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High Schools, High School Freshmen, Program Effectiveness
Cervero, Ronald; Cunningham, Phyllis M. – 1977
To determine the efficacy of instructional television for adults in GED (General Educational Development) programs in large urban areas, a study was conducted using Kentucky Education Television's (KET) newly marketed GED preparation series (which was instituted with the help of the Chicago Public Library and local colleges). The study was guided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Media, Educational Television, High School Equivalency Programs
Eggington, Everett – 1979
As a result of the busing plan in effect in Jefferson County (Kentucky), minority children are bused over a longer period than whites and minority children are bused out of their local communities more often than whites. In order to assess possible effects of these different busing patterns, a sample of 464 white and minority middle and high…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, Classroom Desegregation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Renfro, Joy; Huebner, Ruth; Callahan, Connie; Ritchey, Becky – Journal of School Violence, 2003
Despite the fact that many incidents of extreme violence have taken place in rural areas there is still some resistance on the part of rural school administrators to admit that violence is a problem in their schools. This article provides a comparison of rural and urban student and staff self-report of school violence (perpetration, victimization…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Violence, Rural Areas