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Examining the Perceived Implications of Eliminating the STEM Career Cluster in Kansas
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Trevor Maiseroulle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Career and technical education (CTE) has been an effort in the United States to help bring quality career preparation programs to secondary schools nationwide, with many career clusters allowing schools to teach various courses. For example, the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career cluster provides interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Termination, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Students
The Impact of COVID-19 on a Level Exams in England: Students as Consumers
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Bhopal, Kalwant; Myers, Martin – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
The recent global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for society, not least for education. England went into lockdown in March 2020; following this, A Level exams were cancelled and the Department for Education announced that results were to be determined by teacher-assessed grades. This paper draws upon research…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations
College Comes to High School: Participation and Performance in Tennessee's Innovative Wave of Dual-Credit Courses
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Hemelt, Steven W.; Swiderski, Tom – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
We analyze the rollout of a Statewide Dual-Credit (SDC) program intended to expand access to college-level courses during high school. We find that SDC increased early postsecondary course-taking among students in the middle of the achievement distribution, especially through courses in vocational subjects, without decreasing participation in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Courses