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Jennifer C. Smith-Grant; Nancy D. Brener; Adriana Rico; J. Michael Underwood; Barbara Queen – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established School Health Profiles (Profiles) in 1996 to monitor school health policies and practices in secondary schools in states and school districts across the United States. Profiles is a system of surveys conducted biennially in even-numbered years and provides data on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Public Health, School Policy, Health Education, Physical Education
National High School Center, 2012
The National High School Center's "Eight Elements of High School Improvement: A Mapping Framework" provides a cohesive high school improvement framework comprised of eight elements and related indicators of effectiveness. These indicators of effectiveness allow states, districts, and schools to identify strengths and weaknesses of their current…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Change
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Downs, Andrew; Martin, Jesus; Fossum, Michelle; Martinez, Sybil; Solorio, Maria; Martinez, Hipolito – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2008
Despite recent progress, college attendance rates of Latino students continue to lag behind those of White students in the United States. Research suggests that outreach programs designed to increase the college knowledge of Latino students and families hold promise for reducing the observed discrepancy. Based on participant observer methods, this…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Outreach Programs, Family Involvement, College Attendance