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Martin, Margary; Suárez-Orozco, Carola – Theory Into Practice, 2018
Using a multiple case study approach across seven schools in the United States and Sweden that serve newcomer students exceptionally well, we identified the strategies they implemented across sites that served to meet the educational needs of these students. We found that these schools provided a comprehensive approach to support the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Migrant Children, Case Studies, Educational Needs
Dunn, Michael; Kalleberg, Arne L. – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2016
The evolution of community colleges from their origins as junior colleges to institutions with dual missions to provide both academic and workforce preparation raises questions about the impact of a college's mission focus on its students' labor market success. We examine this question using data from the 58 colleges in the North Carolina…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Mission, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
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Bickel, Robert and Chang, Martha J. – Urban Review, 1985
Presents an assessment of the relative performance of public and private schools, based on data from the Educational Testing Service. Challenges the Coleman Report's assertion that private schools more closely approximate the common school egalitarian ideal and sever the connections between background characteristics and measured achievement. (SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools
Wu, Robert T. Y. – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teachers' teaching effectiveness and school effectiveness in comprehensive high schools in Taiwan, Republic of China. The establishment of comprehensive high schools signals a new type of secondary education. In order to improve the quality of education in comprehensive high…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, School Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness