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Adisa, Toyin Ajibade; Baderin, Mashood; Gbadamosi, Gbolahan; Mordi, Chima – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The UK is a popular educational hub for international students from different parts of the world. These students often face different transitional challenges, which have a significant impact on the success or failure of their studies. The purpose of this paper is to systematically investigate the issues and challenges confronting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Academic Achievement, Barriers
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Van Manen, Karen; Mokrova, Irina; Burchinal, Margaret – FPG Child Development Institute, 2019
In 2011-2012, the Georgia legislature funded a series of ongoing studies to evaluate Georgia's Pre-K Program. The 2016-2017 Georgia's Pre-K Program Evaluation focuses on the results of the fourth year of this longitudinal study, through second grade. The purpose of the current evaluation study was to examine longitudinal outcomes for children…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Van Manen, Karen; Mokrova, Irina; Burchinal, Margaret – FPG Child Development Institute, 2019
In 2011-2012, the Georgia legislature funded a series of ongoing studies to evaluate Georgia's Pre-K Program. The 2016-2017 Georgia's Pre-K Program Evaluation focuses on the results of the fourth year of this longitudinal study, through second grade. The purpose of the current evaluation study was to examine longitudinal outcomes for children…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Zimmerman, Thomas G.; Johnson, David; Wambsgans, Cynthia; Fuentes, Antonio – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
This article reports on a public school that is succeeding in encouraging Latino high school students to select Computer Science (CS) as a major. The students attend a charter high school designed to encourage low-income Latino students to attend college and attain proficiency in English, Spanish, and computers. Using data from surveys and by…
Descriptors: High Schools, Private Schools, Intervention, Student Interests