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Direct linkStacey L. Brockman; Jasmina Camo-Biogradlija; Alyssa Ratledge; Rebekah O'Donoghue; Micah Y. Baum; Brian Jacob – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2025
Detroit students who obtain a college degree overcome many obstacles to do so. This article reports the results of a randomized evaluation of a program meant to provide support to low-income community college students. The Detroit Promise Path program was designed to complement an existing College Promise scholarship, providing students with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Low Income Students, Community College Students, Program Effectiveness
Download full textJohnathan R. Meier; Erinn J. Victory; Rebecca I. LaQuaglia; Matthew J. Kasopsky; Jeongwi An; Gabriella R. Johnson; Andrew D. Mendonsa; Stephanie R. McWilliams – Journal of Youth Development, 2024
The prevalence of mental health issues among youth, with nearly half meeting diagnostic criteria for a mental health disorder and suicide being a leading cause of death, underscores the urgency for effective intervention (National Institute of Mental Health, 2023). Summer camps, hosting millions of children annually, are urged by the American Camp…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Camps, Barriers
Bloomfield, Bradley S. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2023
Groups of children often transition between activity spaces in both academic and recreational settings. In schools, children may be asked to walk as a group between the classroom and spaces such as a cafeteria and playground whereas summer camps similarly use different spaces for separate activities throughout a scheduled day. Interdependent group…
Descriptors: Resident Camp Programs, Physical Activities, Summer Programs, Intervention
Natasha K. Newson; John C. Begeny; Jiayi Wang; Yanitzmarie Polanco Jordán; Robin S. Codding; Kourtney R. Kromminga – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Despite extensive research suggesting the importance of students developing strong foundational math skills during early grades, more than 60% of 4th graders in the United States lack proficiency in mathematics. Such data are influenced by several factors, including summer learning loss in math, negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, and a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematics Instruction, Summer Programs, Individual Instruction
Editorial Projects in Education, 2024
This Spotlight will help readers investigate one state's plan to improve literacy with daily summer reading instruction; review how teachers can better support struggling older readers; gain expert insights into strategies for boosting reading proficiency; evaluate the merits of audiobooks for improving reading engagement; explore how short bursts…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Summer Programs
Saira Bano; Kanwal Atif; Syed Atif Mehdi – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Educational Robotics (ER) is an upcoming trend in education. It has been introduced in classrooms to improve the learning environment. It provides opportunities for young learners by promoting knowledge-building activities. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education is viewed as a catalyst to ensure a successful future in…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Jason Scappaticci – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Summer bridge programs are the second most common student support program in the United States. Though they vary in design, most are focused on supporting students who are at risk. Programs vary in terms of their curricular offerings as well. This study examined the ex post facto data from a summer bridge program at Manchester Community College in…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness, Community Colleges
Paul Caldarella; Erika J. Richards; Leslie Williams; Emily J. Warburton – Education and Treatment of Children, 2023
Effective interventions are needed to help alternative high school teachers manage challenging student behaviors. One such intervention, class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT), is a classroom management program based on positive behavior interventions and supports principles. CW-FIT involves teaching appropriate classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Nontraditional Education, High Schools, Summer Programs
Megan Kuhfeld; Sarah L. Woulfin; Andrew McEachin – National Academy of Education, 2025
This report is part of a commissioned paper series that highlights the profound and ongoing effects of COVID-19 on educational opportunities and underscores the necessity of bold, systemic reforms to ensure equitable and effective learning environments. The papers examine evidence-based strategies to mitigate opportunity gaps, strengthen student…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Equal Education, Evidence Based Practice
Emily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Kaashifah; Donald Easton-Brooks – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2025
The academic achievement gap among students educated under similar resources and learning environments has been a critical issue over the past century. Exploring and identifying potential solutions to narrow these gaps is imperative, considering the profound influence these disparities have on a student's prospects. Decades of research have…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Achievement Gap, Urban Schools
Mansour Saleh Alabdulaziz – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of a learning intervention comprising integrated career-based scenarios on students' interest in mathematics and their understanding of STEM careers. The intervention was created by the Muhibbah Summer Programme (MSP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was a residential summer…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Intervention, Mathematics Education, STEM Careers
Forum for Youth Investment, 2021
From 2013 to 2016, the Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality and the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) partnered to design and test the Summer Learning Program Quality Intervention (SLPQI). The Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment, which defines quality as the presence of identified practices that benefit young people, was…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Brigny Objio; Susana Garcia; Tiffany Wilson – International Journal of the Whole Child, 2025
The summertime, though a time for children to relax from the stresses that come with attending school, also poses a challenge for maintenance of their mental health due to loss of routine and regular social interaction, increased access to electronics, and the possible exposure to unsafe environments and food insecurity. This manuscript explores…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Child Health, Social Isolation, Life Style
Daniel Hamlin – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2024
The significant decrease in student achievement levels following the pandemic has become a pressing national problem, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts showed some of the sharpest academic achievement declines in the country. To assist schools in recovering from the pandemic, the federal government allocated three waves of funding through its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Trend Analysis, COVID-19, Pandemics
