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Gal Levy – Journal of Peace Education, 2014
What is wrong with "peace education" in Israel? In this article, I attempt to decipher the cultural codes of Israeli schools in their relation to issues of peace, conflict and citizenship. It combines findings from two studies in order to understand how "school culture" animates "peace education." My main contention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Peace, Activism
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Neuman, George A.; Bolin, Aaron U.; Briggs, Thomas E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2000
High school seniors (n=474), high school freshmen (n=1,153), salespersons (n=374), sheet metal workers (n=148), sheet metal applicants (n=424), and carpenter applicants (n=279) were used to test the short-form Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB). The development of the short-form BAB indicates comparable results to the long-form BAB in terms of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Laborers, Measures (Individuals), Reliability
Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – 1970
This study explores factors related to the transition from high school to college in the Kansas City metropolitan region. Determinants of college attendance such as scholastic achievement, financial resources, socioeconomic status (SES), school climate, and race were studied. It is shown that the composition of high schools is correlated with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Students, College Bound Students
Sola, Peter A.
An analysis of the Chicago businessmen's Association of Commerce's great influence in the public high schools, 1914-25, reveals Americanization and labor control as primary goals. The association organized and operated a vocational guidance bureau and three important high school clubs. A concerted enrollment effort netted the membership of roughly…
Descriptors: Business, Career Counseling, Educational History, Extracurricular Activities