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Direct linkMcKinney de Royston, Maxine; Madkins, Tia C. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2019
Public schools in the United States have struggled to determine whether their mandate is simply knowledge transmission or includes the development and well-being of the whole child. Contemporary realities of resegregation and inequality have prompted many districts to embrace this latter notion and consider the Full Service Community Schools…
Descriptors: Public Schools, African American Students, Middle Schools, High Schools
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
Hamerton, Heather; Henare, Sharlene – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Tertiary vocational programs offered in a small remote town in Aotearoa, New Zealand, were delivered in partnership with indigenous community organizations and other stakeholders to prepare people for future regional developments in primary industries. An evaluation investigated the impact of these programs on students, their families, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
Linkow, Tamara; Gamse, Beth; Unlu, Fatih; Bumgarner, Erin; Didriksen, Hayley; Furey, Jane; Meneses, Michael; Sami, Mona; Nichols, Austin – Abt Associates, 2017
The Success Boston initiative was launched in 2008 to improve Boston public high school graduates' access to and success in college, particularly for members of underrepresented groups. This report summarizes results from the second of three reports examining the classes of 2013 and 2014 and examines whether and how coaching affects students'…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), High School Graduates, College Readiness, Disproportionate Representation
Roach, Rick; Gamez Vargas, Juanita; David, Kevin M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2015
Policy, financial, and transportation barriers have limited participation in dual enrollment for marginalized (low-socioeconomic, first-generation, and ethnic minority) students in Oklahoma. This chapter presents a collaborative effort by education and community leaders that has successfully eliminated these barriers and increased the number of…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, State Policy, Barriers, Transportation
Lynch, Kathleen Bodisch; Getzel, Elizabeth Evans – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
Increasingly across the United States, institutions of higher education (IHE) are offering a wide array of postsecondary educational (PSE) opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities (ID). As more students with ID aspire to college, it is incumbent upon IHEs to engage in rigorous program evaluation to assess student outcomes and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Mental Retardation
Johns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Mulford, Bill; Falk, Ian – 2001
A qualitative research approach was used to examine how one vocational education and training (VET) school in rural Australia contributed to its community and the complex role of leadership in the process. The study focused on the VET in Schools program in Cooktown in Far North Queensland. The following data collection activities were conducted:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
