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Accessing Stem-Focused Education: Factors That Contribute to the Opportunity to Attend Stem High Schools across the United States
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Rogers-Chapman, M. Felicity – Education and Urban Society, 2014
In recent years, policy makers, researchers, and educators have focused on the preparation of individuals in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. One popular policy lever is STEM-focused high schools. The purpose of this study is to identify which student populations have access to STEM secondary schools. By comparing…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Opportunities, High Schools, Access to Education
Explaining Variability in High School Students' Access to and Enrollment in Career Academies and Career Theme Clusters in Florida: Multi-Level Analyses of Student and School Factors
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Evan, Aimee J.; Burden, Frances F.; Gheen, Margaret H.; Smerdon, Becky A. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2013
Career academies have been effective in reducing the high school dropout rates and increasing academic course taking and course credit accumulation among students (Kemple & Willner, 2008; Kemple & Snipes, 2000). However, not all students have access to career academy programs as they are not universally implemented across the state of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Academies, Access to Education, Geographic Location
An Analysis of the Performance of Public Elementary Schools in New York City during 2001-2005 from a Geographical Perspective
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Kellici, Ylli – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examines from a geographical perspective the factors that impact the performance of public elementary schools in New York City during 2001-2005, a period when its schools were undergoing major reforms at both the local and national level. Education reforms have focused their attention on schools by increasing their responsibility and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Risk of AIDS in the United States.
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Selik, Richard M; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Analyzes the variation in the risk of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in U.S. Blacks, Hispanics, and other racial/ethnic minorities relative to that in Whites by geographic area and mode of infection. Uses data reported to the Centers for Disease Control, and 1980 U.S. Census Data. (FMW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Bisexuality, Blacks, Communicable Diseases
Geographic Skills Mismatch, Job Search, and Race. Discussion Paper No. 1288-04
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Stoll, Michael A. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2004
This paper examines whether a geographic skills mismatch exists between the location of less-educated minorities, in particular African Americans, and high-skill job concentrations, and if so, whether it contributes to the relatively poor employment outcomes of this group. It explores these questions by examining data on the recent geographic…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Job Skills, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Location
Demographic Aspects of Aging and the Older Population in the United States. Current Population Reports, Special Studies, Series P-23, No. 59.
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Siegel, Jacob S.; And Others – 1976
This report presents a statistical portrait of the demographic aspects of aging and the older population in the Unites States. Most of the estimates are based on data from decennial censuses, the program of nonsurvey population estimates and projections carried out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the Current Population Survey, and other census…
Descriptors: Age, Census Figures, Demography, Economic Status
The Undereducation of American Youth.
Cardenas, Jose A.; And Others – 1988
Trend data show that while the numbers and proportions of undereducated youth are falling, undereducation in the eighties, especially among minority youth, is considerable and persistent. This study uses a population-based definition of undereducation for which trend data are available for Whites and Blacks, beginning in 1967, and for Hispanics in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Youth, Census Figures