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John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2023
California law requires that school districts create clear and consistent identification, placement, and intake policies for the voluntary transfer of students to the legislatively-defined continuation schools (Cal. Educ. Code §48432.3). The intent of the law is to ensure fair and equitable access to continuation school opportunities that provide…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Student Placement, Nontraditional Education
Jonathan A. Plucker; Brenda Berg; Heena Kuwayama – Online Submission, 2024
Automatic enrollment is a straightforward education reform that facilitates both educational excellence and equity in K-12 schools. By automatically placing highly qualified students in advanced coursework, this low-cost, bi-partisan strategy creates opportunities for high achievement for all students, with low-income, rural and small town, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Change, Minority Group Students
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Li Ma; Wendy Tucker; Jennifer Coco, Contributor; Lauren Morando Rhim, Contributor – Center for Learner Equity, 2024
This report emphasizes the importance of state actions in improving educational opportunities for historically marginalized students, particularly those with disabilities. It highlights the existing achievement gaps and challenges faced by students with disabilities, especially those from minority groups. The report suggests that states have a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Outcomes of Education, Educational Improvement, State Action
Region 14 Comprehensive Center, 2024
Mental health has a substantial effect on student academic performance. As the need for mental health resources in Texas significantly outpaces availability and access, schools are often the best location for students to connect with necessary mental health services and community support. The Texas Education Agency and its partners, including the…
Descriptors: School Safety, Mental Health, Student Welfare, Mental Health Programs
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Jennifer Caligari – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2024
In the late nineteenth century, adult and public learning pedagogy were the key instruments utilised in the campaign to achieve Victorian Women's Suffrage. The democratic process of changing state government legislation on franchise demanded multiple pedagogical methods. Through the actions of Bessie Harrison Lee (1860-1950), this paper identifies…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Urban Areas, Rural Areas
Amy Cummings – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Over the past two decades, U.S. states have widely adopted early literacy policies. These policies have shown short-term success in enhancing K-3 literacy skills. However, the reasons behind their widespread adoption and the factors driving their success are poorly understood. This three-paper dissertation focuses on Michigan's Read by Grade Three…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Reading Skills
Jessica L. Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The following designed-based implementation research (DBIR) study explores the impacts of a research-practice partnership (RPP) on two fifth grade ELA teachers and the researcher as they engaged with the designing and implementation of two critical literacy pedagogy (CLP) units through the adaptation of mandated New York State Common Core (NYSCC)…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers, Research and Development
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Powell, Michelle – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2022
In March 2016 when North Carolina's House Bill 2 (HB2)--the "bathroom bill"--was introduced and passed, I was teaching at a state university in North Carolina (N.C. Gen. Assem., 2016). In the Spring semester of that year, on March 23, HB2 was passed in a 12-hour special session meeting by the North Carolina legislature. The following…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Sanitary Facilities, Social Discrimination, LGBTQ People
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Fields, Xavier; Wotipka, Christine Min – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2022
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) high school students face challenges that impede their academic, social, and emotional well-being. School policies that provide resources and protections for LGBT students mitigate these challenges and lead to better outcomes for LGBT students. At the same time, LGBT individuals face challenges in…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Social Discrimination, Educational Environment, Outcomes of Education
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Clevenger, Kimberly A.; Perna, Frank M.; Moser, Richard P.; Berrigan, David – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: State-level laws governing recess policies vary widely across the United States. We characterize the presence of such laws and assess their associations with child-level outcomes. Methods: The presence of a state recess law was determined using the Classification of Laws Associated with School Students (CLASS) database. Parents of 6-…
Descriptors: Correlation, State Legislation, Educational Policy, Recess Breaks
Sailer, John D. – National Association of Scholars, 2022
This report surveys the political and legal background for Arizona's civics instruction in public higher education. It then examines in detail how the three major public universities under the jurisdiction of Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR)--the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University--teach civics and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Higher Education, Public Colleges
Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2021
After dropping steadily from 2000-2001 to 2013-2014, the percentage of students identified under the IDEA classification of specific learning disabilities (SLD) levelled off and increased slightly until the latest data available (2017-2018; NCES, 2019). Despite the recognition in the IDEA amendments of 2004 of response to intervention (RTI) as…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Eligibility
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Powers, Jeanne M.; Chapman, Kathryn P. – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background: In the past decade, the laws governing teachers' employment have been at the center of legal and political conflicts across the United States. Vergara v. California challenged five California state statutes that provide employment protections for teachers. In June 2014, a California lower court declared the statutes unconstitutional…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, State Legislation, Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Effectiveness
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Tapia-Fuselier, Nicholas; Jones, Veronica A.; Harbour, Clifford P. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
Undocumented college students in the United States encounter a number of structural barriers to postsecondary education success, including disparate in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policies across the country. Texas, the first state to establish ISRT benefits for undocumented college students, has been a site of tension respective to this issue…
Descriptors: In State Students, Tuition, Undocumented Immigrants, College Students
Francies, Cassidy; Glover, Sarah; Jamieson, Carlos – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Teacher shortages in some regions, schools and content areas have caused states to consider fast-tracking teachers into the classroom through avenues that include little or no clinical preparation. Teachers who enter the profession through these pathways are less likely to be prepared, less effective and less likely to remain in the profession…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Accreditation (Institutions)
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