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Direct linkWeiss, Heather; Lopez, Elena; Rosenberg, Heidi; Brosi, Evelyn; Lee, Diana – Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
One-fourth of all ninth graders in the United States will not graduate from high school within four years, despite the fact that the 21st Century workplace requires more advanced knowledge and skills than ever before. Recognizing the need for a comprehensive strategy to keep teens in school and ensure that they graduate prepared for the future,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Models, High School Students, At Risk Students
Coffman, Julia; Weiss, Heather; Harris, Erin; Little, Priscilla M. D. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
This brief offers lessons and best practices from foundations across the country on grantmaking to school districts. It offers advice to foundations that are considering school district investments for the first time. It also offers a useful "check" to more experienced foundations that want to examine their thinking and approaches against the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Philanthropic Foundations, Grants, Educational Finance
Westmoreland, Helen; Rosenberg, Heidi M.; Lopez, M. Elena; Weiss, Heather – Harvard Family Research Project, 2009
Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) and the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) have teamed up to bring you a ground-breaking policy brief that examines the role of school districts in promoting family engagement. "Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for How School Districts Promote Family Engagement" spotlights how six school…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Strategies, Educational Policy, Best Practices
Bouffard, Suzanne; Goss, Claire Brown; Weiss, Heather – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
The focus on the achievement gap and growing debate about No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reauthorization have sparked increased recognition that schools alone cannot meet the learning needs of American children. There is growing interest at all levels in identifying non-school supports and opportunities that both complement learning in schools and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Systems Approach, Educational Cooperation, Educational Change
Kreider, Holly; Caspe, Margaret; Kennedy, Susan; Weiss, Heather – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This research brief summarizes the latest evidence base on effective family involvement in middle and high school. As the third and final report in a series on how family involvement matters across the developmental continuum, this brief synthesizes research studies that link family involvement in middle and high school to youth's academic and…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Middle School Students, High School Students, Adolescents
Wimer, Christopher; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Caronongan, Pia; Dearing, Eric; Simpkins, Sandra; Little, Priscilla M.D.; Weiss, Heather – Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2006
With support from the William T. Grant Foundation, Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) is conducting a research study on the factors associated with whether children and youth participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities. Building on our previous work, we are using national data to examine the many factors and contexts in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Student Characteristics, Student Participation, Predictor Variables
