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National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2020
According to a national [2017-18] survey conducted by National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), school counselors overwhelmingly oppose efforts to arm educators as a response to gun violence in schools. Nearly three-quarters of 2,251 counselors who responded were either "somewhat opposed" or "strongly…
Descriptors: School Counselors, School Safety, Weapons, Gun Control
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Speth, Timothy; Saifer, Steffen; Forehand, Gregory – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2008
Although the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) spells out parent involvement requirements for schools in need of improvement, the majority of the Northwest Region school improvement plans reviewed failed to include such provisions. Reported findings include: (1) Despite a wide range of parent involvement practices discussed in legislation…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Educational Improvement
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2023
Parents and guardians are the biggest influencers on enrollment for students. Nearly all are invested and involved in the college search process with their students. But are colleges and universities really engaging them? Are they communicating the right information, with the right frequency, across the right channels? Are they helping families…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Access to Information, College Role, Information Dissemination
Houston Independent School District, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Houston Independent School District (HISD) moved to online instruction as it closed its campuses and district offices until social distancing guidelines are lifted. HISD @ H.O.M.E. (Home-based Online Mobile Education) is designed to maintain productive instruction for students using computers, laptops, iPads,…
Descriptors: Parent Surveys, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Whisman, Andy – West Virginia Department of Education, 2013
The 4-year federal Safe and Supportive Schools (S3) program supports targeted interventions to improve and measure conditions for learning at the high school level. For 2011-2012 (Year 2), two evaluation questions were investigated: (EQ1) To what extent do participating schools implement the program with fidelity relative to the WV Model for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Improvement, High Schools, Educational Environment
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of New York's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. New York significantly increased its capacity to provide support to its local educational agencies (LEAs). At…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains