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ACT, Inc., 2012
This report provides information about the performance of Louisiana's 2012 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors; and self-reported at the time of testing that they were scheduled to graduate in 2012 and tested under standard time conditions. This report focuses on: (1) Performance: student test performance in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Standards, Access to Information
Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2009
Since the days when the country was dotted with one-room schoolhouses, many changes have taken place in school governance and management. In 1940, there were over 117,000 public school districts in the United States. In 2000, there were fewer than 15,000, even though the student population of the country had doubled in that time. While school…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Governance, School Organization, County School Districts
New Orleans Univ., LA. – 1989
This report describes how 22 Louisiana public school counselors were selected to attend a 5-day summer program to acquaint counselors with several computer programs relevant to counseling. It also describes the follow-up mail survey regarding the counselors' motivation for attending, evaluation of the program and accommodations, and opinions on…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Counseling, Counseling Techniques
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Newmark, Kathryn G.; De Rugy, Veronique – Education Next, 2006
A student starting public school in New Orleans in the fall of 2005 had little reason to be hopeful about her education. Of her 65,000 schoolmates in the New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS), over half of those taking the state's high-stakes tests (4th, 8th, 10th, and 11th graders) did not have "basic" competence in math and English. 68 of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Public Education, Public Schools, High Stakes Tests
Cox, Marcus S. – Educational Foundations, 2006
During the late 1960s and early 70s, the antiwar movement gained momentum and introduced a new wave of protest and demonstrations throughout the nation. At many colleges and universities, military training programs were discontinued or in jeopardy of losing their appeal. Much of the violence that did involve students on Black campuses directly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, War, Military Service
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Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1993
This directory describes programs for serving at-risk students in rural small schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Section 1 lists 72 programs by state, including 8 programs that were added to the directory in 1995. Each entry includes target population; a brief description of program features; the school/community…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices