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Book Synopsis California's Continuation Schools. Research Summary by :
Download or read book California's Continuation Schools. Research Summary written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 10% of California's public high school students attend some kind of alternative program. This brief summarizes the initial research study from the California Alternative Education Research Project, which examines continuation schools specifically. It summarizes "Alternative Education Options: A Descriptive Study of California Continuation High Schools," an initial research study by the California Alternative Education Research Project. The brief examines the study's findings about the students who attend these programs and their academic achievement, and it also describes their basic structure and the policy context for these schools, the largest of California's alternative programs. In addition, this brief summarizes the group's research regarding dramatic variations in the quality of California's continuation high schools and provides some insights into what distinguishes those that are most successful. (Contains 1 figure.).
Book Synopsis Building Effective Learning Environments in California's Continuation High Schools. Issue Brief by : Susan C. Bush
Download or read book Building Effective Learning Environments in California's Continuation High Schools. Issue Brief written by Susan C. Bush and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue brief is part of a larger study of California continuation high schools begun in 2007. While the first phase of the study examined various alternative education options throughout the state, this second phase focused on 23 higher performing continuation high schools in California selected based on multiple student outcome measures. This issue brief is specifically intended to reach the community of school-based practitioners and district level policymakers, seeking to better understand alternative schooling for over-aged and under-credited youth. During the first phase of the study, teachers discussed their struggle in balancing student engagement with academic rigor of instruction for this unique population of students. These teachers called out for increased research on the unique context and better practices of continuation high school instruction. To that end, this paper highlights creative work-arounds that successful continuation schools, principals, and teachers implement to serve this unique population of students, despite highly restricted state funding. In particular, this paper emphasizes the importance of operationally aligning these practices to balance competing objectives (e.g., vocational vs. college preparatory programs). (Contains 4 figures and 3 footnotes.).
Book Synopsis Raising the Bar, Building Capacity by : Jorge Ruiz de Velasco
Download or read book Raising the Bar, Building Capacity written by Jorge Ruiz de Velasco and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California's approximately 500 continuation high schools are estimated to serve more than 115,000 California high school students each year--a number that approaches almost 10 percent of all high school students and as many as one of every seven high school seniors. Continuation schools are, however, more racially and ethnically concentrated than the state's traditional comprehensive high schools. Hispanic students comprise 55 percent of all students in continuation schools, and although African American enrollments in continuation schools approximate those of comprehensive schools statewide, they tend to be overrepresented in many districts. California law contemplates more intensive services and accelerated credit accrual strategies so that students who are vulnerable to dropping out of school might have a renewed opportunity to graduate from high school with a regular diploma. Based on a statewide study of these schools, however, the authors conclude that, as a whole, they are failing to provide the academic and critical support services that students need to succeed. This report draws on the authors' two-phase study of continuation high schools in California. In Phase I, during the winter and spring of 2007, the authors' research team visited 26 school districts and 40 schools in nine southern, central and northern California counties. These schools differed in focus, student outcomes, size, and metropolitan status. In Phase II, researchers returned to three of the original nine counties (Santa Clara, Fresno, and San Diego) and visited 23 continuation high schools to explore more deeply the emerging "better practices" that characterize more successful continuation high schools. This report offers a bleak prologue of what the vast majority of the state's continuation high schools will offer those youth who find themselves falling behind but struggling to stay engaged in pursuit of a high school diploma. The authors offer several recommendations, drawn from the experience of the "beating the odds" schools they visited. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [For the full report, "Raising the Bar, Building Capacity: Driving Improvement in California's Continuation High Schools," see ED537702.].
Book Synopsis A Study of Continuation Education in California by : California. Bureau of Adult Education
Download or read book A Study of Continuation Education in California written by California. Bureau of Adult Education and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Continuation School Versus Independent Study by : Brett Geithman
Download or read book Continuation School Versus Independent Study written by Brett Geithman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Study of Continuation Education in California by : E. Evan Shaffer
Download or read book A Study of Continuation Education in California written by E. Evan Shaffer and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Study of Continuation Education Practices in Small California Secondary Schools by : Clarence Joseph Golomb
Download or read book A Study of Continuation Education Practices in Small California Secondary Schools written by Clarence Joseph Golomb and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Beyond the Charter School Reform by : Amy Stuart Wells
Download or read book Beyond the Charter School Reform written by Amy Stuart Wells and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates and opponents of charter schools have made and refuted claims in the absence of data. This report introduces data from real schools into this discussion. It provides an overview of findings form one of the first intensive studies of charter school reform in California, the second state to pass charter school legislation and the state with the second largest number of charter schools. This 2-l/2 year study examined many of the most prominent claims of charter school advocates against the day-to-day experiences of educators, parents, and students in 17 charter schools as well as in nearby public schools in 10 school districts across the state.
Book Synopsis "What We're Doing Here Matters": School Culture of a California Model Continuation High School by : Edwin Hernandez
Download or read book "What We're Doing Here Matters": School Culture of a California Model Continuation High School written by Edwin Hernandez and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In educational research, narratives exist about the unfulfilled promise of continuation schools as many of them are not living up to their full potential; many argue that continuation school students are not adequately being prepared beyond high school (Kelly, 1993; Ruiz de Velasco et al., 2008). This narrative poses threats to these environments by stigmatizing continuation schools, dehumanizing students for their failure, blaming educators for the lack of student success, with little attention to the institutional and structural barriers that might impede students from thriving personally and academically. To gain a deeper understanding of the school culture of a continuation school, this study examines Puente Baluarte Continuation High School, a continuation high school that serves a high proportion of racial/ethnic minority youth and has been deemed a model institution. This qualitative case study is framed within theories of cultural production which draws closer attention to how students and educators construct and make meaning of their identities in these cultural spaces (Foley, Levinson, & Hurtig, 2000). In addition, the Paradigm to Understand and Examine Dropout and Engagement in Society (PUEDES) which examines and interrogates the structure, culture, and individual agency of students and educators (Rodriguez, 2013). Drawing on multiple sources of data including: 1) ethnographic observations, 2) document analysis, and 3) semi-structured interviews with students (n = 33) and educators (n = 9), this study presents narrative profiles of three students and three educators as a form of analysis and interpretation of the findings. The focal narrative profiles document the assets and "imperfections" within the school structure and culture of Puente Baluarte (Lightfoot, 1983). For instance the findings demonstrate the agency and active involvement of continuation school youth in their communities and school. Furthermore, the experience of Black male students revealed some of the "imperfections" of the school, such as being harassed due to a school culture of control and hyper-surveillance. Despite these tensions, other students reported various sources of institutional support, specifically for foster youth and teen parents. Findings also demonstrate the importance of leadership and school structure, as educators described feeling supported by the school leadership and school district. In return, educators enacted their agency to expand opportunities to continuation youth in the classroom and strengthening their relationships with the community to build institutional capacity. Consequently, the educators in this study view continuation youth from an asset framework as they believe in providing a genuine alternative to the students they serve, opt to resist the social and academic stigma of continuation schools. The findings of this study have implications for policymakers, researchers, educators, as well as community agencies who work to intervene and provide the appropriate resources, programs, and support for this student population.
Book Synopsis Handbook on Continuation Education in California by : John W. Voss
Download or read book Handbook on Continuation Education in California written by John W. Voss and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Continuation Education Programs in California Public Schools by :
Download or read book Continuation Education Programs in California Public Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Perspectives on Adult Education in California: Historical overview and inventory of selected statistics by : California. Department of Finance. Program Evaluation Unit
Download or read book Perspectives on Adult Education in California: Historical overview and inventory of selected statistics written by California. Department of Finance. Program Evaluation Unit and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Year-round Education, Year-round Opportunities by : Claire Quinlan
Download or read book Year-round Education, Year-round Opportunities written by Claire Quinlan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increase in the number of schools adopting year-round programs prompted this analysis of all year-round education programs in California. Chapter 1, "Introduction to the Study," outlines study organization and calendar scheduling plans. "Design of the Study," chapter 2, describes data obtained from interviews, surveys, databases, site visits, and California Assessment Program files. Chapter 3, "Academic Achievement in Year-round Schools," interprets achievement data. Compared to traditional schools, year-round schools most frequently serve lower socioeconomic communities and have twice as many limited and non-English-speaking students and a larger percentage of minority students. Many schools are not achieving at predicted levels, though single-track schools have the strongest performance. Chapter 4, "Cost Analysis," reveals that increased per-pupil costs compare with those of traditional programs. "Characteristics of the Year-round Education Program," chapter 5, discusses operations and survey results. Teachers experienced better quality instruction and preferred teaching year-round. Students had mixed feelings about school scheduling. Parents' overall satisfaction was positive. The final chapter, "Conclusions and Recommendations," indicates that year-round education is an acceptable alternative. Overcrowding is relieved, new school construction is avoided, and flexible curriculum planning and extended teacher employment are offered. Recommendations are provided to districts and state agencies. Twenty-one tables and 13 figures exhibit data findings; 5 appendices provide survey instruments. (CJH)
Book Synopsis A Study of Continuation Education Programs in San Diego County, California by : Eldon Allen Jacobs
Download or read book A Study of Continuation Education Programs in San Diego County, California written by Eldon Allen Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Teaching for Understanding by : David K. Cohen
Download or read book Teaching for Understanding written by David K. Cohen and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1993-02-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading experts on teaching and policy research provide concrete illustrations of what teaching for understanding entails.
Book Synopsis Continuation High School Effectiveness Study, Phase II by : Margaret A. Scheffelin
Download or read book Continuation High School Effectiveness Study, Phase II written by Margaret A. Scheffelin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Charter School Operations and Performance by : Ron Zimmer
Download or read book Charter School Operations and Performance written by Ron Zimmer and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes an array of issues pertaining to accessibility, student achievement, governance, and operation of charter schools in California. Four specific research questions were investigated: (1) What population of students attends charter schools? (2) Is student achievement higher in charter schools than in conventional public schools? (3) What oversight and support do the chartering authorities provide? (4) How do charter schools differ from their conventional public school counterparts in terms of their operation, including finances, academic achievement, and staffing?
