Multidisciplinary research has supported a relationship between adolescent future
orientation (the ability to set future goals and plans) and positive adolescent health and …

In 2002, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started the Early College High School Initiative
(ECHSI). Through this initiative, more than 200 Early College Schools (ECSs) opened by fall …

Policy makers are especially concerned about persistently high dropout rates among US
Latinos, the largest minority population in the United States. This study used a national …

Previous studies have shown the impact of parental involvement on a number of student
achievement, motivation, and engagement outcomes, but the extent to which parental …

Studies suggest that students who participate in extracurricular activities benefit in a number
of ways. However, schools provide different opportunities to participate in these activities …

Studies suggest that out-of-school suspensions (OSS) are negatively associated with
student perceptions of school climate and attitudes toward school. However, this relationship …

Career academies, after more than four decades of development and three decades of
evaluation, have been found by a conclusive random assignment study to be effective in …

Background/Context Schools have attempted to address stratification in black and Latino
students' access to higher education through extensive reform initiatives, including those …

Partnerships between colleges and universities and K-12 school districts attempt to improve
access to higher education by tailoring college outreach and teacher professional …

Hispanic adolescents have high expectations for their own educational attainment, but
educational attainment outcomes for Hispanic young adults are relatively low on average …