scholarly journals School Effects on Socioemotional Development, School-Based Arrests, and Educational Attainment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kirabo Jackson ◽  
Shanette C. Porter ◽  
John Q. Easton ◽  
Alyssa Blanchard ◽  
Sebastián Kiguel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Value Added ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Socioemotional Development ◽  
Self Report ◽  
School Based ◽  
College Going

Using value-added models on data from Chicago Public Schools, we find that high schools impact students' self-reported socioemotional development (SED) by enhancing social well-being and promoting hard work. Conditional on their test score impacts, schools that improve SED in ninth grade reduce school-based arrests and increase high school completion and college going. For most longer-run outcomes, using both SED and test score value added more than doubles the variance of the explained school effect relative to using test score value added alone. Results suggest that high school impacts on SED can be captured using self-report surveys and SED can be fostered by schools to improve longer-run outcomes. (JEL I21, J24, K42)

The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students*

2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-168
Author(s):  
Desmond Ang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Public High School Students

Abstract Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects of these events on the educational and psychological well-being of Los Angeles public high school students. Exploiting hyperlocal variation in how close students live to a killing, I find that exposure to police violence leads to persistent decreases in GPA, increased incidence of emotional disturbance, and lower rates of high school completion and college enrollment. These effects are driven entirely by black and Hispanic students in response to police killings of other minorities and are largest for incidents involving unarmed individuals.

An Investigation of a Multiple-Measures Teaching Evaluation System and Its Relationship With Students’ College-Going Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-158
Author(s):  
Rodney Hughes ◽  
Lauren Dahlin ◽  
Tara Tucci
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teaching Evaluation ◽  
Multiple Measures ◽  
College Going ◽  
Significant Difference

In recent years, multiple-measures teaching evaluation systems have become widespread in states and school districts around the United States. Using administrative data from Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the National Student Clearinghouse, we examine the relationship between exposure to different ratings of teaching effectiveness in high school (based on a district-wide multiple-measures evaluation system) and high school graduation and college enrollment outcomes. We find a small but statistically significant difference in college enrollment rates for PPS graduates with more courses with teaching with the highest rating of Distinguished, and these students were also more likely to enroll in selective colleges.

scholarly journals Spiritual Well-Being of Senior High School Students of Philippine Public Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-61
Author(s):  
Joehally B. Cena ◽  
Joel M. Bual
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
Senior High School Students

Spirituality is essential among students in their pursuit of meaning and beliefs. However, in public schools, values and religious education are less focused, compromising students' spiritual well-being. Thus, this study assessed the degree of spiritual well-being of senior high school students of public schools in Bacolod City, Philippines in terms of religious and existential well-being. It also compared the spiritual, religious, and existential well-being assessments. A quantitative design gathered the data from 335 students. Using the descriptive and inferential analyses, the results revealed that the students' spiritual well-being was moderate. Also, their religious well-being is high, while existential well-being is moderate. It indicates the need to effectively hone the students’ values to recognize their life’s purpose and satisfaction. Meanwhile, there was no difference in their spiritual, religious, and existential well-being. Thus, values and religious formations are highly encouraged to guarantee the students’ spiritual well-being.

scholarly journals Algerian Sport High School as Comprehensive Approach for Improving Public Education System

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Reguig Madani ◽  
Mohammed Zerf ◽  
SBA Bouabdellah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Abdominal Muscles ◽  
Health Education Program ◽  
School Based ◽  
Explosive Force ◽  
The Impact

Summary In 2001 Algerian Governmental created Sport High School (HSA). Its main mission is education, training and development of young talents by providing all the conditions to serve their healthy sports path. Firstly, by intensifying their daily sports as school-based health education program designed to improve their physical status relates to their healthy lifestyle. Disclosed by evaluation tool design to detect their physical abilities as well as their longitudinal followings. Used in present as evaluation scale to inspect imprudence related to the objectives of Algerian public schools (HPA). For proposing this comparative study test 1 000 High School student, 800 boys and 200 girls for academic years 2017 – 2018. The evaluation focused on measuring anthropometric parameters - age, weight, height and BMI as well as physical qualities - speed (30 m), the explosive force vertical (VJ), explosive force of the arms (medicine ball throw 3 kg (MB), flexibility trunk (FT)), endurance abdominal muscles (maximum of <4 sit-ups > in one minute (EAM) and aerobic endurance (20m shuttle test (VO2max)). Controlled by rating scales produced by Iaiche Rezoug. Based on the scale provided by this latter, our results proclaims the generalization of perspectives implemented in Algerian Sport High School as school-based physical health education program designed to reduce the consequences of overweight on health-related to physical performance. Estimated by rating scales produced by Iaiche Rezoug, which could serve as a model database refining the impact of the two Algerian educational systems, as an approach suggesting a clear direction for the development of adequate programs for the larger populations of Algerian scholars.

scholarly journals Physical Activity Habits and Well-Being among 6-Year-Old Children: The “Improving Umbrian Kids’ Healthy Lifestyle”, an Uncontrolled Pilot Study Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6067
Author(s):  
Roberto Pippi ◽  
Livia Buratta ◽  
Alessandro Germani ◽  
Carmine Giuseppe Fanelli ◽  
Claudia Mazzeschi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
School Based ◽  
Waist To Height Ratio

There is evidence that promoting physical activity programs and decreasing sedentary behavior is a potential strategy for improving health-outcomes, peer relationships and social/emotional well-being in at-risk youth. The World Health Organization recommends enhancing physical education and school-based programs with multi-component and evidence-based assessment methodology. In Umbria (Italy) an uncontrolled pilot study project referred to as “Improving Umbrian kids’ healthy lifestyle” was implemented as a systemic school-based intervention directed at 6-year-old primary school children. The intervention applied a consolidated assessment methodology developed by the C.U.R.I.A.Mo. and Eurobis projects that inserted two hours per week of physical education activity into the school curriculum, structured and supervised by specialists with Exercise and Sport Science degrees, for eight months (from October to June) of the school year. We measured anthropometric values (BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio index) with objective tools. Moreover, we evaluated physical performance variables (speed, strength, and flexibility) using standard tests. Additionally, self-report measures (measured physical activity during the week, sedentary habits, and psychological well-being) were assessed using validated questionnaires. We observed a significant decrease in waist to height ratio, and improvements in physical performance values and self-report questionnaire measures. Our study suggests that the promotion of physical activity in the school setting is likely to result in physically, mentally, and psycho-socially healthier primary-school-age children.

Lighthouse Creativity Lab

2019 ◽  
pp. 183-210
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
High Quality Education ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
High School Grades ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Social

The Lighthouse Creativity Lab, a program of Lighthouse Community Public Schools (LCPS), is a school-based makerspace dedicated to serving the student population of Oakland, California. LCPS is a family of two schools, Lighthouse and Lodestar, which opened in 2002 and 2016 respectively. The schools were founded with the mission to provide a high-quality education to the largely Latino population, following the expeditionary learning framework that emphasizes community and critical thinking skills, both important factors in making. Over the last 5 years, making has moved from a high school course into a school-wide endeavor, with all K–4 classes hosting a mini-maker space in the classroom. Moreover, the Creativity Lab works closely with teachers to incorporate making into learning expeditions as well as offering making as an elective in the middle and high-school grades. Learning communities are created through the social aspect of working on specific projects and through preparation for events like the Maker Faire. This chapter explores the Lighthouse Creativity Lab.

scholarly journals Identifying Profiles of Anxiety in Late Childhood and Exploring Their Relationship with School-Based Distress

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 948
Author(s):  
Aitana Fernández-Sogorb ◽  
Ricardo Sanmartín ◽  
María Vicent ◽  
Carolina Gonzálvez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
School Based

Failure in dealing with anxiety-provoking situations and stressors in the school setting may have negative consequences not only on children’s performance, but also on their well-being in the future. This research aimed to examine the relationship of forms of anxiety (anticipatory anxiety, school-based performance anxiety, and generalized anxiety) with sources (teacher interactions, academic stress, peer interactions, and academic self-concept) and manifestations (emotional, behavioral, and physiological) of school-based distress. Specifically, our objectives were to examine the correlations between anxiety and school-based distress and, using a person-centered approach, to verify whether different anxiety profiles differed in their levels of distress. The Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety-Revised (VAA-R) and the School Situation Survey (SSS) were administered to 756 Spanish students (Mage = 9.6, SD = 1.12); 50.3% were girls. Pearson’s correlation coefficients revealed a positive and significant association between each form of anxiety and each source and manifestation of distress. The latent profile analysis identified three anxiety profiles: High Anxiety, High School-based performance Anxiety, and Low Anxiety. The High Anxiety profile scored significantly higher in all sources and manifestations of distress than the Low Anxiety profile. The High Anxiety profile showed significantly higher scores in peer interactions and emotional and behavioral manifestations of distress than the group High School-based performance Anxiety. Suggestions for intervention strategies according to the risk profile are discussed.

Depression and anxiety among school adolescent females: A national study from Jordan

2021 ◽  
pp. 014303432110171
Author(s):  
Manar M. AlAzzam ◽  
Ahmad Y. AL-Sagarat ◽  
Nadin M. Abdel Razeq ◽  
Faris A. Alsaraireh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Self Report ◽  
National Study ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Contributing Factors

Depression and anxiety are major mental health concerns among adolescent females within the school community and inflect many implications for psychological service providers in schools. The aims of this descriptive correlational study are to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among high school adolescent females in Jordan, and to determine the contributing factors associated with depression and anxiety. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires from a clustered stratified sample of 405 high school females attending public schools in Jordan. Severe levels of depression and anxiety were reported by 25.7% and 21% of high school adolescent females, respectively. Education challenges and having a history of health problems contributed to having higher levels of depression and anxiety among the high school adolescent females. School mental health services regarding adolescent females mental health should be activated and supported through policies and legislation in Jordan.

Site-Based Management in a Collective Bargaining Environment: Can We Mix Oil and Water?

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd A. DeMitchell ◽  
Richard Fossey
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Sir Walter Scott ◽  
Boston Public Schools ◽  
School Based ◽  
Site Based Management ◽  
School Based Management ◽  
Walter Scott ◽  
School Headmaster

Don't think that, by itself, [school-based management] will produce anything. —Albert Shanker president of AFT, 19881 The school-based management that has been heralded in this town is bogus. — High school headmaster Boston Public Schools, 1991 We shall never learn to & respect our real calling & unless we have taught ourselves to consider everything as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart. —Sir Walter Scott

Interpretive phenomenological analysis of a lawsuit contending that school-based yoga is religion: A study of school personnel

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Cook-Cottone ◽  
Erga Lemish ◽  
Wendy Guyker
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School District ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract This study focused on the perspectives of school personnel affiliated with the Encinitas Union School District in California following a lawsuit arguing that their yoga-based program included religion and therefore was unsuitable for implementation in public schools and was unconstitutional. Participants (N = 32) were interviewed using a semistructured interview, and data were analyzed according to Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Five super-ordinate themes (including sub-themes) were identified in an iterative process, including: participants' perspectives on the roots of yoga and the type of yoga taught in their district; the process of introducing a yoga-in-the-schools program in light of this contention (including challenges and obstacles, and how these were met); perspectives on the lawsuit and how the process unfolded; effects of the lawsuit on school climate and beyond; and perspectives on yoga as, and as not, religious. The study attempts to shed light on the impact of an ongoing lawsuit on a school district at the time of implementation of a program for students' well being.

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