This article evaluates a program that constructed high quality “girl-friendly†primary schools in Burkina Faso …

Examines a group of high schools that have embraced career majors as the organizing device for school improvement … efforts. Focuses on why school leaders chose schoolwide career-focused education as a reform tool, how career majors have … evolved in response to a broad set of objectives, and what key challenges schools face in implementing the curricula. …

Discusses the experiences of some of the first vocational education programs to adopt national skill standards, finding …

Examines a group of high schools that have embraced career majors as the organizing device for school improvement … efforts. Focuses on why school leaders chose schoolwide career-focused education as a reform tool, how career majors have … evolved in response to a broad set of objectives, and what key challenges schools face in implementing the curricula. …

mixed effects on employment and potentially positive effects on postsecondary education. Functional life skills development …

schools and 92 percent of middle schools sold food and beverages a la carte, and nearly 80 percent of these secondary schools … schools in 38 states. Researchers found that the overall food environment becomes significantly less healthy as students … progress from elementary to high school. High schools were more likely to have vending machines, school store or snack bars …

work with five Chicago schools to provide a wide range of programs and economic services to families. A multi … their family’s financial well-being. However, difficulties coordinating efforts between schools and community organizations …’s integration into the schools and parent participation in the services offered. …