High school counselors potentially hold a key position to help increase the number of US
students receiving post-secondary degrees, particularly to address inequalities that prevent …

Executive summary This work was commissioned to examine the available evidence on a)
the effectiveness of different methods used by medical schools to select students, and b) the …

Issues tied to race and culture continue to be a part of the landscape of America's schools
and classrooms. Given the rapid demographic transformation in the nation's states, cities …

This article examines the extent to which indicators of the college-going climate of urban
high schools are associated with students' application to, enrollment in, and choice among …

In this study, the authors examined the independent effects of teacher and mother
expectations on youth achievement outcomes, the mediating factors that explain the …

This qualitative study examines the experiences of Latinas/os in community college English
and math developmental education courses. Critical race theory in education and the theory …

Since 2004, the Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) has tracked the
postsecondary experiences of successive cohorts of graduating Chicago Public Schools …

Growing research evidence on the ethic of care suggests that caring should be an integral
part of the pedagogical methods implemented in schools. However, the colour blind …

Gifted students are a diverse minority group with high intelligence and talent whose needs
are often unrecognised and unmet. It is believed that this group of students, from a range of …

Further, the results also suggest that school cli-mate, in particular the sense of school cohe-
sion felt by students, teachers, and administrators, is important to successful student …