Category: Academics

Outcomes of these initiatives led to increased Academic Performance, improved school attendance or improved classroom behavior and/or cognitive skills.

Environmental Change
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Initiative Description: This study investigated perceptions of senior high school students towards the Taiwanese information technology (IT) classroom with the What Is Happening in this Class? (WIHIC) survey and explored the physical learning environment of the IT classroom Study Results: Both the ‘Spatial environment’ of physical environments and ‘Autonomy/Independence’ of psychosocial environments were found to […]

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Classroom Activity
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Initiative Description: Schools were randomized to the active learning (n=10 math, n=9 spelling) or traditional, sedentary academic lessons (n=9). Active lessons included a series of general games (freeze tag, relay races) focused on either math or language arts. Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and step count were assessed during data collection week through accelerometers […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: Systematic review on Physical activity, diet and other behavioral interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight. Included 18 studies of 2384 children and adolescents with obesity or overweight. 8 studies were PA interventions, 7 studies combined PA programs with healthy lifestyle education, and studies were dietary […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: A meta-analytic review of 52 studies of nonresident father involvement and child well-being. Father involvement included fathers engaged in various child-related activities such as putting the child to bed, helping with homework, changing diapers, or attending school functions; father-child closeness, trust, and support; seeing, talking to, or interacting with children, providing financial support, […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: A systematic review was conducted to identify factors linked to the underachievement of disadvantaged pupils in school science and maths. Study Results: Parental involvement in their child’s studies, particularly in terms of academic socialization improves academic achievement and impacts the overall health and cumulative well-being of lower SES pupils. Results suggest major factors […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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The Early Risers Program Initiative Description: The Early Risers conduct problems prevention program: targets early elementary school-aged children who show early behavioral and social adjustment problems. The intervention is delivered by a school practitioner, referred to as the “family advocate,” who provides a coordinated package of child-focused skills training and school support interventions along with […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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Initiative Description: Massachusetts’s Wrap Around Zone initiative: common strategies observed across all districts, including: implementation of, and professional development on, one or more schoolwide SEL curricula programs; a purposeful focus on family engagement strategies including a dedicated family engagement coordinator staff position in schools; implementation of standardized referral procedures and data-monitoring systems; and establishment of […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 66 studies, to determine the relationship between father involvement and the educational outcomes of urban school children. For the purposes of this study, father involvement was defined as paternal participation in the life of the child by someone who was the biological male parent of the youth in a […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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Parent University http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/parents/ParentUniv/Pages/default.aspx Initiative Description: Innovative collaborative initiative designed to reach out to and engage parents in their children’s education, with a special emphasis on the underserved. Parent University offers unique course offerings , symposia, and workshops aimed at increasing parents’ involvement in schools and empowering them to raise children who are successful in school […]

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