Category: Academic Performance

Outcomes of these initiatives included but were not limited to, improved grades, GPA, test scores, and graduation rates.

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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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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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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Before/Afterschool Activity
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Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) https://www.cde.state.co.us/up/tips_interactive_homework Initiative Description: Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork: a homework approach to promote student learning, parent-child interactions, and parent-teacher communication. Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) interactive homework assignments include clear objectives for learning, instructions for completion, and explicit instructions to the student for involving family members. TIPS assignments […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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| Academics, Physical Health, Academic Performance, Healthier BMI-Body Composition

HOPS Program Initiative Description: The HOPS/OWG consisted of a dietary intervention, a classroom curriculum component, and a physical activity component. The dietary intervention consisted of modifications to school-provided breakfasts, lunches, and snacks in intervention schools, and a nutrient dense-education education curriculum for use in the cafeteria. The curriculum component consisted of a school-based holistic nutrition […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: From November to December 2015, various health, social science and education databases were searched for school-based violence and substance use prevention interventions. Searching of webpages and reference lists of relevant studies for further references and consultation with experts in this field followed. Searches were updated using PsycINFO and the Cochrane Central Register of […]

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