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Teacher

Higher Education

2008

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What Does Gpa In An Urban High School Actually Mean?, Robbie J. Steward, Martin F. Hill, Douglas M. Neil, Tiffany Pritchett, Ah-Sha-Ni Wabaunsee Sep 2008

What Does Gpa In An Urban High School Actually Mean?, Robbie J. Steward, Martin F. Hill, Douglas M. Neil, Tiffany Pritchett, Ah-Sha-Ni Wabaunsee

Educational Considerations

The purpose of this researcher-school collaborative study was to examine factors which might be intervenable by urban high school counselors in assisting at-risk students. There were two primary objectives. The first was to examine the degree to which urban adolescents’ academic competence predicts cumulative GPA.


Teacher Compensation And School Quality: New Findings From National And International Data., Zhijuan Zhang, Deborah A. Verstegen, Hoe Ryoung Kim Apr 2008

Teacher Compensation And School Quality: New Findings From National And International Data., Zhijuan Zhang, Deborah A. Verstegen, Hoe Ryoung Kim

Educational Considerations

High quality education is critical to both the individual and the nation. At the country level, as Ireland’s minister for education and science, put it, “The never ending search for competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy has led all public policymakers to focus on education as a key factor in strengthening competitiveness, employment and social cohesion.”