Robert Balfanz

3.3k citations
64 papers · 2.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Impact in

  • Education top 0.5%
    • Early Childhood Education and Development
    • Parental Involvement in Education
    • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
    • School Choice and Performance
    • Education Discipline and Inequality
    • Youth Development and Social Support

Papers in

    • Education Systems and Policy 22
    • Parental Involvement in Education 13
    • School Choice and Performance 13
    • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms 12
    • Early Childhood Education and Development 8
    • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance 8
    • Higher Education Learning Practices 5

Robert Balfanz

59 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Robert Balfanz's Hit Papers

Preventing Student Disengagement and Keeping Students on the Graduation Path in Urban Middle-Grades Schools: Early Identification and Effective Interventions 2007 · 473 citations
4730+6+12Years since publication100200300400

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Robert Balfanz
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  • Education 1.6k
  • Safety Research 267
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 306
  • Statistics and Probability 187
  • Information Systems and Management 104
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All Works

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Preventing Student Disengagement and Keeping Students on the Graduation Path in Urban Middle-Grades Schools: Early Identification and Effective Interventions
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2007473
2 2004152
3
The Importance of Being in School: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation's Public Schools.
2012150
4
Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia's Dropout Crisis, 2000-2005.
200697
5
Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic.
201088
6 200687
7 200685
8 200479
9
The Implementation and Impact of Evidence-Based Mathematics Reforms in High-Poverty Middle Schools: A Multi-Site, Multi-Year Study.
200646
10 200745
11 199843
12
Re-Conceptualizing Extra Help for High School Students in a High Standards Era.
200238
13 201538
14 200337
15
Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic. Annual Update, 2012.
201230
16 200929
17 200029
18
On Track for Success: The Use of Early Warning Indicator and Intervention Systems to Build a Grad Nation.
201128
19 200327
20 201824

About Robert Balfanz

Robert Balfanz is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Statistics and Probability and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 64 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education Systems and Policy (22 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (13 papers), School Choice and Performance (13 papers), Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (12 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (8 papers), Youth Substance Use and School Attendance (8 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (5 papers) and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (1.6k citations), Safety Research (267 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (306 citations), Statistics and Probability (187 citations) and Information Systems and Management (104 citations). Robert Balfanz has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Bangladesh. Frequent co-authors include Douglas J. Mac Iver, Vaughan Byrnes, Nettie Legters, Ruth Curran Neild, Joanna Hornig Fox, Carole Greenes, Herbert P. Ginsburg, John M. Bridgeland, James C. McPartland and Will J. Jordan. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), Educational leadership, International Review of Education, Early Childhood Research Quarterly and Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.

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