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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"A+ Schools"”.
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A policy study about equity and college access : the Missouri A+ schools program
The Outstanding Schools Act of 1993 transformed Missouri education. With the act containing several measures to improve the delivery of education in the state, a key program embedded in the text of the act is the A+ Schools Program. To many educators, this program has done more for the quality of …
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A Questionnaire Survey of Time Allotment for Physical Education, Health, and Lifetime Sports in the “Double A” Schools of Washington State
… survey the administrators of the "Double A" high schools in the State of Washington to determine the amount of time boys' physical education, health, and lifetime sports is offered, and (2) to determine the number of individual activities offered in physical education and the time spent in each.
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The Chicago school: A metascientific study
… within their discipline. However, the use of schools as a framework for documenting and interpreting the history of sociology tends to obscure the complexity and variety of intellectual development. Five myths about the 'Chicago School' are identified: that its members were social ameliorists; …
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Entrepreneurial Organizational Characteristics in Hawaiian Elementary Schools: Its Relationship to School Characteristics and Student Achievement
… characteristics in Hawaiian public elementary schools, 3,816 teachers in 111 schools were surveyed using the Public School Entrepreneurial Inventory (PSEI). This survey was developed and used previously in Israel. This was the first application of the PSEI in the United States. Two domains of …
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The Need for Arts Education and Alternative Assessment in Light of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
… Zero programs: Artful Thinking, Art Works for Schools, and Arts PROPEL are examined. A+ Schools Program (North Carolina), and various schools and school districts around the United States having arts-rich curricula and high student academic and social achievement are identified. Community …
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The Impact of the Leadership and Management on Academic performance in Secondary Schools in Tanzania. The case of Iringa Region.
… on academic performance of students in Secondary Schools on the basis of National Examinations with specific attention to the perceptions of teachers, students themselves and support staff. Academic performance was measured by NECTA examinations over time (four years) thus making it possible to …
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Theme & Variations: a content analysis of syllabi in introduction to urban education courses
… courses in urban education emerged: 1) schools and the social order; 2) historical perspective; 3) education policy analysis; 4) professional practice, pedagogy and research persona; and 5) teacher as change agent. Shared organizing features of all syllabi included references to …
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The Generalized Location Routing Problem with Profits for planetary surface exploration and terrestrial applications
… is created out of the NCAA football division I-A schools and airports from which the schools can be reached. The problem is successfully solved using the three-phase solution method within a very small optimality gap.
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Analysis of merger & acquisition frameworks from a deal rationale perspective in technology sector
… they are heavily relied upon by various M&A schools of thought to advise present and future strategies for the industry. In comparing these frameworks, the paper summarizes how deal rationales drive success or failure of M&A transactions. I analyze the HP-Autonomy case study to demonstrate …
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Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS
… This study provides a critical case study of a schools-based sex(uality) peer education intervention, drawing on individual and focus group interviews. Using a feminist and gender lense, the study highlights a number of features of the programme and implementation, which reinforces gender …
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The charted 'journey'of a Secondary School in the North of England into Education for Sustainable Development
… this study was to explore the developments of a schools 'journey' into the Sustainable Schools National Framework strategy. The study was carried out in an 11-16 comprehensive school in the North of England. The study has been carried out as critical theoretic action research, using a range of …
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Using a multi-level model to examine the fidelity of implementation of school-wide positive behavior intervention support and its relationship to academic achievement in Louisiana
… test scores. Across the state of Louisiana, a schools’ implementation level of PBIS did show evidence of change of a student’s high-stakes test score from 2007 to 2008. However, it did not show a change from 2008 to 2009. In both 2 year spans, a previous year’s academic test score and a …
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Policy at the chalk face : a case study of the implementation of the developmental appraisal system in a primary school
… is conceptualised as the interplay between a schools structure, culture and micro-politics. This conceptualisation is developed through a review of literature on school culture, structure and micro-politics. The literature on policy implementation and teacher appraisal is also reviewed and …
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Influence of Language, Culture, and Power on Teacher Instructional Decision-Making with High-Achieving African America Students in Advanced Secondary English Classrooms
… several intersectional theories related to; (a) schools as communities of practice (Wenger, 1998); (b) language as identity shaper and inseparable from culture (Delpit, 2002;Gee, 2005; Labov, 1972; Lee, 2007; Nieto, 2010; Smitherman, 1977; and Thornborrow, 1999); (c) culture as emergent due to …
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The Beautiful Risk of Peace in Education: an application of the Everyday Peace Indicators methodology in four English secondary schools
Schools need peace and peace needs schools. Peace has the potential to re-engage increasingly hardening, standardising and commodifying English schools with the human dimension of education. The qualities and practices associated with peace have the potential to transform individual and thereby …