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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Choice Schools"”.
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The relationship between culturally responsive teaching practices and teacher's self-efficacy in K-8 urban choice schools
… of Education and the subsequent desegregation of schools, an achievement gap has persisted between students of color and White students, specifically in urban schools. Education has sought to close this gap through a variety of school improvement efforts, yet this gap remains today. The classroom …
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Exploring the impact of school connectedness on student retention in a South Texas magnet high school
… fostering long-term engagement, particularly in choice schools like magnet schools. A narrative inquiry approach was utilized to explore the perceptions of 12 magnet high school students – six new to campus and six returning – regarding school connectedness and its role in student retention. …
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Choosing success? Inequalities and opportunities in access to school choice in nine United States districts
Bowles and Gintis (Bowles & Gintis, 1976) dubbed schools as both the testing grounds and battlegrounds where society seeks to achieve equality of opportunity. This statement cannot be more appropriate to describe the debate surrounding the school choice movement over the past three decades that is …
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Reading Achievement: The Impact of America's Choice in Kentucky's Schools
… and student achievement in Kentucky's elementary schools. This study sought to answer the following questions: (1) Does a difference exist in reading achievement scores of third grade students after one year, two years, three years, and continuation of America's Choice implementation when compared …
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The Response of a Public School District to Charter School Competition: An Examination of Free-Market Effects
… examine a school district's responses to charter schools operating within its boundaries. The selected district was the only one in the state with two large academically competitive charter schools for at least two years. Four questions guided the research: In terms of instruction, finance, …
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Bridging Policy and Education: How Elementary Students Are Impacted by Reform Efforts
… demonstrates what students in these reformed schools experience and what lessons we can learn from their experiences. In particular, the research focuses on engagement levels and the matching of intentions to student propensities. A goal of the paper is to help bridge the policy and …
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The Virtual Education Setting in Grades 9-12: How the Practices for Online Teacher and Learning Impact Student Achievement
… national virtual public high school charter schools operating under the umbrella of the same national education management organization (EMO). I used a mixed methodology research design. I used extant data to identify teachers with high course completion rates. For my study, I defined …