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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Failing school"”.
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Beyond the failing school: Race, space, and opportunity in Chicago public schools
… much of the research today looks to parents, school administrators, or students in an attempt to understand the problems of America’s public schools. The objective of this project is to explore the use of public schools in the re-creation of spaces of marginalization and isolation, by city …
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Case Study of an Urban Elementary School's Transition from Failing to Distinguished School Status
… an urban high-poverty high-minority elementary school changed as it moved from failing school status to distinguished school status and to determine how school change promoted the organizational well-being of the school using a case study methodology. The multidimensional lenses used to view …
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Sustainability of Coalition of Essential School's Professional Development as Perceived by Teachers
… reform effort. The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) reform model for this failing school was selected by the county administration and a few select teachers as East Elementary School. The sustainability of the professional development provided by CES is the focus of this study.;This …
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Three Essays on the Property Value Impact of Neighborhood Disamenities
… property value impact of a No Child Left Behind "failing" school designation. The second chapter studies the property value impact of a local homicide. The third chapter examines the property value impact of proximity to a mosque post 9/11. Each disamenity has a negative and significant effect on …
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Leadership Practices of Successful Elementary Turnaround Principals
… principal openings, particularly at challenging schools, such as turnaround schools (Gurley, Anast-May, and Lee, 2015; Kutash et al., 2010). The challenge of turning around a failing school makes it essential to study when and how successful turnaround principals adapt their leadership practices …
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A case study of the essential supports which make up the framework of a turnaround school
… Left Behind to create need-driven comprehensive school improvement plans with an approved accountability system, however those unable to show increased student learning will be deemed as failing. Schools labeled as failing require a comprehensive framework for improvement. Research has identified …
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A Comparative Analysis of Effective School Board Leadership: The Case of Gwinnett County and Atlanta City Public Schools
… of future generations. All too often K-12 school systems fail to meet the expectations of success held by students, parents, and the community. On the other hand, there are school systems that surpass expectations of success held by stake holders of the school system. Exemplifying this …
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School Improvement and Reform: A Study of Student-Related Factors in Priority School Turnaround Efforts
… literature review, that research focused on the school culture, leadership, teacher and parent factors concerning turnaround reform efforts, but there was little mention of students beyond the scores they produce on end-of-the-year standardized tests. The central research question investigated …
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Leadership or management: an examination of the expectations on a Head Teacher in a serious weaknesses school
… leadership and management strategies involved in school improvement. The study takes place in a residential special school for pupils with BESD. The research specifically explored whether it is possible to distinguish between leadership and management activities, explores the role of the head …
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The Impact of Standards-Based Reform on Special Education: An Exploration of Westvale Elementary School
… reform impacts special education at an urban school, called Westvale Elementary School. The school was labeled a Persistently Low Achieving school under the No Child Left Behind Act and was thus required to undergo a "transformation" process. The demographics of the school at the time of the …
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A Case Study on the Annexation of the North Forest Independent School District by the Houston Independent School District
Abstract Background: The challenges confronting a school district to meet state or federal standards and regulations can be daunting, and the failure to meet them can have serious consequences. If a district fails to meet the standards over a sustained period of time the consequences may possibly …
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School leaders as both colonized and colonizers: understanding professional identity in an era of no child left behind
… upon the professional identity and work of school principals within their school communities of practice. Pressure on educators and students intensifies each year as the benchmark for Adequate Yearly Progress under the NCLB policy is raised, resulting in standards-based reform, scripted …