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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"High poverty elementary schools"”.
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Examining Leadership Styles in Ten High Poverty Elementary Schools
… understanding how leadership is perceived at 10 elementary schools with a high poverty student population.</p><p>The research questions of this study are as follows:</p><p>1. What is the perception of principals and select teachers of the leadership style of five principals at low SES area …
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Principal Instructional Leadership in Ga High Poverty Elementary Schools
… leadership practices in Georgia Reward Highest Performing and Georgia Reward Highest Progress elementary schools. As such, this causal-comparative study identified the frequency of principal instructional leadership practices and attempted to determine if these practices can be related …
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Outside the School Day Programs in High Poverty Elementary Schools
… this study identified thirty-two top performing schools in fifth-grade and sixth-grade math and English-language arts in California. These schools were similar demographically to the researcher’s school, Burns Valley Elementary School in Clearlake, California. Burns Valley Elementary School …
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Teacher Resilience in High Poverty Elementary Schools of Southwest Virginia
… to adverse working conditions of teaching in the schools as the main stressor. Increasing teacher resilience may be a pathway to increasing teacher retention in schools. The negative factors associated with teaching in high poverty elementary public schools present challenges that are driving away …
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A comparison of students in single-sex classes and coeducational classes in high poverty elementary schools in mathematics and reading achievement
… and fifth grade participants enrolled in seven high poverty public elementary schools during the 2007-2008 school term. The experimental group consisted of 347 students taught in single-sex classes. The control group contained 503 students who were taught in coeducational classrooms within the …
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The Leadership Factor: Identifying Leadership Skills and Characteristics Essential For Student Achievement in High Poverty Elementary Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… until now suggests that a challenge exists for schools as they seek to decrease the achievement gap and attain success for all students, especially those in low-income areas (Brock and Groth 2003). In the Commonwealth of Virginia, Title I Schools are classified as 'highly distinguished,' …
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The Role of Leadership Responsibilities In the Implementation of A School-Wide Response to Intervention Model In High-Minority and High-Poverty Elementary Schools: Comparing Teachers and Principals Perceptions
… The findings of this study showed that within elementary schools with high-poverty and high minority populations, a significant inverse correlation between the teachers' perceptions and the school principal's self-perception of how his or her leadership responsibilities influence the …
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EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS BACKGROUNDS: SEQUENTIAL MIXED METHODS EVIDENCE FROM TEXAS
… leaders, counselors, and campus leaders in four high-poverty elementary schools in one Texas school district about the educational experiences and educational attainment of students from low SES backgrounds. The informal literature review focused on six spaces: 1) child, family, and community; 2) …
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Are 21st Century After School Programs an Effective Academic Intervention for Elementary School Students Attending High Poverty Schools?
<p>In America, millions of children are living in poverty and/or attending high poverty schools. These students, on average, score lower on assessments of math and reading achievement than their more affluent peers. The federal government budgets money each year towards interventions targeted to …
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Case Study of an Urban Elementary School's Transition from Failing to Distinguished School Status
… how the multidimensional functioning of 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 …