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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Improve Schools"”.
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What Matters Most? Measuring Service Quality to Improve Schools
… (Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Barry, 1985). In schools, these dimensions correspond to issues of school safety, culture and climate of the learning environment, communication and parental involvement. Parents from four elementary schools in a large urban school district participated in this …
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Supports Provided To Improve Schools In Need Of Intensive Supports In Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Evaluation
… program evaluation examined systems provided to schools in the city of Chicago which needed intensive supports. This was done by evaluating qualitative and quantitative data. Much of the qualitative data was derived from interviews, while the majority of the quantitative data was compiled through …
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Realizing Sustained School Improvement
… effective methods for improving America's schools is dependent upon coordinated work of practitioners and researchers. School improvement proves a complicated, confusing and most often troubled process; one characterized by the unprecedented challenges of dramatic societal shift, increasing …
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A study of teacher misconduct as a problem in the transition to school democracy in South Africa by Yusufu Mohamedi Walongole.
… misconduct in three poorly performing township schools in the Western Cape. It is argued that cases of misconduct arise, because of the fact that democratic values are not strongly developed in the society at large, nor in the schools and the teachers that work in them. The problem of misconduct …
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Managing performance through achievement impact presentations
Carter, Kimberly M. Despite numerous efforts to improve schools and districts across the country, a significant number of students continue to be left behind. Increased accountability pressures require that district leaders seek ways to monitor achievement and organize systems that promote …
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Leadership Orientation Frame Preferences Of School Boards In Mississippi
The work of schools is becoming more complex and demanding. Administrators, teachers and parents are often at the core of the educational debate about what is needed to improve schools. The demand for better results in America's schools has led to many efforts to improve the quality of teaching and …
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Raising Student Achievement Through Programmatic Initiatives and Instructional Improvement
… Child a Whole Child policy outlines a school improvement process stemming from a whole child philosophy. One that believes the academic and social/emotional needs of students should drive improvement efforts rather than test scores. The policy maintains that this approach will produce greater …
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A Case Study of Reform at One Urban High School
<p>Our schools in America are in crisis. At particular risk are poor and minority students who attend high schools in urban areas. With so many urban high schools failing, reformers have sought ways to improve schools and increase student achievement. Effort toward urban high school reform is …
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The Impact of Parental Involvement on the Reading Achievement of Fourth Grade African American Males in the Tidewater Region of Virginia
… and community partnerships can be organized to improve schools and enable all families to support children's reading and literacy skills (Epstein et al, 2002-2009). This study examined the extent to which the reading achievement of African American male learners improves with school, family, and …
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Performance of New Zealand’s secondary schools: A stakeholders’ perspective
The performance of State secondary schools in New Zealand is currently measured by the schools’ performance measurement systems (PMS). The PMS are established by the schools’ boards of trustees in line with guidelines developed primarily by the Ministry of Education (MoE), while incorporating the …
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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Systems To Support Administrators Plan
<p>Wagner et al.’s (2010) change leadership model was used to assess culture, context, conditions, and competencies of a large, diverse urban school district to create a systemic plan for supporting building level administrators. Interviews were conducted with former building level administrators, …