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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Large urban school district"”.
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Who Stays and Why? Principal Retention in a Large Urban School District: Analysis and Implications
… why principals choose to remain employed with a large urban school district were examined. The district faced challenges with recruiting, hiring, and retaining principals. As such, the purpose of this study was to examine and extract meaningful insights about the personal and organizational …
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Promotion and Retention of English Learners (ELLs) in an Large Urban School District: A Policy Advocacy Document
… learners (ELLs) in elementary grades of a large urban school district. Increasing access and instructional opportunities within bilingual/ESL services combined with more accurate measures of English proficiency would help mitigate random or unfair promotion and retention practices. A needs …
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An Exploration of the Mentoring Experiences of Elementary Assistant Principals Provided by Elementary Principals Within One Large Urban School District.
… sources such as demographic surveys, reviewing district leadership secondary source documents, and researcher journal notes aided in the data triangulation and analysis. This study was guided by one main research question: What are the different ways elementary assistant principals experience …
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A Case Study of the Implementation of the Resolution Session in Processing of Special Education Complaints in a Large Urban School District
… litigation did very little to strengthen school-family partnerships. The resolution session included in the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA was designed to provide a more effective means of resolving disputes. One large, urban school district in the western United States was recognized for …
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The Impact of Thinking Maps Instruction on Reading Comprehension of Third Grade Students in a Large Urban School District: Implications for School Leaders
… of the Texas accountability system increasing, schools are searching for resources to help improve thinking and learning. The No Child Left Behind Act emphasizes the federal government’s pledge to improve proficiency of readers by the third grade through the use of research-based reading …
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A Comparative Analysis of Traditional Versus Block and Accelerated Block Scheduled High Schools Over an Eight-Year Period in a Large Urban School District
… was drawn from the student population of a large urban school district in north central Texas, a district serving approximately 77,000 students. The district has twelve regular high schools serving students in grades nine through twelve. All twelve regular high schools were included in this …
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The effect of pre-service teaching on student achievement using a co-teaching model at an elementary school in a large, urban school district in central Florida
… model on student achievement at an elementary school in a large, urban school district in central Florida. The contribution of university student teachers (i.e., interns) to elementary school achievement was investigated. Specifically explored was the difference between student achievement …
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The Relationship Between the Haberman Star Teacher Pre-Screener Score and the Students’ Academic Growth in a Large Urban School District's Low-Performing Schools.
A large number of students are failing or are at-risk of failing in schools across the US. Low-income and minority students, specifically African American students, have a reduced chance to get teachers of high quality when compared with their non-minority, non-low-income peers (Center for Public …
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Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions of a New Multi-Measure Teacher Evaluation System in One Large Urban School District in Texas: Implications for School and District Leaders
… Obama‘s Race to the Top (2009) policy charged districts with increasing academic achievement by improving teacher quality. The problem of teacher quality has plagued the public school system for decades. Stronge and Hindman (2005) suggest, we can greatly improve student achievement if we come …
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Financing urban schools: predicting fiscal stress in large city school districts
Many large urban school districts in the United States have suffered from fiscal stress, while others have not. Fiscal stress often has led to program cutbacks, layoffs, and decline in the quality of educational services. The purpose of this research study was to examine the predictors of fiscal …
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The Impact of Culturally Responsive Teaching on the Achievement of African American Students
… inquiry is at a minority-majority Title I high school within a large urban school district. The district and evaluation school previously adopted a culturally responsive teaching initiative. My mixed-method study captures the quantitative performance of students within the school in teachers' …
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Elementary teachers' beliefs regarding the use of the Internet in K-5 classrooms and the impact on their teaching practices
… from 15 sites selected for convenience from a large urban school district in the southwestern United States. Data included a semi-structured and an open-ended interview. Participants also completed the Stages of Concern Questionnaire, a thirty-five item Likert scale from the Concerns-Based …
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Professional development reform: a shift from traditional practices to a new paradigm
… leadership. The participants were a sample of preschool teachers in a large urban school district. The data were collected through quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The data resulted in favorable attitudes towards the program model and increased classroom quality was reported. Finally, …
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An investigation into the implementation of the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum Reading/English Language Arts in selected first grade classrooms
… is examined. Four first grade teachers from a large urban school district, from an original sixteen first grade teachers, are observed during the hour and a half literacy instruction block once a week over a period of four weeks. These same four teachers are interviewed one-on-one by the …
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Implementation of Response to Intervention as an Alternative Approach to Specific Learning Disability Determination: What Happens When Theory Meets Practice?
… from the State Department of Education, a large, urban school district mandated the development of a Response to Intervention (RTI) system for SLD identification during the 2007-2008 school year. The purpose of the present mixed methods case study was to conduct a site-based examination of …
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Equity in Education: Transforming Urban Middle Schools for Black Students Success
… in closing the achievement gap in our nation's schools through effective research-based interventions. Purpose: The goal of this study were (a) to identify the extent to which the achievement gap is an issue for Black students in a large, urban school district in Texas, (b) to examine the …
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Special Considerations in Gifted Identification: Increasing Access and Equitable Practices for Underrepresented Populations in an Urban School District
… students persist despite the growth in schools across the country of low income and minority students. Despite efforts to tackle equity issues in gifted education the large gaps of disproportionality persist. Explanations for this occurrence of underrepresentation is linked to the …
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School personnel perceptions of youth gangs presence and activity at elementary schools in Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas.
… the differences in perceptions of selected school personnel (principals, assistant principals, counselors, and teachers) about gang presence in elementary schools in a large urban school district in Texas. The study focused on determining the following: the perceptions related to gang …
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Students Who Are Gifted and Public School Enrollment Choices Their Parents Make
Given the many school choices available to parents, there is a need to understand the reasons parents of a child who is gifted choose to keep their child in his/her current school. Parents* satisfaction with their child*s school and their academic growth is essential to continued enrollment of the …
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Elementary School Teacher's Beliefs, Organizational Change, and STEM Implementation: Factors Impacting Teacher Leadership
… STEM as perceived by elementary educators in an urban school in an urban city. The barriers, challenges and supports provided to teachers regarding STEM implementation in an urban school were investigated This study looked to include teachers and teacher leaders over a six-week period in an …
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