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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Quality school"”.
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Leadership in a Quality School
… or restructure the system in which students are schooled. Such change is difficult and on many occasions the attempts at reform resulted in very superficial modifications. Significant change can come from a complex interaction of people where leaders and collaborators work interactively to …
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The Impact of The 101s: A Guide to Positive Discipline Teacher Training on Teacher Interaction Practices, Teacher-Child Relationship Quality, School Adjustment, and Academic Outcomes in Kindergarten Classrooms in Bangkok, Thailand
… interactions on teacher-child relationship quality and beneficial school outcomes for young children, it is not clear how Thai children would respond to the kind of interactional and social-emotional practices of American teachers. In this research, teacher training through <em>The 101s: A …
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Who Do Schools Really Serve?: Examining the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Access to School Resources Through LISREL
Access to quality school resources enhances student's educational experiences. Students taught by quality teachers benefit from their teachers' training and expertise, and students who participate in an enriched curriculum benefit from challenging material and coursework. This paper assesses …
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Effects of Conflicts of Interest on the Appointment of Principals: Perceptions on the Quality of Leadership in the Vhuronga I Circuit, Vhembe East District, Limpopo Province
… of conflicts of interest on the appointment of school principals. Specifically, it sought to find out teachers’ views regarding the extent to which conflicts of interest affect the appointment of quality school principals; to determine teachers’ perceptions regarding the impact of the …
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The Effect of Public Pre-Kindergarten Attendance on First Grade Reading and Social Achievement: A District Level Analysis
… was to test the relationship between attending a school district Pre-K program and children's later literacy and behavior outcomes in the beginning and middle of first grade. Children's text level, letter-sound identification, sight words, spelling and citizenship skills were measured. The study …
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Differentiating the Principal Evaluation: Policy Advocacy Document
<p>High-quality school leadership is pertinent to improving school performance and raising student achievement. Research supports that the impact of leadership is most significant in schools with the greatest needs (Clifford & Ross, 2012). Further, research suggests that leadership is the second …
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A Contextual Examination Of Mississippi's Principal Preparation Programs And Their Impact On Student Achievement
… to consistently stagnant academic performance of schools across the nation and reported shortages of quality school leaders, principals have been pushed front and center as the targeted school leader responsible for school failure. Because principals received their preparation from either a …
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Predicting Physical, Verbal, Social, Racial, and Sexual Bullying with Individual and Environmental Factors from an Evolutionary Ecological Framework
… Rothbart’s temperament, parenting, friendship quality, school connectedness, and socio-economic status. Subtypes were predicted by low Honesty-Humility in addition to other personality and demographic factors with the exception of physical bullying, which was predicted by environmental factors. …
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School Choice, Opportunity and Access: A Geographic Analysis of Public School Enrollment in New Orleans
… is to identify the extent to which the current school choice policy in New Orleans has afforded students in underserved neighborhoods or city planning districts the opportunity to attend quality schools elsewhere in the city. Though all students in New Orleans have access to schools outside …
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A Multilevel Analysis of Student Engagement, Teacher Quality, and Math Achievement
… relationships between math engagement, teacher quality, school factors, and math achievement in middle school students. This study used the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data from the 2007 wave. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), …
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Essays on economics of school and residential choices.
This thesis studies school and residential choices when private schooling is available and attending a public school is free of charge but requires a residence in the school attendance zone. Each of the three chapters focuses on different issues. The first chapter develops a model of competition …
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Increasing School Social Worker Supports for Schools in Illinois: Policy Recommendations for Supporting Student Learning and Growth.
… State Board of Education recommended that schools with certain demographics hire one social worker for every 350 students. The policy has yet to be implemented despite high rates of student poverty, lagging test scores, school bullying, suspensions, and an increased number of school …
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Understanding School Readiness: The Interacting Roles of Executive Function and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality
… the association between two predictors of school readiness: executive function (EF) and teacher-child relationship quality. School readiness is an indicator of a child’s preparedness for school prior to kindergarten entry. School readiness includes young children’s early academic skills, …
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Quality schooling : defining and developing indicators of quality schooling for South African schools. A case study of a secondary school in an economically deprived area of the Western Cape
If the main objective of schooling is the holistic development of the learner, i.e. the development of cognitive skills, critical thinking skills, social skills, life skills, creativity and emotional maturity, then it stands to reason that a quality school is one which contributes to such a …
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Administrator's Perceptions of Mentoring Programs for New Assistant Principals
… was carried out in elementary, middle and high schools, and a district office in a Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) that supplied funding to implement a mentoring program that would help mold assistant principals into quality school leaders. The methodology for this study …
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Essays on understanding post-secondary preparation and matriculation of high school students relative to differential public school contexts
… of three essays in which I demonstrate that high school contexts are related to the postsecondary preparation, entrance, and matriculation of high school students, particularly for underrepresented populations. My inquiry utilizes comprehensive state longitudinal data, nationally representative …
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A Study of the Relationship Between Building Conditions, Selected Teacher Qualifications, and Student Attendance in High and Low Performing Elementary Schools
… the Virginia Department of Education evaluates school organizations based upon the annual student percent pass rate on the Standards of Learning assessment. This evaluation may result in schools being categorized as either low or high performing. The major difference between the two categories …
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Report on Capacity Building and Setting of Structures at Leni's Junior School, Kinondoni Dar-Es-Salaam
… education is the focus at Leni's Junior School, which is an English medium private school situated in Hananas area of Kinondoni district in Dar es Salaam. In 1999, Mrs. Leni Kimera, an enterprising woman decided to start a nursery school to meet the needs of people in this area. After …
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The Value Of Food: A Small Rural School Cafeteria Budget Case Study
… case study was used to examine a small school district in a rural setting that operates a child nutrition program without encroaching on the general fund, while still serving organic, made-from-scratch meals. Current research confirms that school districts are challenged to balance the …
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