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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"School closings"”.
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"Reframing the right to education in the ""Chilean neoliberal experiment"": a multi-sited case study of community resistance to public school closings"
… parents, who in 2014, successfully resisted school closings in their community. I address these issues by conducting a mixed-methods study based on two methodological approaches: A critical discourse analysis of the right to education as it is elaborated in the Chilean constitution and a …
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The Political Consequences of School Closings: A Comparison of the Procedural Viewpoint and the Lutz-Iannaccone Theory of Dissatisfaction in Selected Illinois School Districts
… to be functioning in the districts that closed schools. The number of buildings in a district seems to influence the positions taken by a district superintendent and school board when faced with closing a school building.
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Indiana public school superintendent sensemaking of e-learning
This study examined the rationale Indiana public school superintendents have used in making the decision to implement an e-learning day program for their districts to make up for lost instructional time when school is cancelled due to inclement weather. The conceptual framework for this study was …
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Experiences of parents forced into emergency remote instruction during COVID-19
… through second grade during the COVID-19 school closings and their perceptions of their roles through the lenses of Joyce Epstein’s Parental Involvement Framework and Uri Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological System’s Theory. Video recordings of the semi-structured interviews were captured, and …
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An analysis of perceived job stress factors on school personnel, and perceived techniques to reduce or manage job stress factors on school personnel caused by school closures necessitated by declining student enrollment
… identify factors which cause job stress during school closures due to declining enrollments. An additional purpose was to identify possible techniques to manage or reduce job stress associated with school closures.A questionnaire was designed to identify stress factors associated with school …
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Where Is the CommUNITY? A Qualitative Case Study of a School Closure in an Urban School District
… are a proven strategy for strengthening schools. Across the United States, parents and community members have pressed school boards and district leadership for more transparency and broader participation in decisions about school turnaround. The purpose of this qualitative case study is …
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Depopulation and Education in a Mexican Migrant Town: Schools in Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, 1942-2000
… continually diminishing depopulation and school closings since the Bracero Program of 1942, which marked the onset of a pronounced trend of migration to the United States for temporary employment opportunities. The effects of a culture of migration and globalization on education in the …
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Consolidation in the Henry County Public School System
… decline. In 1982, talks of building a new high school to consolidate two smaller high schools began with the school to be built on the North Carolina boarder. Between 1993 and 2003 approximately 10,523 jobs were lost in Henry County. At this time Henry County operated 20 public schools. In 2000, …
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School governance in New Hampshire: Revisiting a study of school board -superintendent relations in small rural school districts
… in 1988, through (1) questionnaires given to school board members and superintendents and (2) follow-up interviews with board members and superintendents. The same written survey instruments were used. The same interview questions were used with the addition of several questions that inquired …
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The Road from Paraprofessional to Certified Teacher: A State, School District, and University Partnership
… East Tennessee State University-Sevier County Schools in 2000, there had been little to no planning in addressing the challenge of teacher shortage, specifically teacher attrition, in East Tennessee for special education teachers (East Tennessee State University, 2009; State of Tennessee, …
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School Closure in New York City
School districts and states have increasingly abandoned traditional school reform efforts in favor of simply closing low-performing schools. This movement reflects growing frustration among policymakers with the disappointing effects of previous school improvement policies, and the view that some …
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A Spatial Theory of School Closure: An Examination of School Closure in America
… the primary factors associated with public school closure in the United States during the five year period 2007 – 2012. Specifically, it addresses three questions related to school closures. First, what are the most important socio-economic factors associated with an individual school being …