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Showing 1 to 20 of 322 for “"School improvement"”.
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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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Malampaka Secondary School improvement Project Proposal
The improvement of Malampaka Secondary School is considered to (broaden) secondary school education and stimulate community economic development in Sengerema Division. Consultancy work was therefore launched at Malampaka Secondary School to establish critical school development factors that needed …
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The impact of leadership on school improvement
… substantial amount of literature on leadership, school improvement and change. Some of this has been reviewed and discussed with reference to general education. There is a paucity of research in this country on leadership in Jewish Supplementary Education, although some important studies have …
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Attributes of Successful School Improvement Teams: Participants' Perspective
… political and economic pressure being placed on school districts, it is imperative for school leaders to implement initiatives which will contribute to the school improvement process. Better utilization of administrators and faculty is key to the efficient and effective implementation of school …
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Design thinking for school improvement toward deeper learning
… principals who completed Stanford University d.school’s School Retool fellowship program for school leaders, which focused on using the design thinking process for school improvement toward deeper learning. This research project explored the leadership practices and tools used by principals …
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School improvement planning and the development of professional community
… to pay more attention to the nature of change in schools and to invest in developing a culture of ongoing improvement. Curricula designed to assist schools in learning how to engage in self-reflective improvement are increasingly common. In contrast to packaged reform models, these programs are …
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Teachers leading school improvement and education reconstruction in Palestine
… teachers to improve teaching and learning in one school in Ramallah, Palestine. The non-positional approach to teacher leadership was adopted as a means to mobilise all teachers in the drive towards bottom-up, participatory school change processes that increase teacher self-efficacy and …
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An evaluation of the Jacox elementary school improvement program
… this study was to evaluate the Jacox Elementary School Improvement program to determine the extent to which the program was effective in achieving its goals. The study sought to answer the major research question: Is the Jacox Elementary School Improvement program successful in achieving its …
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Comprehensive School Improvement Mandates : The Challenge For Iowa's Small Schools
… suspected legislative biases against small schools; (2) leadership provided the supports to facilitate successful implementation; (3) HF 2272 did not hinder community relations and perhaps enhanced them; (4)assessment became more formalized and districts more data-driven; (5) barriers of …
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The Effect Of Principals’ Thinker Communication Style On School Improvement
… of Thinker personality type principals on school improvement efforts. Thinker principals prefer to communicate through thoughts and logic. The Process Communication Model® was used to determine participants’ personality types. This examination consisted of a qualitative study that included …
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School Improvement Research and Future Educational Policy Efforts in Zimbabwe
… examined theoretically favorable factors for school improvement, and developed recommendations for implementing that improvement in Zimbabwe. It reviewed and analyzed current educational practices, policy discussions, and actions by the Zimbabwean government. New educational initiatives from …
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Principals' attitudes regarding the relationship between school improvement research and staff development
… was to examine east-central Illinois elementary school principals' attitudes regarding the relationship between school improvement research and staff development. The investigation incorporated research findings on school effectiveness, organizational management, and school restructuring.
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A reflection in practice: School improvement. A superintendent's perspective: The Joliet story
… 1983; hereinafter NCEE), the effective schools research by Weber (1971), Edmonds (1979), Brookover (1979), and Lezotte (1979), and more recently, A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (Carnegie Forum of Education & the Economy's Task Force on Teaching as a Profession, 1986; …
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One School Division's Experiences in Developing and Sustaining Capacity for School Improvement
… in determining whether students received a high school diploma and whether a school received accreditation. The purpose of this study was to review the efforts of one Virginia school system to develop and sustain its capacity to improve student achievement in response to increased accountability. …
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Leadership in School Improvement: Planning and Providing for Barriers to Student Learning
When it comes to improving schools, context always matters (Murphy, 2013, p. 260). School leaders are "masters at brokering" (Murphy, 2013, p. 259) change. These changes are usually through the transfer of programs, interventions, and structures that worked elsewhere and pay little regard to the …
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A Balanced Approach: Advocating for Middle School Improvement that Levels the Playing Field
… achievement. Too often we rely heavily on out of school suspensions as a consequence for student misbehavior. This approach leads to students falling behind academically and feeling less connected to their learning environment. My study takes a close look into establishing district policy to help …
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Managing the tension: Balancing district requirements and local school context in school improvement planning
This Organization Improvement Plan (OIP) examines how a principal can implement school improvement planning processes that address both the requirements of a district and the needs of the individual school. The problem of practice identified that principals struggle with motivating teachers to …
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