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Showing 1 to 20 of 227 for “"School reform"”.
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Teacher identity and small school reform
… of the benefits of smaller, more personalized schools, many public high schools across the country have been reorganized, divided into several subunits, academies, or small schools. Recent studies examining these schools have shown some positive, some mixed results. This study combines theories …
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Chicago School Reform: An Inside Story
Chicago remains the only major school district in the nation that engaged in real restructuring-virtually tearing down an existing structure and putting a new one in place.
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School Reform: Leadership through Shared Decision-Making
Educational reform has a long history and schools have gone through cycles of change. This study, however, focuses on the last ten years of reform, often referred to as the restructuring movement. Shared decision making is one of the fundamental changes promoted by this current reform effort. …
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School reform: the impact on teaching practices
… of this study was to examine the impact of school reform on teaching practices at the Middle School of Pleasantville. The district, a special needs (Abbott district), receives 85% of its funding from the state, therefore must provide all children with a "Thorough and Efficient" …
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'Training' the Body Politic: Essays on the School Reform Orthodoxy
… I see as the upside-down nature of educational reforms in American society. Why is there a never-ending crisis in America’s public schools? What does it mean when the educational specter from different periods of history is discredited and yet the specter keeps being recycled decade after …
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"Hanging On With Both Hands": Teacher Leaders and Small School Reform
Because many schools that are naturally small have experienced successful student outcomes, there has been a recent trend of converting large, comprehensive schools into smaller units, with the idea of replicating these successes. These smaller schools have a higher demand for teacher leadership, …
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"Public School Reform in Puerto Rico: Education for an ""orthodox"" Economics"
… Puerto Rico's history under U.S. colonialism, schooling has played a central role in the development of the country. Yet, while Puerto Rico has experienced moments of economic growth under colonialism, the meaning and significance of that growth, in the context of the country's overall …
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Teachers'' Perspectives on the Standards of Learning School Reform in Virginia
… discourse on high-stakes accountability-based school reform that underscores teachers' perspectives. Also, the study discussed the need for fuller disclosure of the possible undesirable classroom effects of the reform. To address these needs, the study described teachers' perspectives on the …
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Reform school reform : the nature of change in a social policy biography
Thesis. 1977. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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The Leadership of a Superintendent: Putting the California School Reform Movement to Work
… in Senate Bill 813, passed in 1983. Each school district wrestled with the intent and the mandates of this massive reform document. During the implementation stage of this legislation, the organizational climate in school districts was ripe for leaders and followers to engage each other in …
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Teacher Artistry and the Not-So-Still Life of Arts-Centered School Reform
… undervalues the arts in education, arts-centered schools and school reform continue to proliferate. This study describes, interprets and evaluates arts-centered school reform which is defined within this study as <em>the comprehensive and intentional restructuring and re-culturing of schools using …
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy: A Counter-Narrative on Chicago School Reform, 1988--1998
"Case study methodology revealed the reform's origins and trajectory. Through analyzing school documents, newspaper articles, and conducting in-depth interviews with nine reform advocates and architects, I uncover a context for understanding that is absent in the ""official story."" From this …
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Sustainability of a comprehensive school reform model from the perspectives of three participating principals
School reform is a deliberate process that requires a strong commitment at all levels. The school leader plays a crucial role in establishing a vision and nurturing an environment that facilitates reform efforts. School reform efforts have witnessed a change in the role of the elementary principal …
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Positioning For Elementary School Success: Charting The Journey Of Adopting And Leading School Reform
… and structure for adopting and leading critical school reform initiatives within a rural North Dakota pre-kindergarten through fourth grade elementary school. Elementary principals can use this process and structure to benefit staff, and ultimately, to improve student academic achievement. This …
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