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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"School-Community Partnerships"”.
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Changing the Paradigm in Strengthening School-Community Partnerships: Culturally Relevant Afterschool Programs Providing Professional Development to Classroom Teachers
… African American youth attending a quality afterschool program in an underserved community. Three research questions guided this qualitative case study and the results were discussed according to the three themes that emerged through the theoretical frames of culturally responsive pedagogy …
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The Role of the Principal in the Micropolitical Context of Secondary Schools in Establishing and Maintaining School Community Partnerships
Principals as agents in secondary schools shape the meaning of what goes on in the school. To some extent, what happens in the school is a reflection of their beliefs, values and the dominant societal norms. School-community partnerships are a result of competing values, beliefs and visions of what …
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A Systematic Literature Review: Literacy Practices and Roles of Chinese Parents and Chinese Heritage Language Teachers In Chinese Children’s Literacy Learning
… children’s literacy learning in the out-of-school (public) contexts and offers insights into home- school-community partnerships and professional CHL teacher training to support culturally and linguistically diverse children’s literacy acquisition.
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Think Globally, Act Locally: A Delphi Study of Educational Leadership through the Development of International Resources in the Local Community
… international resource development in the local school community for the years leading up to 2000 was researched using the Delphi method--the best available tool for building consensus in emerging fields. A panel of 28 identified experts in elementary and secondary schools and districts from …
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Investigating the Complexity of Community in a Challenged Urban Elementary School
A school community is often more than meets the eye. With more research highlighting the benefits of school-community partnerships, the notion of what constitutes community in an elementary school setting leaves much room to be further examined. In this study, community is considered through two …
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Parent and teacher perceptions of school partnerships in New Hampshire schools
… perceptions of the extent to which exemplary school-family-community partnership practices were being implemented at elementary and secondary schools within the state of New Hampshire. The teacher and parent participants were organized into four paired groups and were asked to indicate the …
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Beyond Able-Minded Citizenship: Embracing Intellectual Ability Differences in Democratic Education
… My view places demands on educational policy, schooling practices, and teacher education to re-examine curricula, teaching practice, school-community partnerships and, importantly, ideas about how civic knowledge is acquired and put into practice in light of varying abilities. Answering the …
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College Knowledge: The Educational Views and Experiences of Mexican Immigrant Mothers in the Midwest
… status) take part in a critical role in U.S. schooling today. While Mexican parents hold high aspirations for their children to attend college, many do not have access to the necessary cultural and social capital to attain college admissions. Research also suggests parental involvement plays a …
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Beginning Principals' Self Perceptions of Administrative Task Proficiencies in Georgia Elementary Schools
… Curriculum and Instruction, Personnel Duties, School-Community Relations, Management, and Leadership? What administrative tasks do beginning elementary principals in Georgia perceive as being the most and the least important? Do gender, school size, location, and experience make a difference in …
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The Institutionalization of Educational Reform: Sustaining an Effective Educational Program
… asked in this study were: (a) what role did the school context play in sustaining the program; (b) what role did leadership play in sustaining the program; (c) how did the school culture affect sustaining the program; (d) how did the implementation, continuation, and evaluation phases of the …
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The effect of violence on educational outcomes
… The first essay, entitled ""The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance,"" analyzes how fatal shootings in high schools affect schools and students using data from shooting databases, school report cards, and the Common Core of Data. I examine schools' test scores, …