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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Small School Districts"”.
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A Survey of Small School Districts’ Junior High School Summer Program Offerings
… of this study to obte.in details of summer school programs, including practices which were considered by the districts to be innovative.
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A Study on Teacher Attrition in Two Small School Districts in Southeastern Virginia
… academic development of students and therefore school districts across the country need to do all they can to ensure that all students have highly qualified teachers in their classrooms. Many school districts across the country are having major difficulty retaining the very best educators. The …
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A Study of K-12 Teachers in Small School Districts : Their Levels of Stress, the Source of Stress, and the Effect of Initiating Coping Strategies
… between K-12 regular education teachers in school districts with fewer than 2,500 students and their levels of stress as it related to the sources of stress, demographic variables, and initiation of coping strategies.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. The subjects of this study were 329 K-12 teachers. …
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An analysis of the functional tasks of superintendents of selected school districts in Indiana based on student average daily membership
… investigate the differences that exist between school board members and superintendents in perceiving the role of the superintendent.The following null hypothesis was tested:No statistically significant difference exists in the perceptions held by superintendents and school board members of the …
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A Study of Large Scale Student Sharing Programs by Smaller Iowa School Districts
… trend in the state of Iowa for neighboring school districts to enter into sharing agreements whereby entire grades from one school attend classes in another district. By discovering the reasons for this recent relationship between districts, it may be possible to predict what the future …
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Implications of three staff development interventions in small schools
… of the study was to observe how teachers in small school districts changed behavior after being involved in one of three different staff interventions. Teachers in Group I (N = 9) received a ""one-shot"" 5-hour workshop on cooperative learning techniques. No additional contact was made with …
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A legal analysis of extended school year: field survey and identification of potential gaps and inadequacies
… to derive "educational benefit" from their schooling an extension of the school year, beyond the traditional 180 day school year, may be required. The current study describes Extended School Year (ESY) program implementation in the field, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and identifies …
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Lease Purchase Financing: The Processes and Impact on New School Construction in Texas
… financing and the characteristics of those districts that have utilized lease purchase financing for the purpose of new school construction. A two pronged approach was used for the study, both quantitative and qualitative. The study examined all school districts that utilized lease …
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Judgments of selected public school administrators regarding benefits resulting from management by objectives programs
… and compare the judgments of selected public school administrators regarding Management By Objectives programs. The participating administrators were asked to make judgments related to expected benefits in the following management areas: (1) work expectations, (2) communication, (3) …
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Critical Thinking Instruction in Missouri Schools: Perceptions of Public School Principals
… of critical thinking instruction in their schools. The fourth objective was to explore principals' views of possible reasons for the lack of critical thinking programs in Missouri schools. Views among principals of elementary, junior high, and high schools were compared as well as views …
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The Perceptions of Superintendents and Principals in Georgia Regarding the Mandated 65 Percent Rule
… strategies to improve student achievement. As school districts across the nation implement innovative methods for meeting the challenge of raising academic performance, each district is also faced with balancing the budget to fund academic needs while maintaining the daily operations associated …
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Factors influencing curriculum in elementary self-contained special education classrooms
… classrooms were observed, one in each of three small school districts in North Carolina. Each class was observed for four days over an eight-week period. Teachers were interviewed on each day of observation. Students, the school principal, and the Exceptional Children Program Administrator were …
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A Description of the Personnel Function in School Divisions of 5,000 Students or Less in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… for the personnel function in 60 out of 83 school divisions in the Commonwealth of Virginia with 5,000 students or less that responded to the survey. The primary objective was to ascertain who had the responsibilities, if they were delegated or shared, and if so, to whom. Other objectives …
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Rural schools: Leveraging resources through school district collaboration
… qualitative study was to explore the process of school district collaboration that ensued in four mostly rural school districts in Indiana, following a study conducted by an external university group. The purpose of the study was to explore and present ways that the school districts could work …
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A study of local school board members' knowledge, attitudes, and sources of information relative to the education of the handicapped
… study was threefold: to assess the knowledge of school board members pertaining to PL 94-142 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (PL 93-112), to investigate the attitude of local school board members regarding handicapped children and to ascertain the source and methodology from …
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Management practices in public school custodial programs
… toward improvement of administration of public school custodial programs. The study was designed to: (1) provide Indiana custodial administrators with an overview of perceptions of Indiana custodial administrators generally regarding use and soundness of selected custodial management practices; …