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Showing 1 to 20 of 150 for “"Suburban school district"”.
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The minority achievement gap in a suburban school district
… research devoted to studying achievement gaps, school administrators faced with the challenge of reducing these gaps have had limited success. There are a number of factors, regarding the individual, the school, and the setting, which can contribute to achievement gaps, but in a particular …
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Advocating For Standards-Based Grading In A Suburban School District: A Policy Advocacy Document
… to be,” in this case, a new grading system in a suburban district. The document takes the reader through numerous aspects of advocating for district-wide policy change. The vision for a new grading system is evaluated from several perspectives, such as: educational, economic, social, political, …
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Systematic Implementation of Full-Day Kindergarten in a Large Suburban School District: A Change Leadership Plan
<p>The purpose of this change plan document is to provide a rationale and structure for shifting from half- to full-day kindergarten. Patricia Clark’s (2009) synthesis of multiple research studies on full-day kindergarten outlines the reoccurring findings that implementation of full-day …
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Parental agency: Stories from parents on the influence of their voice in a suburban school district
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Principals' Support for Teacher Leaders at Elementary Schools in a Large Suburban School District in Virginia
The role of teacher leaders in schools is becoming more prevalent as educators examine ways to insure systemic change. It is based on the assumption that education will improve when those closest to the situation are included and encouraged to not only participate in the decision-making process, …
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HOW DO TEACHERS IN A MID-ATLANTIC SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT USE TECHNOLOGY TO INTERACTIVELY ENGAGE THEIR STUDENTS?
… teachers from four different elementary schools in a suburban mid-Atlantic school district in the United States. One teacher from grades second through fifth was observed. The use of multiple-cases helped strengthen the conclusions of the study (Yin, 2009). The data was collected through …
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Change Plan for the Teacher Mentoring and Induction Program to Inform Retention Efforts in a Suburban School District
… to those new to the profession or new to the school district. The mentoring program is not successful without the support of everyone in the district. This includes teachers, principals, and district office. A change needs to be made in order for follow through to happen with the mentoring …
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An Examination of the Induction and Teacher Mentoring Program to Inform Retention Efforts in a Suburban School District
… a teacher’s success during the first years at a school. It is important that a mentoring program is updated to follow the changes in education. This program evaluation looked at the current induction and mentoring program in place and the impact that it made. Throughout the evaluation, teacher …
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Perceptions of How Teacher Evaluations and Feedback Impact Teacher Professional Growth in a Large Suburban School District in Virginia
Teacher evaluation systems were developed and implemented to increase accountability but also to increase teacher effectiveness. A review of the research and findings of previous teacher evaluation studies demonstrated the need to further examine the feedback in evaluation systems and their role in …
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Effect of sentence-combining instruction on the reading and writing achievement of fifth-grade children in a suburban school district
This study investigated the effects of sentence-combining instruction on the reading comprehension and writing maturity of fifth-grade children. The treatment groups were comprised of 25 fifth-grade children in the experimental group and 25 fifth graders in the control group. The students were …
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A Suburban School District Mentoring Programs’ Influence of Black Male Students’ Desire to Continue in Higher Education After High School
… to Harper and Davis (2012), "Blacks experience school as social institutions that reinscribe hegemonic power structures, and therefore, they resist academic success to protect a collective cultural identity" (p. 106). This protection of their cultural identity is often seen as defiance and …
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SCHOOL CHOICE, COMPETITION, AND MARKETING PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF A LARGE DIVERSE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS
Nationally, competition among school systems has existed for decades through school choice, open enrollment, and voucher programs. These concepts were foreign to the Texas public school system until the late 20th century. Because of an increase in competition and school choice, enrollment and state …
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Exploring Teachers' Beliefs about the Underrepresentation of Minority Students in the Gifted Program in a Mid-Sized Suburban School District in Georgia
… students became the majority in Georgias public schools. Even though this has occurred, the total statewide number of minority students enrolled in the gifted program and the number of minority students enrolled in the gifted program in some school districts in Georgia is not representative of …
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The Influence of an Extended School Day on Middle School English Language Arts and Mathematics Achievement in a New Jersey Suburban School District
… study examined the influence of an extended school day, reported in instruction minutes, on academic achievement of general and special education middle school students in one public suburban New Jersey school district using English Language Arts and Mathematics data from the 2014 New Jersey …
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The effects of a culturally responsive professional development series on the attitudes and beliefs of teachers of diverse students in a Missouri suburban school district
… the attitudes and beliefs of six teachers in a suburban Missouri school district. During eight, two-hour sessions, participants explored their beliefs about White Dominance, their own identity development, and teaching in a culturally responsive manner. Their cases were utilized to investigate …
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LEADERSHIP EFFORTS TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERPERFORMING SUBGROUPS (HUS) IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (K-6): HOW ONE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ADDRESSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
… identified as a significant challenge faced by school districts across the nation and has been an item on the national agenda for quite some time. Students that are part of the identified disaggregated groups are not achieving at the same rate as their White and Asian counterparts. While urban …
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