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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"United States Department of Education"”.
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Redesigning the United States Department of Education for localized ideation through user-centric research and organizational design
Education inequality in the United States is a complex challenge to tackle, and one that a centralized enterprise isn't always equipped to address. The United States Department of Education has a mission to bring a quality, globally-competitive education to all students in the US, but leaves to the …
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A Multi-State Comparison of NASP Domains of Practice and School Psychologist Evaluation Rubrics
… school psychologists to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) 10 Domains of Practice. Using a content analysis of state evaluation rubrics, the researcher determined the extent to which various state evaluation rubrics align with the NASP domains and selected terminology from the …
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Can you see me now? The perceived impact of a virtual instructional coaching partnership applied through the lens of the partnership principles on first-year teacher professional growth : an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study.
… mindset has not firmly taken hold in K–12 education. According to the 2015–2016 National Teacher and Principal Survey, the average percentage of public schools with at least one on-site instructional coach is 37% (United States Department of Education, 2016). In rural settings, the average …
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Federal attention to teacher certification and licensure: two policy case studies
… or explicit federal government endorsement of particular standards for the licensure or certification of teachers. They are, (a) authorization for the United States Department of Education to award design and implementation grants for programs of alternative teacher credentialing, and (b) …
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Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (ABBRA) in New Jersey: a case study of the implementation of regulatory policy
<p>The primary purpose of this study was to investigate year two of the implementation of the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (ABBRA). The environment of accountability has become increasingly prominent through the ongoing development of regulatory policy in the field of education …
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Culture of empowerment in a restructured school
“Culture of Empowerment in a Restructured School” is a qualitative study that explores how three teams of humanities teachers in a restructured high school try to create and sustain an environment in which they can make decisions over curriculum, pedagogy, and school self-governance. The study …
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The influence of reading nationally circulated scholarly educational literature as manifested in the curricular leadership performance of middle school principals
… are reading nationally circulated scholarly educational literature that calls for curriculum change. A second purpose of the study was to investigate how that reading influenced their leadership in curriculum decisions. By comparing the responses of principals from two samples, one group …
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Descriptive Analysis of Comments Obtained during the Process of Regulating the Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004
… the comments submitted by the public to the United States Department of Education (USDE), the Office of Special Education Programs, in response to the 2004 amended IDEA, prior to the development and publication of proposed regulations under 34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 300 and …
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The Challenges Associated with the Implementation of the New Teacher Evaluation Model, Achieve NJ: A Building- Based Administrators Perspective
<p>Race to the Top is a $4.35 billion United States Department of Education program created to spur innovation and reforms in states and local districts of K-12 education. It is funded by the Education Recovery Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and was announced by …
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The academic performances of community college transfer students at Eastern Washington University (EWU)
<p>This thesis assesses the academic progress of transfer students at Eastern Washington University. Over %60 of college graduates attend multiple institutions (United States Department of Education, 2006) and more than %70 of Washington students attend a technical or community college before …
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The Lived Experineces of Parents and Their Perceptions of Preschool in one neighborhood in Eastern Virginia
According to the United States Department of Education, approximately 4,172,347 four year olds are eligible to attend publicly funded preschool programs. Of this number, only 1,709,607 of those eligible are enrolled in a publicly funded preschool program (U.S. Department of Education, 2014). …
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Evaluating Colleges and Universities: A New Model for Institutional Rankings
… function independently and lack the wherewithal of measuring performance areas of effectiveness, efficiency or quality. The United States Department of Education maintain a number of subsidiary organizations and external sources that provide public statistical data for analysis, yet an …
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The Effect of Self-Esteem and Racial Identity Attitudes on Academic Performance Among African-American Male College Students
United states Department of Education enrollment and graduation data illustrate the status of African-American male college students. Between 1982 and 1984 there was a 5% decline in the enrollment of African-American male college students, while the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded over the …
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Lived Experiences in Accreditation: The Influence of Accreditation Decisions on Change Implementation
American universities that offer an education to future chiropractic physicians must complete a reaffirmation of accreditation process with the Council on Chiropractic Education, an agency that maintains recognition by the United States Department of Education. Administrators of programs are …
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A Case Study on the Differences in Scores of Undergraduate Students in Traditional, Online, and Hybrid Classes
<p>The primary purpose of this research was to ascertain whether there are variances in academic performance between students taking an educational technology course in traditional, online, and hybrid learning environments. As a secondary goal, the study assessed the differences in academic …
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Utilization of research-supported elements of effective teaching in teacher evaluation forms
One purpose of this study was to determine those elements of effective teaching which were held in common by researchers in the field of teacher effectiveness. A review of the work of sixteen research studies and reviews of studies from 1984 to 1990 clearly identified clarity of instruction, task …
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A critical analysis of bilingual education in Michigan: history and current administrators [sic] perceptions of changes in state policy mandating bilingual education
This research project is a critical study of the development and current status of bilingual education in Michigan. A qualitative-quantitative methodology was used to study the consequences of elimination of the Michigan mandate for bilingual education in favor of a voluntary funding program. One …
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The Process of Becoming a Blue Ribbon School: Perceptions of Participating Teachers And Principals
The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the shared experiences of teachers and principals within selected schools in their quest of achieving the United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award in Georgia. In one sense, these schools are already successful. …
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Negative Consequences of Undergraduate Alcohol Usage : a Multivariate Gender Comparison
… analysis was conducted on 1992 and 1993 United States Department of Education CORE Survey data collected from 345 male and 584 female undergraduates at two Midwestern private liberal arts colleges. Frequency, chi-square (<em>p</em></p> <p>Results. Both genders' demographics, perceptions, …
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Identification of model transition to employment program outcomes and activities for persons with disabilities
… to employment programs funded through the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) on behalf of the United States Department of Education from 1984 to 1990. In October 1990, the Congress of the United States passed into law the Individuals with Disabilities Education …
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