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A Study of Organizational Climate in Bolivian Urban Elementary Schools
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A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools
… experiences of Latinas/os who are teaching in urban school districts. The central question addressed by this narrative inquiry was: To what do Latina/o teachers attribute to their academic and career attainment? The sub-questions that helped achieve the central question were: 1) What …
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Contributory Factors to Teachers' Sense of Community in Public Urban Elementary Schools
… TO TEACHERS' SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to teachers' sense of community within public, urban, elementary schools. Becauseprevious research has touted the benefits of teacher communities …
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Characteristics of four highly-regarded literacy teachers in rural and urban elementary schools
… qualities are determined in both rural and urban environments that instructional plans can be geared to each student body. Addressing these sociocultural issues is crucial with an increasingly diverse population of students nationwide. Spradley’s (1980) Developmental Research Sequence and …
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A Narrative Case Study Exploring The Preparation Experiences of Novice Teachers In Urban Elementary Schools
… success inside the classroom. Students in urban schools experience a greater number of inexperienced or qualified teachers than their peers, which has and currently is creating a social justice crisis in our nation. The reality of staff shortages and the amount of teacher attrition is …
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How Principals Promote a Culturally Relevant Learning Environment to Improve Black Student Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools
… learning environment to help Black students in urban elementary schools to achieve academic success. The voice of the principals is absent in the literature. As a group, the academic achievement of students in suburban elementary schools surpasses the academic achievement of students in urban …
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Elementary school administrators' perceptions of parental involvement : from espoused theory to theory-in-use within school improvement efforts
… study explored the perceptions and practices of elementary school administrators regarding parental involvement in three urban elementary schools. Particular attention was given to understanding the connection between the beliefs that school leaders shared about parental involvement and its role …
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Supporting trauma-impacted students through the use of animal assisted education
… R. Children living in high poverty large urban areas are frequently exposed to multiple forms of trauma. Experiences of violence, loss, and grief particularly among elementary age children can significantly impact their ability to emotionally regulate themselves, grow developmentally, and …
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Teaching a Human Rights Education Through Youth Athletics
… day. I interviewed 14 students at two different urban elementary schools who take part in a “junior coach” leadership program to get an oral history perspective on their lives, experiences in school, and how sports impacted them. Based on my findings I provide recommendations on how best a coach, …
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Exploring school nurse workload through the lived experiences of school nurses caring for students kindergarten through fifth grade
… is to acquire self-reported perspectives from urban kindergarten through fifth-grade school nurses through individual, semi-structured interviews as to what their workload entails. Participants were purposively recruited from urban elementary schools in a northeastern state. The transcripts …
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School factors that contribute to the academic success of African American boys in an urban elementary school
… literature regarding the academic experiences of elementary aged African American boys in an urban school setting is rather sparse. With the knowledge that the African American male is falling behind his female counterpart, what can we do to ensure that we begin to look at the factors that …
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A phenomenological qualitative study on kindergarten teacher perspectives of parental involvement in urban kindergarten classrooms
… teaching experience on parental involvement in urban elementary schools. Three teachers who participated in the study included: a novice teacher, a mid-career teacher, and a veteran teacher. Varying years of teaching experience gave insight into how teachers’ perspectives were beneficial in …
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Modeling Elementary Aged Students' Fluency Growth in Written Expression: Predicting Fluency Growth for Girls and Boys in General Education
… as well as reliable and valid assessments of elementary-aged students' writing fluency has been lacking compared to other academic areas (i.e., reading). Performance feedback interventions targeting writing fluency are gaining empirical support (Eckert et al., 2006); however, growth …
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Repeated Readings in Poetry Versus Prose: Fluency and Enjoyment for Second-graders
… readings in four second-grade classrooms in two urban elementary schools in Northwest Ohio. As determined by the Ohio Department of Education, 75% of the students in each building must score at or above the proficient level. For the 2008-2009 school year Building A, a school within one of Ohio’s …
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Parent Involvement in Contested Times: A Brief Analysis of the Effects of Anti-Immigrant Policies on Latinx Immigrant Parent Involvement
… decisions to engage with their children’s schools? What lessons might their experiences have for our understanding of parent involvement beyond the parameters of traditional models of parent involvement? Engaging parents as advocates for school success in the home is particularly important …
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Repeated Readings in Poetry Versus Prose: Fluency and Enjoyment for Second-graders
… readings in four second-grade classrooms in two urban elementary schools in Northwest Ohio. As determined by the Ohio Department of Education, 75% of the students in each building must score at or above the proficient level. For the 2008-2009 school year Building A, a school within one of Ohio’s …
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Understanding the Challenge:The Worklife of a Principal in an Achieving Urban Elementary School with a Large Number of At-risk Students
… significant changes have occurred in our public schools in recent years. These changes include shifting federal program priorities, adoption of state curriculum standards, and the implementation of site-based decision-making. These changes come at a time when schools are experiencing significant …
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A Comparative Study on the Impact of a Computer Enhanced Reading Program on First Grade African American Males in an Urban School District in Southeastern Virginia
… on first grade African American males in two urban elementary schools in southeastern Virginia. The BTL computer enhanced reading program includes computer assisted instruction as a major component that research from the National Reading Panel (NRP) indicates is beneficial in the education of …
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