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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Urban high schools"”.
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Principal Preparedness For Crisis Management In Urban High Schools
… causing a lockdown, any form of violence (i.e. high, mid-level, low) can be stressful to a principal who has not been properly trained in crisis management and disrupt the learning environment and school safety (Trump 2011; Dupper & Adams, 2002). Thus, the purpose of this qualitative, collective …
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EFFECTS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND DISCIPLINE BEHAVIORS IN THREE URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS
… perceptions of the school climate in three urban high schools in a southwest district of Houston, Texas, and the TAKS test scores for 5,625 10th and 11th grade students during the 2010-2011 school year in mathematics and English. The study analyzed the relationship between the teachers’ …
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Teaching History With Cariño: A Phenomenological Study of Teachers’ Lived Experiences in Urban High Schools
… study provides a phenomenological account of 19 urban high school history and social science teachers’ experiences teaching Black and Latinx students in California. The study explored teachers’ perceptions of how they navigated social-political contexts and district policies, their own …
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African American Female Principals of Urban High Schools and Their Negotiation of Work and Family Conflicts
Women account for approximately 60 percent of all high school teachers, but account for barely 30 percent of the principals of these schools. When the data is disaggregated to only examine African American women in education, the disproportion widens between women and men in leadership. As the …
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How is School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports changing the discipline gap in urban high schools
… and special education classifications exit in schools across the county in varying degrees. Over 25,000 schools across the United Stated have implemented School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) as a framework to improve school culture by teaching positive behaviors in …
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Integrating Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Interventions into Urban High Schools for the Benefit of both Teachers and Students
… Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Interventions into Urban Public High Schools for the Benefit of both Teachers and Students Jonathan Rivers LICSW Dissertation Chair: Ram Cnaan, Ph.D. The purpose of this dissertation is to create a trauma-sensitive mindfulness curriculum that can be easily implemented …
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Using the Activity Vector Analysis to Determine Teacher Dispositions for Charter School Teachers in Urban High Schools
… Analysis by both teachers and students in two urban charter high schools. The premise of this research was that the five dispositions of assertiveness, sociability, calmness, conformity, and conscious restraint were needed to be successful particularly in teaching urban students in charter high …
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School Building Condition and Student Achievement and Chronic Absenteeism in Urban High Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… and chronic absenteeism of students who attend urban high schools located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This study utilized the Revised Commonwealth Appraisal of the Physical Environment (CAPE), for principals of high schools in urban school divisions in the Commonwealth of Virginia, to …
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The effects of community school partnerships on students and educators in five urban high schools : a view from the field
… models in order to turn around underperforming schools. One of the newer models that is being implemented across the country is a strategy called community schools. Over the last few years, the number of districts that have started to utilize the community school model has increased …
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An analysis of the self-reported explanations for student absence
… to the school absence of students in an urban high school. The study was conducted because poor school attendance is a growing administrative concern that effects the academic, social and financial aspects of schooling. Although the consequences of school absence are particularly acute in …
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The relationship between 21st century literacy and technology : a comparison of perceptions
… groups were juniors and seniors at two large urban high schools, juniors and seniors in teacher education programs from four mid-west post-secondary schools, and the four deans of education at four post-secondary schools. A mixed methods research design was used including a survey of student …
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Inner City African American Girls' Learning Mathematics: Parental Influence And Classroom Experience As They Impact Mathematics Scores On The Act
… how much can the two factors together predict higher mathematics scores on the ACT. Research instruments consisted of parent and student surveys. The participants were African American girls who had taken the ACT ranging in ages from 17-19 years old from two urban high schools located in the …
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Best Practices of High School Principals for Improving Student Achievement in Urban Schools
… this study was to examine the best practices of high school principals for improving student achievement in eight urban high schools in the Metro Atlanta area. Specifically, the best practices of urban Georgia high school principals in the areas of vision, risk-taking, human development, belief …
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The effect of cognitive bias video instruction on high school biology student acceptance of evolution: Implications for teachers and educational leaders
… to link these preferential thinking patterns to high school biology students' acceptance of evolution. At five urban high schools, 164 high school biology students were surveyed using a new instrument called the Cognitive Bias Assessment For Science Students – Evolution. The CBASS-E assesses both …
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Student voice: a qualitative case study of teachers' conceptions in a New Jersey urban high school
… 2013). The exclusion of student voice in urban education raises the question about what opportunity exists for students to express their opinions on matters that affect them in schools. Urban education has a culture that is ripped apart by chronic absenteeism, low graduation rates, high …
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What you know, who you know, where you live: understanding how habitus influences career selections among urban students
… This dissertation examines how low-income, urban, African American students, who attend university, discover and select careers. By examining this process, I attempt to make more explicit the reasoning behind their career choices. Using a phenomenological approach, I investigated the lived …
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