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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Urban middle schools"”.
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The Examination of Attendance Support Teams in Urban Middle Schools
… analyze effect of an attendance support team in urban middle schools. The study utilized a six-month time window using students in three middle schools that accumulated five unexcused absences. The attendance support team was comprised of a school social worker, a family resource student support …
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Equity in Education: Transforming Urban Middle Schools for Black Students Success
… in closing the achievement gap in our nation's schools through effective research-based interventions. Purpose: The goal of this study were (a) to identify the extent to which the achievement gap is an issue for Black students in a large, urban school district in Texas, (b) to examine the …
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A Comparison of Student Performance in Single-Sex Education and Coeducational Settings in Urban Middle Schools
Since amendments to NCLB in 2004, public schools have not only established single-sex schools, but have also established single-sex classrooms within coeducational schools. Most of these modifications were adopted as a means to provide support to lowachieving students, many of who reside in urban …
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A Study of Two Urban Middle Schools: Discipline Practices Used to Control Disruptive Behavior of Students
Schools are facing challenges in their efforts to educate children appropriately and safely. Students who demonstrate inappropriate, anti-social, and/or disruptive behaviors are becoming more prevalent. School personnel are dealing with disruptive behaviors that occur more frequently and that …
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A comparison of two strategies used to reduce the number of dropout-prone students in urban middle schools
… of students enrolled in the Career Exploratory Middle School (CEMS), an alternative middle school, with the academic achievement and behavioral characteristics of students in a project called Building and Supplementing Instruction in the Core Skills (BASICS), a dropout prevention program within …
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Examination of the Professional Development and District Support Needed for Leadership Success from the Perspective of Middle School Principals in Low-Performing Urban Schools
<p>Principals leading low-performing urban middle schools operate in complex, high-accountability environments characterized by diverse student populations, elevated expectations, and high leadership turnover rates. Although principals play a critical role in school improvement, limited research …
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A Phenomenographical Study: The Effects of High-Stakes Test Failure on Low Income Black Students
… be conducted at two predominately Black Title I urban middle schools in the southeastern United States. The research will determine the social and emotional burden students, parents, and families carry when test failure occurs. Proposed for this study will be two distinct research questions. The …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Leadership and Student Achievement
… Arts scores were collected from two, large urban middle schools under NCLB consequences and receiving School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding. Scaled scores from the state's Criterion Referenced Test (CRT) in English/Language Arts serve as the measure of student achievement. These student …
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The Role of Empathy, Anger Management and Normative Belief about Aggression in Bullying Among Urban, African American Middle School Children
… relational bullying, and prosocial behavior in urban African-American middle school children. Participants included 177 African-American sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from two public, urban middle schools in a large city in the Southeast United States. The results of this study …
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Educational Leadership in Middle Schools: Informal Teacher Leaders
… achievement (Louis et al., 2010). Successful schools do not depend upon a single charismatic leader but on many individuals collaborating and using their collective leadership skills (Grissam et al., 2021; Jackson & Marriott, 2012; Ogawa & Bossert, 1995; Pounder et al., 1995). To attain …
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SUPPORTING SEXUALITY EDUCATION PEDAGOGY: A CROSS-CURRICULAR ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
… less research on sexuality education in middle schools in the United States compared to high schools. Middle schools deserve more attention in social science research due to the developmental needs of students and teacher competency concerns. Sexuality education research in middle schools …
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Conceptual and Procedural Instruction: Mathematical Teaching Approaches And Strategies In An Urban Middle School
… achievement in mathematics in under resourced urban middle schools. The significance of this study is to develop math instructional skills in urban schools that can help bridge the achievement gap between urban underperforming schools and suburban achieving schools. Urban mathematics educators …