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Showing 1 to 20 of 181 for “"Urban schools"”.
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Doing the impossible : making urban schools excellent
… for students of color in U.S. public high schools, there are examples of schools and school districts that have begun to slow this trend or reverse it, graduating nearly all of their students, regardless of ethnicity, within four years. Primarily working with the same ethnic groups found at …
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What works? Teaching African American students in urban schools
… general literature review, interviews from four urban elementary school principals, and the stories of five African American urban elementary teachers who were selected by their principals and deemed successful with teaching African American students. The themes that emerged from this study …
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Comparative leadership: pathways, scope and values in DRC-English 'urban' schools
… compares the accounts of two experienced urban primary heads based in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo-DRC) with two others based in Sheffield/Doncaster (England), in order to make sense of their leadership pathways, challenges and actions. Despite the differences in educational …
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The impact of teaching residency programs on burnout in urban schools
This doctoral research investigates burnout of urban educators in a large southeastern district for a mixed methods study. Research questions one and two investigate demographic and organizational variables to determine if they are predictors of burnout or any of the three subcomponents, …
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Financing urban schools: predicting fiscal stress in large city school districts
Many large urban school districts in the United States have suffered from fiscal stress, while others have not. Fiscal stress often has led to program cutbacks, layoffs, and decline in the quality of educational services. The purpose of this research study was to examine the predictors of fiscal …
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Early career physical educators' perspectives on learning to teach in urban schools
… educators' perspectives on learning to teach in urban schools. Using occupational socialization theory (Lawson, 1983a, 1983b; Lortie, 1975) and cultural relevance theory (Flory & McCaughtry, 2011), I studied three early-career physical education teachers who taught in urban schools but did not …
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White Students in Urban Schools: The Unheard Voice in the Achievement Gap
… the academic performance of White students in urban settings, relative to Minority peers, and investigates structural variables that might exacerbate or attenuate differences. The investigation is motivated by and extends qualitative work investigating the experiences of middle school students …
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A sociological exploration of social mixing: young people's friendships in urban schools
… of mixed communities, this thesis examines the urban school as a key site of social mix, critically exploring mixing amongst urban youth. Challenging policy rhetoric's static concept of mixing and cohesion, a key contribution of this thesis is to explore mixing as a social process, attending to …
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Best Practices of High School Principals for Improving Student Achievement in Urban Schools
… 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 in others and integrity were explored through an interview process. …
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Reading Recovery: Factors Influencing the Cancellation of an Innovative Program in Urban Schools
The Reading Recovery Program was expected to succeed and did last from three to four years at the sites that were studied. The Reading Recovery teachers implemented the program to the best of their abilities. It was evident from the findings that the people involved in the implementation …
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Indigenous Children in Urban Schools in Jalisco, Mexico: An Ethnographic Study on Schooling Experiences
… populations from rural areas of the country to urban settings has transformed the cities, and also schools, into places of remarkable cultural diversity. This study examines the processes of identity formation of indigenous children in two urban schools in Jalisco, Mexico. By studying the …
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Nature and prevalence of reading difficulties in the third grade : Lusaka rural and urban schools
… in the third grade of Lusaka rural and urban schools. A sample comprising 106 pupils selected from Chongwe, Lusaka Boys, Lusaka Girls and Northmead Basic schools participated in this study. A number of instruments were used to measure requisites and correlates of reading skills. Subtests …
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Executive Function Measurement in Urban Schools: Exploring Links Between Performance-Based Metrics and Teacher Ratings
In the past three decades, there has been an increased interest in the study of children’s executive functions and how they are measured. Executive functions are often thought to involve higher-order mental processes needed to facilitate goal-oriented behaviour through conscious control of thoughts …
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Psychological and academic preparedness of African American scholars for college and career readiness in urban schools
… of five Black graduates from a Midwestern urban high school and how racialized experiences of visibility and non-recognition shape students’ perceptions of college and career preparedness. Grounded in post-intentional phenomenology, BlackCrit, Ecological Systems Theory, self-awareness …
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Administrators' perceptions of reducing exclusionary discipline in Black girls in k - 12 urban schools: A qualitative study
… mitigate the use of such discipline practices in urban K-12 schools. While research is available on the experiences of Black girls and Black boys with exclusionary discipline, there is scant literature on the experiences of the school administrators and their practices regarding the use of …
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Where to Teach? A Study of Preservice Teachers' Occupational Purposes and Perceptions of the Social Organization of Urban Schools
… problem in predominantly minority, low-income urban schools. Important efforts have been made to address the issue by improving teachers' instructional preparation and/or providing financial incentives to attract new recruits, but such approaches remain only partially successful because they …
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A comparison of 16 to 19 year old student experiences, in rural and urban schools, FE and sixth form colleges
… and Advanced GNVQs, and in rural (Cornwall) and urban (Southeast London) areas. Firstly, a framework for the study was established, with a consideration of the development of different courses and institutions from an historical perspective. A study of quantitative data, relating to the …
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“They got a spot for us in this school”: Sense of community among students of color with disabilities in urban schools
… support. It is also an attempt to develop schools into supportive learning communities where all students feel they belong. The nationalization of school inclusion (i.e. IDEA) represents a sweeping, second-order change altering how students are taught, how teachers are trained, and the …
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The Relationship Between Ability Grouping and the Reading Scores of Low Achieving 3Rd Grade Students In High Poverty Urban Schools In Georgia
… These findings were consistent across all 17 schools. These results suggest that grouping students heterogeneously results in greater academic gains.</p>
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Leadership Traits which Improve School Climate Star Ratings and CCRPI Single Scores in Georgia K-12 Urban Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study
… Index (CCRPI) single scores in Georgia urban K-12 schools. The quantitative method was used to examine quantitative differences related to these two components of Georgia’s state accountability model. The qualitative method was used to explore teachers’ perceptions of the influence of …
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