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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Systems To Support Administrators Plan
<p>Wagner et al.’s (2010) change leadership model was used to assess culture, context, conditions, and competencies of a large, diverse urban school district to create a systemic plan for supporting building level administrators. Interviews were conducted with former building level administrators, …
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A study of supernumerary teachers in the Chicago public schools
This study was designed to examine the factors that led to the creation and maintenance of the classification of teachers known as supernumerary teachers. To further determine the critical issues associated with the status, the perspectives of the stakeholders (i.e., principals, supernumeraries, …
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History of Immigrant Female Students in Chicago Public Schools, 1900--1950
… study group is female students primarily from Chicago's major immigrant communities: Irish, Jewish, Italian, and Polish. Previous histories on immigrant education used ethnic differences to explain disparities in educational attainment among Irish, Italian, Polish, and Jewish immigrant groups. …
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Use, Context, and Consequences of Early Literacy Assessments in Chicago Public Schools
Findings revealed (a) heavy use of data from two particular assessments, the DIBELS and basal tests; (b) enhanced teacher use of data from assessments that are more widely administered and from assessments they personally administer, (c) contextual factors such as the presence of school-level …
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Beyond the failing school: Race, space, and opportunity in Chicago public schools
The responsibility of public education is rarely attached to public officials, urban planners, or the business community. Instead much of the research today looks to parents, school administrators, or students in an attempt to understand the problems of America’s public schools. The objective of …
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Advocating For Network Councils In Chicago Public Schools (CPS): A Policy Advocacy Document
… best practices at the building level in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), this study advocates that CPS enact a policy to create Local Network Councils (LNCs). Using an analysis of need, the impact of Local Network Councils is examined through educational, social, political, economic, and …
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A History of Programs Implemented by the Chicago Police Department within Chicago Public Schools
… a history of programs implemented between the Chicago Police Department within Chicago Public School, while looking at the changes in the relationship between the two between 1945 and 2005.</p><p>The research answers the following; the change in the relationship of the Chicago Police Department …
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Chicago Public Schools' Academic Probation Process: Insights Into a Process for Improving Failing Schools
… describes the Academic Probation Program in Chicago, Illinois, a support program started for the 109 lowest performing schools in the district. The schools are given the opportunity to choose from a selection of external partners, and are assigned a probation manager to guide improvement …
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Something Better for Our Children: Black Organizing in the Chicago Public Schools, 1963--1971
… the critical role of Black organizing for Chicago school reform in the 1960s, both in the Civil Rights and Black Power eras. During the Civil Rights era, there were organized efforts to push for integration of public schools to insure equality. Because of Mayor Richard J. Daley's control of …
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Supports Provided To Improve Schools In Need Of Intensive Supports In Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Evaluation
… program evaluation examined systems provided to schools in the city of Chicago which needed intensive supports. This was done by evaluating qualitative and quantitative data. Much of the qualitative data was derived from interviews, while the majority of the quantitative data was compiled through …
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Elementary School Counselors' Perception of Their Role and Function as Case Managers in Chicago Public Schools
… the role and function of case manager in Chicago Public Schools. In this expanded role, elementary school counselors must continue their traditional counseling duties and incorporate case management activities as a part of their responsibilities. The case managers coordinate the special …
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Perceptions of agency in teachers within international baccalaureate primary years programmes in the Chicago public schools
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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An Historical Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools Policy on the Requirements for the Selection of Principals, 1983-2008
… analysis provided an opportunity to appreciate Chicago's course in</p><p>the national school reform landscape. This study helped to understand the effects school</p><p>reform efforts had on school leadership policy in Chicago. It verified a roster of</p><p>superintendents in Chicago during …
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Self-Perceptions of Leadership Behaviors and Decisionmaking Orientations of Men and Women Elementary School Principals in Chicago Public Schools
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:54:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7709151.pdf: 5390689 bytes, checksum: 88b16a9eab1500b0016bffce73a52761 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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A Study of the Attitudes of Eighth-Grade Pupils and Their Teachers in Selected Chicago Public Schools Toward Formal Grammar and Related Aspectsof the Language Arts
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The roles of professional organizations in the effective teaching of reading in Chicago public schools: the International Reading Association and Illinois Reading Council as case studies
… associations to effective reading teaching in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It looked at the performances of students in meets and exceeds in the Illinois State Achievement Test (ISAT) for third and eight grade students in selected schools in CPS between 1999 and 2004 and how the professional …
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Advocating For A Parent And Community Engagement Policy In Chicago Public School District 299
… <p>This paper investigates one of Chicago Public Schools District 299’s many major improvement initiatives: the Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago (REACH) Principal and Teacher Evaluation System. Examined through the lens of the research of James S. Coleman, Ronald Edmonds, and …
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The Chicago Board of Education Desegregation Policies and Practices [1975-1985]: A Historical Examination of the Administrations of Superintendents Dr. Joseph P. Hannon and Dr. Ruth Love
… of two distinguished superintendents of the Chicago Public Schools: Dr. Joseph P. Hannon and the first African American female Superintendent Dr. Ruth Love. Hannon's four year administration extended from 1975 through 1979. Love' administration encompassed the years 1980 through 1985. The …
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Case Study in a School With High Numbers of Bilingual Students
This is a case study of a Chicago Public school with high numbers of fourth year bilingual students. The purpose of this study was to analyze elementary bilingual school students' data in a Chicago Public School, specifically those students in their fourth consecutive year in the Chicago Public …
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Perceptions of Teachers, Administrators and Community Council Members in Nine Select Elementary School - Communities of the Chicago Public Schools as to the Role of the School-Community Council in Educational Decision-Making
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:48:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511874.pdf: 7902151 bytes, checksum: 0daf820a17c44babedae129d6b1ab861 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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