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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"public school districts"”.
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Ranking Resilience Attributes for Texas Public School Districts
… Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in public school systems in the US, plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, erasing years of improvements. In this body of research, we collect, integrate and analyze all available public data in the data science pipeline to see if public data can …
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School Emergency Preparedness in North Dakota Public School Districts
… basis for this study was to determine: (1) If school districts in North Dakota have an emergency response plan; (2) How comprehensive their emergency response plan is; (3) How well prepared school districts in North Dakota are for any type of disaster; and (4) The extent to which North Dakota …
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Separate but equal? A look at Michigan public school districts
… Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that schools that are separate are inherently unequal and that the desegregation of schools should take effect with “all deliberate speed.” Decades later, there are still schools whose student bodies are comprised of over 90% minority students. The …
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An Analysis of Cyberbullying Policies In Virginia Public School Districts
… computer system use policies of each of the public school districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the Virginia School Boards Association and the National School Boards Association policies as they relate to cyberbullying. Public middle school and public secondary school …
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Estimating the efficiency of michigan's rural and urban public school districts
… study examined student achievement in Michigan public school districts to determine if rural school districts are demonstrating greater financial efficiency by producing higher levels of student achievement than school districts in other geographic locations with similar socioeconomics. Three …
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Preferences for Alternative Educational Programming in Rural Iowa K-12 Public School Districts
… defeated a bill which would have mandated school district reorganization in Iowa's K-12 public schools with enrollments under three hundred students. These districts would have been required to reorganize with other districts creating a new district of at least six hundred students. This …
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The Financing of Outdoor Education in Eight Public School Districts of Washington State
… with eight of the leading outdoor education school camps which have been organized by public school districts in the State of Washington. The data accumulated answers the following questions: (1) What is the school district's philosophy concerning outdoor education? (2) What type of outdoor …
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Supervision of Special Education Instruction in Rural Public School Districts: A Grounded Theory
… of special education instruction occurs in public elementary schools in rural settings. Grounded theory methodology (Strauss & Corbin, 1998) was employed in this study. Nine elementary schools in three rural districts in the state of Virginia participated in the study. Interview data were …
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Superintendents' perceptions of the impact of open enrollment on public school districts in Indiana
… perceptions of open enrollment in Indiana public schools. Superintendents are uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of open enrollment trends and must work to balance the issues associated with the transfer of students in and out of the local district. The superintendents then plan …
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An analysis of local education foundations as alternative revenue streams for public school districts
<p>As school district revenues are reduced by state allocating agencies, local school district administrators and school boards frequently evaluate alternative sources of possible revenue. One emerging source of revenue that many school districts explore is a local education foundation. Local …
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Characteristics and Behaviors of School Board Members in "Grade A" Arkansas Public School Districts
… was to describe characteristics and behaviors of school board members in Arkansas school districts where 50% or more of their campuses earned a letter grade of “A” on the 2014 Arkansas School Performance Report (Arkansas Department of Education [ADE], 2015). This purpose was achieved through …
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Exploring Scholar--Practitioner Leadership: Superintendents' Application of Theory to Practice in Texas Public School Districts
… the methods of practice employed by Texas school superintendents who have completed a doctoral program centered on scholar–practitioner leadership. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe how serving superintendents apply their prior learning and knowledge to the articulation …
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A Study of Iowa School Board Members' Attitudes Toward Reorganization of Iowa Public School Districts
… The purpose of this study was to determine Iowa school board members' attitudes about suggested methods to accomplish school district reorganization in Iowa, what factors should influence such reorganization, and what agency should perform the act of reorganization, Procedure. A questionnaire was …
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Topping The Queue: A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Principal Selection In Mississippi's Public School Districts
… developers, and superintendents or members of school hiring committees. Informed by research from the fields of industry and education, this study utilized explanatory sequential mixed methods design to identify and describe the process, the participants, and the prominent factors involved in …
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