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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"school facility"”.
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School Facility Renovation and Student Achievement
This dissertation examines school renovation and student achievement. The study focuses on the relationship between a complete renovation of a school facility and its influence on student achievement before, during, and after the renovation process. This is a replication study of previous research, …
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School Facility Conditions and the Relationship BetweenTeacher Attitudes
… was designed to address questions related to (a) school facility conditions in two elementary schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia and (b) the relationship of school facility conditions to teacher attitudes. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant relationship …
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The Relationship Between School Facility Renovation and Student Achievement In Virginia High Schools
… possible influence a complete renovation of a school facility had on student achievement as measured by performance on the Standards of Learning (SOL) in the areas of End-of-Course (EOC) Algebra I and EOC Reading in high schools within the Commonwealth of Virginia. This study replicated a prior …
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A Tale of Two Silos: Collaborative School Facility Planning in Post-Katrina New Orleans
<p>Cities and schools are traditionally planned in separate silos by local governments and school boards. Collaborative school facility planning (CSP) unites these two silos and integrates decision-making by city and school entities. This research addresses the relationship between urban planning …
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Superintendent motivation and satisfaction related to the use of construction management for school facility projects
… study was to determine the use of CM for Indiana school construction projects and the perceived level of superintendents' satisfaction with the performance of CM. More specifically, the following issues were analyzed: (a) of the projects costing two million dollars or more, what percentage used CM …
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School Facility Conditions and Student Achievement, Attendance, and Behavior in an Urban Elementary School in Southeastern Virginia
… study was to investigate relationships between facility conditions and student achievement, attendance, and behavior in an urban elementary school in southeastern Virginia. Most United States schools were constructed prior to 1960 (Phillips, 1997). As public school buildings aged and …
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Teacher and Principal Satisfaction with the Public/Private Partnership Process in Building School Facilities
… needs of educators were fully met in school buildings constructed through the provision of a public/private partnership and the degree of satisfaction in the completed facility. This study examined the implementation of the Public/Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of …
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Perspectives of School Superintendents in School Crises
According to the PK-12 Public School Facility Infrastructure Fact Sheet compiled by the 21st Century School Fund in February 2011, there are over 98,706 PK-12 grade public schools and nearly 90% of the entire 55.5 million school age children in the United States attend public schools (p. 1). These …
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A Qualitative Study: Gendered Perceptions of Bullying among Adolescents at a Boys and Girls Club.
… behavior. Most research has been performed in school settings and in a quantitative manner. This study was conducted by six researchers in an after-school facility with a qualitative approach. A minimum of 15 hours per researcher was spent observing behaviors and 20 interviews were performed. A …
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Equity in Funding for Iowa's Public Schools
… with particular attention to infrastructure and facility funding. Ohio and Texas entered the courts due to questions of equity in school facility funding and were selected for this study. lowa faced litigation in March 2002 from a coalition of school districts concerned about equity in school …
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Teaching methods and school designs of American elementary schools and how the methods are reflected in the schools' designs
… is preceded by effective teaching and that the school facility should provide an environment in which the pursuit of knowledge can be promoted. This study was completed to understand that relationship between the built environment and education; The research presents a review of some of the …
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Georgia School Principals' Perceptions of the Impact of School Facilities on Student Achievement
The purpose of this study was to examine Georgia school principals' perceptions of the impact of school facilities on student achievement. This study became the focus of the researcher's attention after working in an elementary school in Decatur, Georgia, for three years and personally visiting …
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School service projects for students serving in after-school detentions
… investigate student attitudes when a voluntary school service project alternative was offered to those serving a school detention. Another purpose was to examine the potential benefits reaped by the school as a result of these students' work. The sample population for study (n=60) was selected …
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Lessons in sustainable design : case study of a school in Chicago
… the hypothetical redesign of the South Loop School in Chicago. Sustainable architecture seeks to reinforce ecological relationships to the greatest extent possible, be they among humans or between humans and other species. Increasingly, pressure mounts in our society to design with such …
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More than just a school : an exploration in tractable neighborhood building stock
… of design explorations employing an existing school facility as a study vehicle. The information and insight gathered in the study is then used to develop the spatial characteristics of a building framework which could accommodate a variety of housing and education use patterns.
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Selected School Characteristics And Their Relationshipto High School Teacher Retention
… to examine the perceptions of Orange County high school teachers and administrators regarding selected school characteristics and their relationship to teacher retention. The study was based on another investigation conducted by the Charlotte Advocates of Education (2004) inquiring into the …
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Standardization, Segregation, and Professionalization in Virginia Public Schools, 1898-1917
… Institute, and teachers of Virginia public schools. On their own terms, each of these groups represents a different facet of state level policies of standardization and segregation. The annual and biennial reports published by the office of the Virginia superintendent of public instruction …
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Capital outlay in fifty states: An analysis to determine an equitable model for Illinois
… the focus of the study: 1. What are the current school capital funding/outlay models used in the United States? 2. What are the advantages/disadvantages of each capital funding model? 3. What is each state’s capital funding/outlay model? 4. What is a more equitable capital funding/outlay model …
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Boys' Academic Achievement at the Secondary Level in Jordan between 2005 and 2009
… of boys' education in Jordan. These school factors include the availability of male teachers, availability and infrastructure of school, student-teacher ratio (STR), and the quality of teachers. Both qualitative methods and archival research were utilized to collect data in urban and …
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An Analytic Synthesis of Research Studies Dealing with the Relationship between School Building Condition and Student Academic Achievement
… spend a considerable amount of time within school buildings, one can hypothesize that the condition of the school building influences student academic achievement. A community of researchers have worked to give credibility to this assumption by providing concrete data in support of this …
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