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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"school restructuring"”.
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Principals' perceptions of their roles in the implementation of essential school restructuring
… principal in the implementation of fundamental school restructuring associated with the creation of essential schools. The principal's role in this process was examined strictly from the perspective of building principals who were directly involved in the process. To obtain this unique and …
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Empowering Teachers, Empowering Leadership: A Multisite Case Study of School Restructuring and Accountability for Student Achievement
… exchange for greater flexibility and autonomy, schools have been asked to assume greater accountability for student outcomes. Implicit in this shift of authority and responsibility is the belief that changing the locus of control will result in changes in student achievement. Decentralizing …
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Principals' attitudes regarding the relationship between school improvement research and staff development
… was to examine east-central Illinois elementary school principals' attitudes regarding the relationship between school improvement research and staff development. The investigation incorporated research findings on school effectiveness, organizational management, and school restructuring.
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'This Is How We Do It': A Longitudinal View of a School in the Midst of Organizational Change
… interdisciplinary and evolved around notions of school improvement as it relates to school culture, school restructuring, and teacher collegiality. In considering how such an environment is created this paper focuses on school improvement, as it relates to school organization, teacher …
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Comparison of Achievement in 7A/B Block Scheduled Schools and 7-Period Traditional Scheduled Schools in Virginia
The American high school schedule of single-period classes has remained mostly unchanged for over one hundred years. In response to societal changes and reform movements, the secondary school schedule is receiving renewed attention. Block scheduling, the use of extended periods of time for …
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An Analysis of the Impact of "Success for All" on Reading, Attendance, and Academic Self-Efficacy With At-Risk Elementary School
… All program, which incorporates a comprehensive school restructuring approach. This program focuses on improving achievement of at-risk children and aims to have every child reading on or above grade level by grade three (Slavin, 1996). Two urban, schoolwide Title I elementary schools were …
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An Analysis of Selected 1994-95 Phase III Plans Submitted Under the Iowa Educational Excellence Act (Chapter 294A)
… legislative focus was changed to comprehensive school transformation. The study was guided by four questions; 1) What sources of school improvement literature and recommendations are cited in Phase III rationales? 2) What rationales are developed for Phase III plans? 3) What activities are …
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A study of mathematics course sequence and student performance in mathematics in a block scheduled high school
… amount of attention to the way in which schools provided students with the skills necessary to be productive citizens. Many of the recommendations contained in A Nation at Risk focused on the perceived poor performance of American students when compared to their counterparts worldwide. …
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An overview of school choice
School choice is an intriguing issue, getting to the very heart, of the American ideals of freedom, self-direction, equity, and diversity. While school choice is touted by some as a solution to the problems of American education, it is questioned more critically or even cynically by others. What …
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The effects of restructuring on primary teachers' work : a sociological analysis
Whatever the exact form the restructuring of education systems takes, it means a fundamental re-definition of the work of teaching. In the restructuring process not only does the nature of work change but also school organisation and teacher culture. This study seeks to understand the teachers' …
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The Affective Consequences of Grade Retention.
… retention on students’ subsequent elementary school experience. The participants were kindergarten through eighth grade students from a county in a rural area in Northeast Tennessee who had been retained for at least one year. A total of 36 students participated in the study, along with …
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Cognitive Frameworks that Enable South Carolina High School Principals to Implement Smaller Learning Communities
… need for systemic change in today's secondary schools. Faced with these realities, American high schools must set course on a new mission for education. Not only must high schools require differentiated instructions to accommodate students' needs, high school personnel must also be held …
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The development of a middle school
… 1989 Education Act in New Zealand was to allow schools to broaden their client base. This had the most significant impact in the area of schooling where there was the greatest possibility for change, particularly for the classes either side of the transition between primary and secondary …
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Analysis of Compelling and Constraining Forces Experienced by Georgia High School Principals Implementing Smaller Learning Communities
… stakeholders must adjust to a new paradigm of school operations. In many cases, prior procedures and traditions must be abandoned to achieve academic, social, and school environmental goals. Several unknown factors exist in Georgia's high schools as administrators attempt to find programs and …