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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"school turnaround"”.
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District support of school turnaround
Over the past 20 years the concept of school turnaround and how to achieve it has been at the forefront of educational research. Although a quality teacher is the most important factor in changing outcomes for students, to positively change the culture and learning outcomes of a school, a …
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School Improvement and Reform: A Study of Student-Related Factors in Priority School Turnaround Efforts
The purpose of this study was to investigate turnaround reform by identifying student factors from the perspective of successful turnaround leaders in Virginia that hinder or aid the process and the supports in place to address learning issues. It was determined, through a literature review, that …
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Turning the page setting the stage : school culture's profound impact on school turnaround initiatives.
What is the impact of school culture on the success of turnaround initiatives in low-performing schools? Utilizing Edgar Schein's organizational culture theory and Quinn & Cameron’s competing values framework (CVF), this study explores how the alignment or misalignment of values, beliefs, and …
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School transformation : the barriers, challenges, and obstacles, explored through turnaround principal's perspectives.
School turnaround in the United Stated has been a focus dating back to the mid 1960s with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act aimed to ensure that children have equal access to excellent educational opportunities. This qualitative …
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Leadership Practices of Successful Elementary Turnaround Principals
… principal openings, particularly at challenging schools, such as turnaround schools (Gurley, Anast-May, and Lee, 2015; Kutash et al., 2010). The challenge of turning around a failing school makes it essential to study when and how successful turnaround principals adapt their leadership practices …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Efficacy and Use of Data to Inform Instruction in Two Turnaround Middle Schools
<p>Schools across our county must ensure that an increasing percentage of students meet state-specified proficiency standards for the schools to be rated as making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The longer a school fails to make AYP, the more severe are the corrective actions that must be …
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The Effects Of An Education Recovery Team On Teacher Professional Practices, Collective Teacher Efficacy And Student Achievement In Persistently Low Achieving Schools
… of the daily work of education recovery teams in turnaround schools in eastern Kentucky. Data used for this analysis were collected from the Kentucky Department of Education. Data from the identified persistently low achieving schools was compared to pre and post-test over one school year to …
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Leading turnaround : the experiences of successful elementary leaders in Missouri turnaround schools
… have successfully navigated the Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) process. Over the last two decades, the federal government has implemented several programs aimed at turning around low-performing K-12 schools. These programs have largely been unsuccessful. The Every Student Succeeds Act …
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A Case Study Of Teachers’ Perceptions On Teacher Leadership As A Model For School Improvement In SIG Schools
… leadership in a rural, geographical isolated SIG school is a difficult task toward school turnaround. This research explored the impact of teacher leadership on the School Improvement Grant (SIG) process, the development of teacher leadership model standards, and the school improvement evaluation …
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Discovering Administrative Encouragement Within Turnaround Principals’ Leadership
… policies, have been implemented to improve school performance; however, turnaround principals (TAPs) have been considered hallmarks of school turnaround. While the key practices for TAPs to navigate school improvement are known, little is known about how TAPs shepherd the humanistic aspects …
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Where Is the CommUNITY? A Qualitative Case Study of a School Closure in an Urban School District
… are a proven strategy for strengthening schools. Across the United States, parents and community members have pressed school boards and district leadership for more transparency and broader participation in decisions about school turnaround. The purpose of this qualitative case study is …
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The Simultaneous Implementation of Two School Improvement Models in a Rural Southwest Virginia School System
… implementation of the Indistar model of school improvement and the University of Virginia School Turnaround model of school improvement and how those models influenced school improvement practices in a rural Southwest Virginia school system. Best practices from each of the school …
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A study of turnaround efforts in high-poverty schools: characteristics of High Reliability Organizations that determine why some efforts succeed and others fail
… policymakers and others have sought remedies to turnaround chronically low-performing schools. The academic achievement outcomes of implementing such strategies have been mixed. Some schools have experienced clear, unambiguous growth. Others have remained stagnant. Others have regressed. Because …
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A Case Study Of The Perceived Effects Of Change In Principal Leadership In An Upper Midwest Middle School
… leadership change at the end of the 2008-2009 school year at an upper Midwest middle school and to describe the effects from the perspective of system participants. Using a case study approach, the research focused on the perceived effects of principal leadership change and its' impact on the …
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Improvement Capacity In Mississippi Schools: A Comparison Between High Needs Improving And Struggling Schools
… practices in high-performing, high-poverty schools, Mississippi continues to trail other states in improving student achievement outcomes (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2016). Educational research provides evidence regarding the importance of school leadership, the specific practices school …
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Statutory intervention: perceptions of New Zealand primary school principals and their experiences
Each year, a small number of New Zealand schools are identified as underperforming and require external leadership assistance, usually from the Ministry of Education. This support is implemented through a statutory intervention mechanism aimed to address underpinning issues such as governance and …
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An Examination Of Urban School Governance Reform In Detroit Public Schools, 1999-2014
… of our students. Since A Nation at Risk, elected school boards in urban areas were under fire from the media, parents, other civic and community leaders, and voters due to fiscal irresponsibility and poor student achievement. In selected urban cities across the nation, elected school boards were …
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The Impact and Sustainability of a School Improvement Grant on Student Outcomes in an Elementary Setting
… to examine the impact and sustainability of the School Improvement Grant (SIG) Transformation Model and to determine its impact on a low-performing elementary school. The research study used a quantitative research design to investigate the effects of the SIG on student achievement and school …