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Rowland, M. Lance; Shircliffe, Barbara J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
This study examines educators' perspectives on accountability mandates designed to expand access to the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) classes to traditionally underserved students at a diverse suburban high school in Florida, Palm Crest High School. Consistent with Elmore (1979), district and site-based administrators focused on the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Equal Education
Montgomery, Corey Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The interpretive nature of this dissertation study was grounded in the field of qualitative research. The purpose of the study was to qualitatively define successful inclusion instruction and/or programming. The units of analysis were three schools at each academic level within the Broward County School District which made Adequate Yearly Progress…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Structured Interviews
Walker, Ida – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this descriptive, post hoc single case study was to understand how the five components of Teddlie and Stringfield's (1993) school effectiveness model manifested themselves in school improvements efforts. This study used Teddlie and Stringfield (1993) five component school effectiveness conceptual model (focus on academics, orderly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, School Effectiveness