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Alyssa Blanchard; Lauren Sartain; Cole Smith; Molly F. Gordon – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2023
The research in this brief takes place within the context of efforts to strengthen the principalship in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Using eight years of data from CPS, 2012-13 to 2019-20, this brief describes Chicago's principals--their demographic characteristics, their backgrounds, their trajectories into the principalship, and how long they…
Descriptors: Principals, Novices, Public Schools, Diversity
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Lauren Covelli; Julia H. Kaufman; Umut Ozek – RAND Corporation, 2024
In this study, the authors highlight the differences in classroom-, teacher-, and school-level factors in 8th and 9th grade algebra experiences along socioeconomic and racial/ethnic lines using nationally representative survey data from the American Mathematics Educator Study. Several takeaways emerge from this analysis. The analysis shows that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Algebra, Access to Education, Mathematics Teachers
Joshua Angrist; Guthrie Gray-Lobe; Clémence Idoux; Parag A. Pathak – Blueprint Labs, 2024
School assignment in Boston and New York City came to national attention in the 1970s as courts across the country tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home. Although 1970s desegregation efforts likely benefited minority students, urban school transportation is increasingly…
Descriptors: Busing, School Desegregation, Racial Factors, White Students
Swain, Walker; Wang, Shuyang; Kouaho, Joseph-Emery – Urban Institute, 2023
Absent a nationwide plan for universal public prekindergarten, states and districts have taken various approaches to increasing access to school-based educational opportunities for their youngest learners. Though some of these programs have focused on making public prekindergarten available to all families, others have targeted families most in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Education, Equal Education, State Programs
Worth, Jack; McLean, Dawson; Sharp, Caroline – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2022
Racial diversity within the school workforce is valuable in 'fostering social cohesion and most importantly, in supporting pupils to grow and develop in an environment of visible, diverse role models' (DfE, 2018c, p.2). A diverse workforce is likely to promote greater cultural understanding and inclusion when educating pupils from diverse ethnic…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Disproportionate Representation, Preservice Teacher Education
Bitar, Jinann; Montague, Gabriel; Ilano, Lauren – Education Trust, 2022
Faculty diversity plays a key role in college student completion and can have a major impact on students' sense of belonging, retention rates, and persistence. This report examines faculty diversity relative to student diversity, as well as hiring equity, tenure equity, and changes in faculty representation over time for Black and Latino faculty…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Student Diversity, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power
Zavitkovsky, Paul; Tozer, Steven – Online Submission, 2017
This report describes some surprising shifts in regional achievement patterns in Illinois public schools under NCLB. These shifts show worrisome declines in many communities that were not the original focus of NCLB, and promising growth in some communities where evidence presented shows changes in school effectiveness. What schools and districts…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Demography, Student Characteristics
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2017
Campus climate issues continue to pervade many institutions, with related news stories commanding headlines across the country. Through oversight and leadership, college and university governing boards play an important role in helping to create inclusive campuses. AGB conducted a survey of nearly 1,000 board members to take the pulse of campus…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Diversity, Diversity (Faculty), Inclusion
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Horn, Laura; Li, Xiaojie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
In light of the growing labor market demand for jobs requiring a minimum of subbaccalaureate credentials, this Statistics in Brief presents recent changes in subbaccalaureate awards in the decade between 1997 and 2007, using 2002 as a midpoint. It describes changes in the number and types of awards conferred, overall and within particular fields…
Descriptors: Credentials, Awards, Females, Labor Market
Lee, Jaekyung – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2006
This study offers systematic trend analyses of NAEP national and state-level public school fourth and eighth graders' reading and math achievement results during pre-NCLB (1990-2001) and post-NCLB (2002-2005) periods. It compares post-NCLB trends in reading and math achievement with pre-NCLB trends among different racial and socioeconomic groups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 8, Scores, Accountability
Easton, John Q.; Luppescu, Stuart; Rosenkranz, Todd – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2007
When 2006 Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) scores were released in March 2007, there were many questions about the comparability of the 2006 test to earlier ISATs. The 2006 ISAT was a new test, with new items, a new format, new timing requirements, and new scoring procedures. Many people were skeptical about whether it was appropriate to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Test Results, Public Schools, Achievement Tests
Christensen, Jon – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2007
This working paper discusses safety in urban charter schools relative to other urban public schools, using several indicators from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is the nation's most extensive sample survey of elementary and secondary schools and the teachers and administrators who staff them. The indicators measure the frequency of…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Teacher Attitudes, School Safety, Behavior Disorders
Lee, Chungmei – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, 2006
The Denver Public Schools (DPS) provide a unique opportunity to study the dynamics of school segregation within the context of rapid demographic changes and key policy changes. This paper, the first of two reports, focuses on the dynamics of segregation, demographic changes, and implications for graduation rates in the Denver Public Schools. It…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Hispanic American Students, Public Schools, Graduation Rate