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Olympic Education: A Critical Ethnography of Two Chinese Primary Schools
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Honglu Zhang; Darren Powell – Educational Review, 2024
The implementation of Olympic education in schools is a requirement for any host country of the Olympic Games, including the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in China. However, there are no strict requirements for host countries in terms of what their Olympic education programme should look like or how they must be implemented. Rather,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Ethics, Ethical Instruction
Leadership in Two-Way Dual Language Programs: Administrative Decision Making in Elementary Two-Way Dual Language Programs
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Ana R. Martinez-Fuentes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
With an increase of English language learners in public schools across the United States, the importance of addressing the needs of students who require language access in their home language has resulted in an increase in the implementation of dual language programs. This increase continues to challenge educators to provide effective programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Accountability Policy Outcomes Related to No Child Left Behind and Educational Equity for Big5 City Schools in New York State
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Shin, Hyejin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the association of NCLB/accountability with educational output and input for New York State, collectively. Focusing on ELA and Math achievement in 4th and 8th grades, this study demonstrated the association of accountability outcomes in three ways: "accountability design, school proficiency level, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Educational Legislation
Bringing High Stakes from the Classroom to the Parent Center: Lessons from an Intervention Program for Immigrant Families
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Auerbach, Susan; Collier, Shartriya – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: As accountability pressures have mounted toward ever-higher targets under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, low-achieving schools have sought new tools for raising achievement. The association between parent involvement and student achievement is well established, though the association is an indirect relationship mediated…
Descriptors: Accountability, Immigrants, Reading Skills, Family Literacy
The New Instructional Leadership: Creating Data-Driven Instructional Systems in Schools. WCER Working Paper No. 2005-9
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Halverson, Richard; Prichett, Reid; Grigg, Jeffrey; Thomas, Chris – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2005
The recent demand for schools to respond to external accountability measures challenges school leaders to create school instructional systems that use data to guide the practices of teaching and learning. This paper considers how local school leaders build data-driven instructional systems (DDIS) by developing new programs and using existing…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Data, Instructional Systems, Decision Making
Learning by Doing: The Noyce Foundation's Every Child a Reader and Writer Initiative. Principles for Effective Education Grantmaking. Case Study Number 4
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King, Caroline – Grantmakers for Education, 2006
Even after acting on the best available information to make a grantmaking decision, a grantmaker should seek to learn from grantees, remain adaptable to new ideas and open to unexpected learning, and willing to admit when grants do not turn out as expected. To this end, Grantmakers for Education's Principles for Effective Education Grantmaking…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Grants, Reading Skills, Writing Skills