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Schechter, Rachel L.; Lynch, Alicia D. – Online Submission, 2022
LXD Research analyzed data from over 3,200 students in grades K-2 who participated in using the 95 Phonics Core Program in a school district in MO during 2021-2022. The demographic breakdown of this sample included 75% White students, 23% Low Income students, 9% ESL students, 13% SPED students. Schools in the district were paired for similar ELA…
Descriptors: Phonics, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Rowland, Cortney – Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research, 2017
Over the years, most states and districts have focused professional development on teachers rather than principals. However, evidence suggests that principals can play an important role in reaching our national goals of high achievement for all students. School leaders are powerful levers for change--when given the right training and support. But…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality
Andress, Blair J. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Each day, in schools across America, teachers willingly embrace the often daunting task of educating the nation's youth. Students who share little more than a common birth year are placed together with a teacher who is expected to take them from wherever they happen to be academically at the beginning of the year to where they simply must be by…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Nontraditional Education, Nontraditional Students
Foord, Kathleen A.; Haar, Jean M. – School Administrator, 2012
Books by education experts and speakers at national professional conferences have inspired many school leaders to initiate professional learning communities (PLCs). Sustaining them effectively to raise student achievement is another matter. How can one know whether a PLC is moving toward a desired outcome? Measuring effectiveness requires an…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Educational Change
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Killoran, Isabel; Zaretsky, Hayley; Jordan, Anne; Smith, Deidre; Allard, Carson; Moloney, James – Canadian Journal of Education, 2013
The current study had two purposes: to explore further revisions to the Three-Part Schedule D Additional Qualification (AQ) courses in special education and to determine if a virtual knowledge network would be a viable and welcome tool in building teacher capacity for classroom inclusion of students with exceptionalities. Educational stakeholders…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Stakeholders, Special Education, Guidelines
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Beach, Richard – Language Arts, 2012
This column posits enhancing professional development through uses of digital tools to create professional learning communities (PLCs) designed to support collective inquiry and action research leading to schoolwide improvement. These digital tools include a social networking/discussion forum for teacher collaboration; teachers' individual…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Action Research
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Nicolaidou, Maria; Petridou, Alexandra – Professional Development in Education, 2011
Leadership development programmes come in plenty internationally and a number of resources, time and money are being spent to this end. The benefits for schools, staff and pupils arising from professional development activities have been well researched into and elaborated on extensively internationally. Currently in Cyprus, leadership development…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development
Urban Education Collaborative, 2010
In 2004-05, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) began a groundbreaking partnership with the Eli Broad Foundation to develop the Academy for Leadership in Philadelphia Schools (ALPS), one of several Broad-funded, alternative principal development programs initiated across the country. The ALPS effort was designed to respond to two challenges:…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Education, Partnerships in Education, Principals
New Leaders for New Schools (NJ1), 2010
Effective principals are those who boost academic achievement for all students, increase the effectiveness of their teaching staffs, and consistently take leadership actions shown to improve outcomes for students. Therefore principal evaluation systems should place 70% of their weight on the ability of principals to increase student achievement…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Professional Development
Cummins, H. J. – Wallace Foundation, 2013
What happens when teams from 57 cities building afterschool systems gather to discuss two key system responsibilities--improving afterschool programs and using data for informed decision-making? Lots of rich discussion. This report covers a national afterschool conference held in February 2013. It details what mayors, program providers, system…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems, After School Programs
Reimer, Catherine Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research study investigated the leadership behaviors and organizational frames utilized by two veteran superintendents of medium sized school districts in California to address issues of academic performance in their respective districts as perceived by the superintendents and their respective board members and principals. Current…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Program Improvement, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Mooney, Nancy J.; Mausbach, Ann T. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
Regardless of where you are in your school improvement process, here's a book that helps you make sure you have all the right elements working for you in the right way. The authors take you through the core processes that are essential for all school improvement efforts--from establishing your mission to differentiating your supervision based on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Data Analysis, Alignment (Education)
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Chen, Li; Wang, Nan; Qiao, Ailing – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is two fold. First, it presents the developmental stages and running modes of K12 Online Schools in China. Second, it illustrates online education practice, its current status, and the use of ICT in online schools. The experiences and lessons learned from the development of the K12 Online Schools are presented,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Online Courses, Learning Strategies
Cowart, Kerry; Miller, Karin; Strasburger, Tom – School Business Affairs, 2012
Providing a comprehensive approach for achieving the goal of a safe environment where the priority can be teaching and learning is vital to every district's success. To attain this goal, school districts must educate students, staff, and the community and provide tools that help anticipate potential problems and prevent them from escalating into…
Descriptors: Risk Management, School Safety, Management Information Systems, Professional Development
Sandvold, Amy; Baxter, Maelou – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
This book contains strategies for effective literacy coaching of teachers in districts and schools. Whether it's your job to start a literacy coaching initiative or to be an effective literacy coach to your colleagues, this guide has all the steps and strategies you need: (1) Roles and responsibilities of literacy coaches; (2) Keys to building…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Coaching (Performance), Literacy, Teacher Role
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