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Input from the Implementers: District Leaders, Principals, School Board Members, and Educator Preparation Programs. NC Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals. Policy to Practice Brief
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Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2022
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) of the State Board of Education are working on a new teacher licensure pathways proposal, Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals (Model). This proposal, if enacted, would restructure the state's system…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, School Districts, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Input from the Implementers: District Leaders, Principals, School Board Members, and Educator Preparation Programs. NC Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals. Policy to Practice Brief. Appendices
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Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2022
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) of the State Board of Education are working on a new teacher licensure pathways proposal, Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals (Model). This proposal, if enacted, would restructure the state's system…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Kindergarten, Administrator Attitudes
Integrating the Nature of Science
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Weiland, Ingrid; Blieden, Katherine; Akerson, Valarie – Science and Children, 2014
The nature of science (NOS) describes what science is and how knowledge in science is developed (NSTA 2013). To develop elementary students' understandings of how scientists explore the world, the authors--an education professor and a third-grade teacher--endeavored to integrate NOS into a third-grade life science unit. Throughout the lesson,…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Charter versus Traditional Public Schools: A Panel Study of the Technical Efficiency in Ohio
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Palardy, Joseph; Nesbit, Todd M.; Adzima, Kerry A. – Education Economics, 2015
This paper builds upon prior research attempting to answer the question "Does money matter?" in public education by offering some insight into the potential advantages of charter schools over their district counterparts. In order to develop an accurate model of the true relationship between resources and performance, Adkins and Moomaw…
Descriptors: Public Education, Charter Schools, Educational Resources, Educational Quality
A Case Study of the Decision-Making Process of Educational Leaders When Considering Program Implementation
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Laird, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to discover what school leaders considered during the decision-making process when adding a transitional kindergarten program and how the decision was made. This study investigated the decision-making process for superintendents and principals by examining decisions made by rural, suburban, and large school…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Transitional Programs, Case Studies, Decision Making
No School Left Behind: A Multiple Case Study of High-Performing Third-Grade Reading Programs in Low-Income Rural Schools in Southern Illinois
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Rosenberger, Patricia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Since the 2008 implementation of Response to Intervention (RtI) plans in Illinois, rural schools in southern Illinois with a high percentage of low-income students have been compelled to implement school-wide reforms of their reading programs. Often, limited funding makes it difficult to sustain growth trends in Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reading Programs, Grade 3, Program Effectiveness