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Stephanie S. Machado – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Despite the link between school-lunch participation and student health, only half of adolescents with the program in their schools participate on a given day. A multi-pronged school lunch promotion intervention was implemented in middle and high schools in an urban, low-income school district to improve school lunch participation and reduce food…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Health, Student Participation, Intervention
H. Alix Gallagher; Benjamin W. Cottingham; Leah Faw – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2025
The CORE Districts, a nonprofit formed by large urban districts in California, received a Networks for School Improvement grant from the Gates Foundation to launch a network focused on improving ninth-grade on-track rates. CORE based its approach on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Collaborative model, where a hub identifies…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, High School Students, Grade 9
Jackson, Kathleen Ryan; Ward, Caryn; Smolkowski, Keith; Gau, Jeff – State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center, 2021
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the districts that received ongoing training and coaching to use the Active Implementation Frameworks improved mathematics outcomes. The Active Implementation Frameworks represent five essential approaches for effective implementation of any evidence-based program or practice. One of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Outcomes of Education, School Districts, Educational Improvement
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Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Cannata, Marisa; Rutledge, Stacey A.; Socol, Allison Rose – Teachers College Record, 2016
This chapter describes a model for continuous improvement that guides the work of the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, or NCSU. NCSU is a research and development center funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, the research arm of the United States Department of Education. At the core of the Center's work is an innovative…
Descriptors: High Schools, Total Quality Management, Educational Research, Educational Innovation
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Loveland, Thomas – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
Education is a lifelong process of continuous learning and renewal. This is necessary because of ongoing research and changes in technologies. For educators, the need for training leads to a continual search for learning opportunities from many sources. School administrators routinely provide in-service training. National and state associations…
Descriptors: Accountability, Lifelong Learning, Professional Development, Technology Education
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Hill, Kimberly A. – Educational Leadership, 2012
The author, principal at North Point High School of Science, Technology and Industry in Charles County, Maryland, describes how the school merges traditional academic classes with cutting-edge career and technical education courses to prepare students for the real world. Realizing that its traditional "vo-tech" model was undersubscribed…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Science Course Improvement Projects, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Condon, Ellen; Brown, Kim – Rural Institute, 2006
The intent of this manual is to provide some templates and direction to schools that are looking for ideas of how to incorporate work experience into their curriculum for youth with disabilities. Hamilton Middle School served as a pilot site for one of the Rural Institute Transition Projects from 2006-2008. The school administration eagerly…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Work Experience, Work Experience Programs, Youth Opportunities