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Pinotti, Sadie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this Delphi study was to identify the professional learning activities that experts perceive are necessary for local education agencies (LEAs) to effectively implement California's Quality Professional Learning Standards (QPLS) in alignment with the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Priority 2. The study also examined the degree…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Professional Education, Learning Activities
Thurston Domina; Ryan Lewis; Priyanka Agarwal; Paul Hanselman – Grantee Submission, 2015
This brief documents the expansion of instructional specialist staffing in U.S. public school districts. We use data from the National Center of Education Statistics' annual Common Core of Data to chart staffing trends in public school districts between 1997-98 and 2012-13. The number of instructional specialists per 1,000 U.S students doubled…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Longitudinal Studies
Thurston Domina; Ryan Lewis; Priyanka Agarwal; Paul Hanselman – Educational Researcher, 2015
This brief documents the expansion of instructional specialist staffing in U.S. public school districts. We use data from the National Center of Education Statistics' annual Common Core of Data to chart staffing trends in public school districts between 1997-1998 and 2012-2013. The number of instructional specialists per 1,000 U.S students doubled…
Descriptors: Specialists, Public Schools, School Districts, School Personnel
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Strunk, Katharine O.; Zeehandelaar, Dara B. – Educational Policy, 2015
In this paper, we explore the use and efficacy of fiscal incentive policies in California school districts. We ask whether districts with high need for teachers with English as a second language (ESL) or special education credentials are more likely to implement incentives targeting these teachers. We find mixed evidence that districts align their…
Descriptors: School Districts, Specialists, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Shortage
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Berrett, Bryan; Murphy, Jennifer; Sullivan, Jamie – Qualitative Report, 2012
There are numerous technology tools that educators utilize to support student learning. Often, technology is mandated from the top down with school administrators' responsible for overseeing the implementation. Innovative technological approaches to learning often meet resistance within schools. The pervasive culture in education is counteractive…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Program Implementation, Resistance to Change
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Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2006
This study examines possible factors related to school library programs that correlate with student academic achievement. Analyzing library programs as a system, the investigator adapted the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) principles for library media programs in conjunction with standardized tests. For the population examined (60…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Library Facilities, Program Implementation