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Keane, Therese; Keane, William F. – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Implementing successful one-to-one computer programs where all students have access to mobile devices throughout the school day requires major stakeholders such as students, teachers and parents to support the initiative. However, parents are often the silent stakeholder when 1:1 programs are initiated and there is limited literature that explores…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Desimone, Laura M.; Wolford, Tonya; Hill, Kirsten Lee – AERA Open, 2016
Recent attention on partnerships between researchers and practitioners highlights the potential of these relationships to provide high-quality usable knowledge for improving schools. But how do we translate guiding partnership principles into specific actionable steps? How do we build and maintain an effective partnership? How do we reconcile and…
Descriptors: Researchers, College Faculty, Teachers, Interpersonal Relationship
Barratt-Pugh, Caroline; Maloney, Carmel – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
This paper investigates the implementation and outcomes of "Growing Better Beginnings": a family literacy program for four and five year olds. The program builds on "Better Beginnings: Birth to Three" launched in 2005. Parents, teachers and librarians were surveyed and interviewed to ascertain their perceptions of the program.…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Preschool Children, Child Development, Parent Surveys
Masood A. Badri; Jihad Mohaidat – International Journal of Educational Management, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to validate the direction and strength of the relationships between school reputation, parental satisfaction and parental loyalty. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports the findings of a survey of 806 parents from Schools in Abu Dhabi -- the United Arab Emirates. The paper builds mainly on previous…
Descriptors: Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Parent School Relationship, Parent Attitudes
Kourkoutas, Elias; Eleftherakis, Theodoros G.; Vitalaki, Elena; Hart, Angie – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
This paper presents an action research program which was designed to support parents and primary school teachers, with the mediation of school professionals in order to enable them facilitate the school inclusion of at risk students or those with special educational needs. The aims, the organization process, and the implementation of the program,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Resilience (Psychology), Program Evaluation, Intervention
Holen, Jodi Bergland; Hung, Woei; Gourneau, Bonni – Computers in the Schools, 2017
This program evaluation study examines an implementation of a one-to-one laptop initiative in a rural high school. Specifically, the researchers adopted a holistic view in evaluating the process and outcomes of this implementation by examining the interrelationships among the key participants using activity theory as a conceptual framework.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Access to Computers, Social Theories, Program Evaluation
Brand, Jamie C.; Radel, Claudia; Brain, Roslynn; Greene, Jack – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2014
We describe experience with a pilot week-long, No-Child-Left-Inside (NCLI), outdoor program implemented in Cache Valley, Utah, in 2012. Through response analysis of a "pre-then-post" children's survey and a parent-completed demographic survey, we assess program effectiveness in raising children's enthusiasm for nature-related behaviors…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Development, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Brain, Roslynn; Upton, Sally; Tingey, Brett – Journal of Extension, 2015
Sustainability Camps provide an opportunity for Extension educators to be in the forefront of sustainability outreach and to meet the growing demand for sustainability education. This article shares development, implementation, and evaluation of an Extension Sustainability Camp for youth, grades 4-6. Camp impact was measured via daily pre-and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Extension Education, Program Design, Program Implementation
Wong, Kathleen King-Yin – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
The Ontario Ministry of Education announced the Parent Engagement Policy for Ontario Schools in 2010. This policy aims to support parent engagement and provides a vision of its implementation at schools, boards, and the ministry. This mixed methods case study sheds light on its implementation and thus its implication by exploring the parent…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Parent Participation, Cultural Differences, Community Characteristics
Beese, Jane – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The purpose of the Synchronous Interactive Video Conference Distance Learning pilot program was to use emerging technologies to expand learning opportunities for students at an urban public high school. Through grant funding, students were able to enroll in Advanced Placement and foreign language courses through an online learning provider. Using…
Descriptors: High School Students, Distance Education, Educational Opportunities, Pilot Projects
Colarossi, Lisa; Silver, Ellen Johnson; Dean, Randa; Perez, Amanda; Rivera, Angelic – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2014
The authors present the feasibility and acceptability of a parent sexuality education program led by peer educators in community settings. They also report the results of an outcome evaluation with 71 parents who were randomized to the intervention or a control group and surveyed one month prior to and six months after the four-week intervention.…
Descriptors: Role Models, Parent Education, Peer Teaching, Sex Education
Shepherd, Katharine; Salembier, George – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2011
While the basic tenets of the RtI model are well-established in the literature, few studies have been conducted to describe its implementation in rural schools. We conducted a qualitative study in three rural schools that had been designated as pilot sites by our state department of education. A cross-case analysis of the data collected through…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Educational Improvement, Rural Schools, Case Studies