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Cytha D. Guynes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Schools and districts in Pennsylvania continue to experience a gap between the demographic diversity of their students and staffs. Culturally responsive practices are an important approach bridging the gap between PA's teachers and increasingly diverse students and communities. This qualitative study was guided by three research questions: What…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Student Diversity, Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development
Baker, Taylor Brianna – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With the increasing prominence of the children and adolescent mental health crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have been tasked with connecting students with supports to reduce non-academic barriers to learning. Student Assistance Programs (SAPs) can assist with this by connecting students and their families with school-based and…
Descriptors: Models, Adolescents, Referral, Drug Use
Joseph Manko – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The community school strategy was first introduced in Baltimore City in 2012. Community schools are public elementary or secondary schools that provide comprehensive academic, social, and health services for students, families, and community members (U.S. Department of Education, 2023). In 2021, the state of Maryland made a substantial commitment…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Program Effectiveness
Joel A. Leader – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Since at least the 1960s, federal and state policymakers have debated how best to hold public schools accountable for producing graduates who are prepared to fully participate in our democratic society. Since that time, reform efforts have led to Texas' current test-based A-F accountability system. This qualitative case study explored how one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Influence, School Districts, Program Implementation
Deborah E. Park – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Community partnerships present opportunities for expanding students' learning experiences outside traditional classroom settings. However, under-resourced low-income communities often lack access to such opportunities. This qualitative study explores how high school teachers, community liaisons, and community partners establish and sustain…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Student Projects, Active Learning, Community Involvement
Christine Lauer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigated the integration of Citizen Science projects in high school science classrooms, aiming to discern the prerequisites for their successful implementation. Qualitative data collection methods were employed to illuminate how six high school Environmental Science teachers incorporated these projects into their curriculum and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Student Projects
Erica Lynn Gilbertson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
New teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming rate. To retain them, school systems need comprehensive supports and collaborative school cultures that help teachers navigate the complexity of learning to teach. This action research study investigated the problem of new teacher turnover within a school-university partnership context. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, School Community Relationship, Teacher Persistence, Action Research
Laura Elizabeth Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Community Partnership Schools™ are designed to serve as a positive resource center in their community, staffed with dedicated professionals committed to student success and community well-being (Coalition for Community Schools, n.d.; Ellis, 2016). Following the education model created at the University of Central Florida (UCF), the first…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Curriculum, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
Clemensen, Jason Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Administrator, teacher, and student perceptions of one-to-one technology were studied in a single case study approach at one rural Midwest high school. Interviews were conducted with six teachers, two administrators, and a survey was given to 185 student participants. The data collected indicated that while participants perceived success with the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, High Schools, Rural Schools, Administrator Attitudes
Wei-Lun William Li – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate an online multimedia instructional module in a service-learning project program. In order to examine the effect on learner knowledge and resulting performance, an Information Technology Service-Learning-Based multimedia module for service-learning history,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Service Learning, Educational Technology, Multimedia Instruction
Cronin, Jodi Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2016
School reform and turnaround efforts have been in the public eye since the signing of the Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1965. Research has been focused on the School Improvement Grant, as well as the essential components that improve performance of schools. This qualitative case examines one…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Turnaround, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Record, Vincent N. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The study aimed to define common characteristics of successful school-community partnerships supporting the improvement of academic achievement in public elementary schools. Based on the perceptions of elementary school administrators, this study identified important factors of, barriers to, and benefits of successful school-community…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
Donlon, Betsy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that community partnerships could have on school climate and, ultimately, student achievement. Specifically, community partnerships that were formed through the PENCIL (Public Education Needs Community Involvement and Leadership) Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee were researched to determine…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Partnerships in Education
Wyatt, Aimee – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that community partnerships could have on school climate and, ultimately, student achievement. Specifically, community partnerships that were formed through the PENCIL (Public Education Needs Community Involvement and Leadership) Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee were researched to determine…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Partnerships in Education
Gesner, Mark L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
When Ernest Boyer wrote his seminal thesis about how scholarship needed to be reconsidered (1990), he initiated a flood of inquiry regarding the role of higher education in society. Since Boyer's opening salvo, the value of having a community engaged campus began to earn more credibility (Driscoll, 2009; Furco, 2010). In particular, the vital role…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Leaders, School Community Relationship
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