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Stringfield, Sam; Reynolds, David; Schaffer, Eugene – Teachers College Record, 2016
This chapter presents data from a 15-year, mixed-methods school improvement effort. The High Reliability Schools (HRS) reform made use of previous research on school effects and on High Reliability Organizations (HROs). HROs are organizations in various parts of our cultures that are required to operate successfully "the first time, every…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Success, School Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Agirdag, Orhan; Van Avermaet, Piet; Van Houtte, Mieke – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: In educational research on children's academic performance, few topics have received more attention than the consequences of school segregation and the impact of self-fulfilling prophecies. However, virtually no research has investigated whether self-fulfilling prophecies account for the impact of school composition on academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Student Surveys
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Malewski, Erik; Sharma, Suniti; Phillion, JoAnn – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: The article examines how international field experiences promote cross-cultural awareness in U.S. American preservice teachers through experiential learning. The findings presented here are based on a 6-year study of a short-term study abroad program in Honduras that included an international field experience component and took…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Mixed Methods Research, Cultural Pluralism