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Rodriguez, Luis A.; Farley, Chelsea; Merrill, Lisa; Gillard, Reggie – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2022
For many years, schools in the Bronx have faced challenges related to teacher recruitment and retention, as well as student achievement. In 2017, to address these issues, the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) launched the Teacher and School Leaders Bronx Human Capital Initiative (TSL). TSL was designed to help build a "highly…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Human Capital, Labor Force Development, Teacher Competencies
John P. Papay; Matthew A. Kraft; Jessalynn K. James – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Numerous high-profile efforts have sought to "turn around" low-performing schools. Evidence on the effectiveness of school turnarounds, however, is mixed, and research offers little guidance on which models are more likely to succeed. We present a mixed-methods case study of turnaround efforts led by the Blueprint Schools Network in…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, School Effectiveness, Educational Administration
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Herrmann, Mariesa; Clark, Melissa; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Tuttle, Christina; Kautz, Tim; Knechtel, Virginia; Dotter, Dallas; Wulsin, Claire Smither; Deke, John – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
The four appendices in this report accompany the full report "The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership. NCEE 2020-0002," (ED599489). They include: (1) The Study's Principal Professional Development Program; (2) Study Design, Data Collection, and Analytic Methods; (3) Supplemental…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, Elementary Schools, Program Effectiveness
Milanowski, Anthony; Finster, Matthew – Teacher Incentive Fund, US Department of Education, 2016
This brief outlines some simple methods that Teacher Incentive Fund grants could add to their local evaluations to find out how well they are promoting attainment of the four overall TIF goals. The methods described in this brief can help grantees determine if they are moving toward improving effectiveness, student achievement, and equity.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Incentives, Grants, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Herrmann, Mariesa; Clark, Melissa; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Tuttle, Christina; Kautz, Tim; Knechtel, Virginia; Dotter, Dallas; Wulsin, Claire Smither; Deke, John – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
Helping principals improve their leadership practices is a common use of federal funds and one way to improve instruction and student achievement. This study sought to better understand the effectiveness of an intensive principal professional development program focused primarily on helping principals conduct structured observations of teachers'…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities
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Shaun M. Dougherty – Education Finance and Policy, 2018
Earlier work demonstrates that career and technical education (CTE) can provide long-term financial benefits to participants, yet few have explored potential academic impacts, with none in the era of high-stakes accountability. This paper investigates the causal impact of participating in a specialized high school-based CTE delivery system on high…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Human Capital, Evidence, Outcomes of Education
Barnett, Joshua H.; Hudgens, Tanee M. – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2014
Each year teacher turnover presents instructional, organizational, and financial burdens that impact students, teachers, schools, and communities. High levels of teacher turnover drain valuable resources and make it difficult to build a high performing, stable teaching faculty. This is particularly true in high need schools where teacher attrition…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Leadership
Cantu, Blanca S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the critical aspects of oversight that superintendents must employ to improve instruction. It was an analysis of superintendents as instructional leaders. In this study, we looked at four school district superintendents who have demonstrated instructionally effective school districts. The study was based on a three-year period,…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Language Arts
Cooper, Donna; Costa, Kristina – Center for American Progress, 2012
There is a mounting body of research demonstrating the impact of early learning on lifelong success. The quality of early child care is the most consistent predictor of young children's behavior, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Childcare Research Network. Children who receive high-quality child care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Care, Educational Quality
Muralidharan, Karthik – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
While the idea of teacher performance-pay is increasingly making its way into policy, the evidence on the effectiveness of such programs is both limited and mixed. The central questions in the literature on teacher performance pay to date have been whether teacher performance pay based on test scores can improve student achievement, and whether…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Human Capital, Teacher Behavior, Incentives
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Ponce, Juan; Bedi, Arjun S. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Throughout Latin America, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs play an important role in social policy. These programs aim to influence the accumulation of human capital, as well as reduce poverty. In terms of educational outcomes, a number of impact evaluation studies have shown that such programs have led to an increase in school enrollment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Public Policy, Human Capital
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Youngs, Peter; Frank, Kenneth; Thum, Yeow Meng; Low, Mark – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2012
In this chapter, the authors develop a theory to explain the effects of mentoring and induction activities on new teachers' commitment, instructional quality, and effectiveness, and they describe how utility functions can express variation in these outcomes. Then they explicate the role of three-level models (i.e., with random effects) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Social Behavior, Testing
Houston Independent School District, 2013
The Apollo 20 project was launched during the 2010-2011 school year to accelerate Houston Independent School District's (HISD's) efforts to improve student performance in every school and close the achievement gap districtwide. This partnership with EdLabs at Harvard University incorporates best practices from successful public and charter schools…
Descriptors: School Districts, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Partnerships in Education
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Groen, Jeffrey A. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
One of the major developments in financing undergraduate education in the United States in the past 20 years has been the introduction of broad-based merit-aid programs by state governments. The typical program waives tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for state residents who have attained a respectable grade-point average…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Economic Impact, State Government
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Handa, Sudhanshu; Pineda, Heiling; Esquivel, Yannete; Lopez, Blancadilia; Gurdian, Nidia Veronica; Regalia, Ferdinando – Economics of Education Review, 2009
Almost 900m adolescents and adults are illiterate in the developing world, yet most policy discussions focus on the educational circumstances of primary aged children. As a result non-formal educational programs for adolescents and adults are given very little support, and this group is virtually ignored in international agreements such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Adults, Illiteracy
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