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Ashley McLain Westmoreland – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to conduct a program evaluation case study on the impact of standards-based grading in a North Carolina school district. The implementation procedures and end products of grading reform were assessed using the CIPP model. Data from teacher questionnaires, principal implementation checklists, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Case Studies, Academic Standards, Grading
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Van Ranken, Fred; Goodson, Lori – Educational Considerations, 2020
USD 240 Twin Valley School District, consisting of Bennington Grade School and Bennington Junior High/High School in Bennington and Tescott Grade School and Tescott Junior High/High School, was one of seven districts initially selected in August 2017 as part of the first cohort of Kansas State Department of Education's Kansas Can School Redesign…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Change
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Finnigan, Kara S.; Holme, Jennifer Jellison – Peabody Journal of Education, 2018
In this article we draw upon case studies of interdistrict integration programs in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Tinsley program in the region south of San Francisco to examine how race and space intersect to influence implementation of these programs. We discuss the origins of these programs, the challenges in implementing them, and the ongoing…
Descriptors: Human Geography, School Districts, Racial Integration, School Desegregation
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García, Georgia Earnest; Lang, María G. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
In this longitudinal, qualitative case study, critical pedagogical and sociocultural perspectives were employed to analyze the language and literacy strengths, challenges, inequities, and gentrification issues that characterized the first three years of a two-way, 50-50 Spanish-English dual-language (DL) program's implementation, and how the DL…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Bilingual Education Programs, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Heineke, Amy J.; Davin, Kristin J. – Modern Language Journal, 2021
The Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) is a language policy that has gained traction across the United States as stakeholders seek to recognize students' competencies in languages other than English. Despite its potential to enhance language proficiency and encourage participation in language education, the SoBL has been unevenly implemented, with…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alberto Vazquez Matos – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the current shortage of certified dual-language and bilingual teachers at dual-language programs. Currently, there exist problems surrounding the wider implementation of dual-language education programs as a result of the widespread teacher shortages, which has been shown in the literature to drastically…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Public Schools, School Districts
Guthrie, Tammy Reutzel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research has identified evidenced-based practices and programs that are successful for increasing the learning outcomes of students with disabilities which in turn helps narrow the achievement gap between the student subgroup and non-disabled peers. Employing the identified practices has produced inconsistent results and led to a closer…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Administrators, Evidence Based Practice
Nugent, Sean M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
How educational leaders initiate and sustain change is often hotly debated by those inside and outside of the system. Given the many reform initiatives of the past 30 years, and the resulting changes public educators have made lurching from initiative to initiative, one must ask if public education has truly improved. The answer to why public…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Program Implementation, Consortia, Educational Change
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Lewis, Maria M. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: The administration of student discipline is one of many responsibilities under the purview of teachers and educational leaders across the country. Maintaining a safe environment with minimal disruptions is not an easy task. From existing research on student discipline, we have learned that critical examination of data and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Disabilities, Discipline Problems, Discipline
Radwan, Suzan – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to explore the professional learning outcomes of teachers as they implement community-based instruction programs for students with disabilities in a New Jersey school district. The study was viewed through the theoretical lens of disabilities studies in education, which posits that the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, School Districts, Public School Teachers
Strigh, Janice Favre – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine those factors influencing a teacher's level of adaptation to a one-to-one laptop program in a middle-school setting. The school chosen for this study is located in a semi-rural district with approximately 500 students in sixth through eighth grade. Over the past 10 years, the school…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Technology Integration, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Bhatt, Rachana; Davis, Tomeka – Educational Policy, 2018
Weapons at school pose a danger to students as well as faculty. Educational administrators have attempted to reduce their prevalence by implementing random weapons searches in schools. This article examines the effectiveness of this approach using data from two geographically adjacent school districts in Florida (Miami-Dade and Broward). In the…
Descriptors: School Safety, Weapons, School Districts, Program Implementation
Moore, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify how one district attempted to meet the need for greater accountability in the teacher evaluation process as mandated by law and to describe strategies that were employed by the district to ensure the integration of student achievement data. This research highlighted how a teacher evaluation instrument…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Evaluation, School Districts, Accountability
Pretto, Mary Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Does the commitment on the part of the principal to the use, promotion and encouragement of technology positively affect the implementation of technology into the classroom of each teacher within that principal's school building? This one-year, multi-method case study was structured so as to answer that question. The participants included seven…
Descriptors: Principals, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Case Studies
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Eckman, Ellen Wexler – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2018
This case study followed the implementation of the co-principal leadership model in a K-8 school district for three years. A district superintendent implemented the co-principal model to (1) resolve issues around merging existing schools with well-established principals; (2) provide leadership stability and succession planning; and (3) serve as a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Principals, Program Implementation, Models
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