Providing an equitable education for English learner (EL) students continues to challenge educators. Existing research suggests that instructional leaders, such as teacher leaders, play a central role in improving the teaching and learning of EL students. Using a distributed leadership framework, this study examines how 2 teacher leaders…

Purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of the change-agent concept in the public school setting of Walla Walla, Washington. (Authors/CB)

Author offers evidence that different teacher differentially affect their pupils' academic progress. (Author/CB)

Describes a project that changed the social studies curriculum by changing the method of teaching. (MB)

Asserts that to achieve successful mathematics education reform, teacher educators must facilitate the process by recognizing certain familiar learning dilemmas. Details study of a veteran middle school teacher using a new textbook, who attempted to challenge students to empower them as learners and still provide sufficient support to meet the…

Fourteen teachers with diverse school roles were interviewed about their views on the U.S. educational reform movement and their own ideas for change. Results suggest that the teachers are optimistic about the possibilities of fundamental school reform in the future but skeptical about their ability to change the current system. (Author/LB)

Describes the Principal-Teacher Interaction Study that focused on the interventions made by nine elementary school principals and their staff and on their involvement together in the implementation of new curricula. Examines what principals and others did in the process of facilitating change and what effects their interventions had on the…

Redesigned curriculum materials support curricular and pedagogical change in mathematics education in uncommon ways. Observation of two fourth-grade teachers using a new mathematics textbook focused on the learning that occurred and the pertinent characteristics of the text, the teachers, and the teaching context. Activities such as analyzing…

Describes the objectives of teacher leadership, discussing related initiatives and literature. Suggests that leadership is an organizational phenomenon that can be understood only in the context of the structural, social, political, and cultural dimensions of school organizations. Presents an overview of this special issue, describing the authors…

Examined how a curriculum development project, aligned with current mathematics education reforms, affected 18 students in socially diverse mathematics classroom. Found that students of lower socioeconomic status preferred direct teacher intervention as opposed to open discussions among classmates. Higher socioeconomic status students displayed…

Explored the interaction between the subject-matter contexts of a teacher's work and her identity as teacher and learner. Observations of teacher responses to new state and district instructional policies regarding literacy and mathematics instruction revealed that her identity as a teacher and learner about teaching differed substantially between…

Examined how elementary school administrators' and curriculum coordinators' views of subject matter related to their leadership strategies. Found that relative to reading, leaders' agendas for improving literacy instruction focused on teachers' input and applying literacy skills to several academic subjects. Strategies for improving math…