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Walsh, Mary E.; Adams, Shauna M.; Ferguson, Susan; Hearst, Mary O.; Jones, Jo-Viviane; Wall, Shavaun; Petsagourakis, Despina; Chung, Agnes; Shannon, Una; Theodorakakis, Maria – Journal of Education, 2021
University-community partnerships (UCPs) are increasingly utilized to address issues in education. In this article, we present reflections on best practices for child- and family-focused UCPs. These reflections emerged before, during, and after a convening that brought together representatives from five UCPs in the United States that emphasized…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Universities, Best Practices
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Greenberg, Larrie; Blatt, Benjamin; Keller, Jennifer; Gaba, Nancy – Journal of Faculty Development, 2016
Faculty development efforts have had varying success in changing the culture of a department or institution. In this paper, we describe a faculty development program using a residents as teachers (RATS) curriculum that we believe effected educational change in a department with a history of suboptimal student evaluations on the clerkship and an…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Change, Departments, Reputation
Stoelinga, Sara Ray; Silk, Yael; Reddy, Prateek; Rahman, Nadiv – President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 2015
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) released the results of an independent study that shows substantial gains in student achievement at schools participating in its Turnaround Arts initiative. The eight schools' in the pilot phase of the initiative, showing increases in reading and math scores, as well as an increase in…
Descriptors: Art Education, School Turnaround, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Stoelinga, Sara Ray; Silk, Yael; Reddy, Prateek; Rahman, Nadiv – President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 2015
Turnaround Arts is a public-private partnership that aims to test the hypothesis that strategically implementing high-quality and integrated arts education programming in high-poverty, chronically underperforming schools adds significant value to school-wide reform. In 2014, the Turnaround Arts initiative completed an evaluation report covering…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, School Effectiveness, Partnerships in Education, Art Education
Rodde, Amy Coe; McHugh, Lija – Bridgespan Group, 2013
The Common Core State Standards, adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, raise the bar for what students need to learn at each stage of their K-12 education. The goal is to better prepare students for college and careers. The most important thing that education leaders can do to help the Common Core succeed is to support teachers in…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Alignment (Education), Educational Improvement, Case Studies
Brown, Catherine; Boser, Ulrich; Sargrad, Scott; Marchitello, Max – Center for American Progress, 2016
In December 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB), as the nation's major law governing public schools. ESSA retains the requirement that states test all students in reading and math in grades three through eight and once in high school, as well as the requirement that…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Alignment (Education)
Stoelinga, Sara Ray; Joyce, Katie; Silk, Yael – President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 2013
This interim progress report provides a look at Turnaround Arts schools in their first year, including: (1) a summary of the evaluation design and research questions; (2) a preliminary description of strategies used to introduce the arts in Turnaround Arts schools; and (3) a summary of school reform indicators and student achievement data at…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Art Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Indicators
US Department of Education, 2015
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of the District of Columbia's annual Race to the Top implementation. The Year 4 report for Phase 2 grantees highlights successes and accomplishments, identifies challenges, and provides lessons learned from implementation from approximately September 2013 through September 2014. Given that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gap
Kober, Nancy; Rentner, Diane Stark – Center on Education Policy, 2011
As of August 2011, 44 states and the District of Columbia had adopted the voluntary common core state standards (CCSS) in English language arts and mathematics released in June 2010 by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The product of a state-led initiative, the standards are intended to set clear…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, School Districts, Educational Change
US Department of Education, 2014
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of the District of Columbia's annual Race to the Top implementation. The Year 3 report for Phase 1 and 2 grantees highlights successes and accomplishments, identifies challenges, and provides lessons learned from implementation from approximately September 2012 through September 2013. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gap
US Department of Education, 2013
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of the District of Columbia's Year 2 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation from approximately September 2011 through September 2012. Despite the delays, the Office of the State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gap
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of the District of Columbia's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) manages the District of Columbia…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This paper describes the District of Columbia's progress in implementing a comprehensive and coherent approach to education reform from the time of application through June 30, 2011. In particular, this report highlights key accomplishments over the reporting period in the four reform areas: standards and assessments, data systems to support…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
Wolf, Patrick; Gutmann, Babette; Puma, Michael; Rizzo, Lou; Eissa, Nada; Silverberg, Marsha – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2007
School choice remains an important part of the national discussion on education reform strategies and their benefits. While a variety of policies encourage parents' selection of schools for their children--for example, charter schools, magnet schools, and district open enrollment--scholarships that allow students to attend a private school have…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Research Methodology, Parents, Educational Change
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Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cornman, Stephen Q. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
In January 2004 President Bush authorized the DC School Choice Incentive Act, an initiative funded at $14 million that created a scholarship program providing 1,700 low-income Washington, DC, children the opportunity to attend participating K-12 nonpublic schools in the district. In addition to offering opportunities to participating children, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Environment, Scholarships, School Choice
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