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Settles, Rhea; Sidime, Odilla – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2021
This article presents some conflict-related issues that school leaders encounter in resolving disagreements and misunderstandings between parents of students with disabilities and school representatives. Two examples of special education service disagreements are employed to illustrate how a trained and impartial education liaison representative…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Conflict Resolution, Students with Disabilities, Parent School Relationship
Briggs, Ebony Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Special education and general education teachers must work collaboratively in a single classroom that serves the diverse needs of all children due to federal regulations such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004. Evidence-based practices that foster collaboration are scarce. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Facilitators (Individuals), Communities of Practice
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2015
Homeless children and youth experience many challenges in enrolling and attending school and achieving educational success. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (reauthorized under Title X, Part C of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and subsequently referred to as the McKinney-Vento Act in this brief) ensures rights and services for…
Descriptors: Homeless People, School Districts, Best Practices, Related Services (Special Education)
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Brazer, S. David; Rich, William; Ross, Susan A. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: The dual purpose of this paper is to determine how superintendents in US school districts work with stakeholders in the decision-making process and to learn how different choices superintendents make affect decision outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: This multiple case study of three school districts employs qualitative methodology to…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Strategic Planning, School Districts, Superintendents
Fosnot, Catherine – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010
Explore successful models of intervention. No Child Left Behind has set the high expectation that every child meet grade level expectations. This publication synthesizes the research on intervention programs and best practices related to mathematical instructional pedagogy and differentiation to assist teachers, schools, and school districts in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Teacher Collaboration, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hodes, Carol L.; Foster, John C.; Pritz, Sandra G.; Kelley, Patricia – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
As part of a multiyear research study on the preparation of educators to use assessment data for instructional improvement, the present study is a pilot test of a research-based professional development intervention for career-technical teachers. Forty-eight educators at nine sites in five states participated in a 1-day workshop followed by…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Mentors, Instructional Improvement, Teacher Workshops
Knestis, Kirk; Byrom, Elizabeth; Corn, Jenifer O.; Thrift, Beth – SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007
In 2002, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) initiated an innovative and ambitious program for improving student learning through the effective use of instructional technology. Until that point, most technology projects in schools were geared toward integrating technology into the curriculum, and they tended to focus on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Leadership, State Departments of Education