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Hall, Debra Taylor; Hite, Rebecca L. – Teacher Development, 2022
In-service K-12 teachers require preparation and support to conceptualize and incorporate global competence into their classroom teaching practices. The state of North Carolina created a state-wide framework for such professional development: the Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB). The GEDB focuses on developing knowledge and practices of…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies
Matthew Ferguson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This sequential explanatory mixed methods study examines the impact of the Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) professional learning intervention on teacher knowledge within the context of South Carolina's reading policy. Quantitative analyses of pre- and post-assessment data indicate significant improvements in…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Literacy Education, Spelling Instruction, Reading Instruction
Akiba, Motoko; Howard, Cassandra – Educational Policy, 2023
The Race to the Top (RTTT) program incentivized states to use innovation for systemwide improvement of student outcomes, but little is known about how RTTT-funded innovation was sustained after the RTTT program ended. This mixed-methods study examined state and district approaches to sustaining an international innovation called "lesson…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Lockhart, Kari; Meyer, Melanie S.; Crutchfield, Kacey – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2022
Programs for gifted and talented education should be guided by research-based practices, but states' policies vary in their recommendations for programming, and in how they hold local education agencies accountable for implementing those recommendations. State plans for gifted and talented education rely on the voluntary compliance of districts to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, State Policy, School Districts
Knudson, Joel; Handjojo, Candice; Sunde, Ashley – American Institutes for Research, 2021
Computer science (CS) education in California has grown substantially in the last decade. Early grassroots efforts have evolved into a broad coalition of educators, industry leaders, and other members of the CS community known as Computer Science for California (CSforCA). At the same time, developments in multiple aspects of state policy reflect…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Computer Science Education, Educational Development
Gahungu, Athanase – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2021
Two years after the State of Illinois enacted an extensive non-exclusionary discipline reform in schools, 322 key discipline gatekeepers were surveyed about the extent and impact of the new state policy. The results showed that several core provisions of the reform had not been fully implemented or addressed through professional development.…
Descriptors: State Policy, Discipline Policy, Program Implementation, Faculty Development
Hall, William J.; Dawes, Hayden C. – Education Sciences, 2019
Bullying is a significant school problem. Policies have been developed to reduce bullying, yet little is known about their implementation, which must occur for these policies to have an effect. This study examines associations between the overall implementation of a state anti-bullying policy and implementation of specific components outlined in…
Descriptors: Bullying, Elementary Secondary Education, State Policy, Program Implementation
King, Kelley M.; Paufler, Noelle A.; Biritz, Rachel L.; Smits, Ryan M. – Journal of Educational Supervision, 2022
This study examined a state-wide, policy-directed teacher evaluation model implemented across public schools and educator preparation programs. Such models are grounded in a theory of action that situates teacher learning within social relationships, yet does not account for the complexity of systems. Results challenge policy's implicit theory…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Models, Public Schools, Teacher Education Programs
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2021
Leaders across North Carolina believe strongly in the potential for all students to read proficiently by 3rd grade. Yet despite significant effort and investment, only 36% of 4th graders are at or above proficient in reading. The Belk Foundation, in partnership with The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), The Foundation for…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Partnerships in Education, Excellence in Education, Reading Research
Hampton, Melissa A.; Vandeven, Jennifer M.; Kight, Shelby R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This paper is a project report of a policy analysis of educational policies aligned to standards set forth for trauma-informed school districts. Current state policies, mandates, and/or frameworks are under development, and in some states, non-existent. More often than not, expectations regarding trauma-informed implementation in the school…
Descriptors: Trauma, Standards, State Policy, Best Practices
Principals' Perceptions of Teacher Evaluation Reform from Structural and Human Resource Perspectives
Campbell, John Wilson; Derrington, Mary Lynne – Journal of Educational Supervision, 2019
Driven by Race to the Top funding and quickly designed and deployed in 2010-2011, a new teacher evaluation policy in Tennessee altered principals' supervisory practices regarding their use of time for observation and reporting, their interaction with teachers, and the methods for giving teachers performance ratings. In addition, student test score…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Change
Kight, Shelby R.; Hampton, Melissa A.; Vandeven, Jennifer M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This paper is a project report of a policy analysis of educational policies aligned to standards set forth for trauma-informed school districts. Current state policies, mandates, and/or frameworks are under development, and in some states, non-existent. More often than not, expectations regarding trauma-informed implementation in the school…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Policy Analysis, Trauma
How Common Core Lives: Successes and Challenges of the "New" College- and Career-Readiness Standards
Edgerton, Adam K. – Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning, 2019
Is the Common Core really "dead"? Though no longer called the Common Core in our three study states, the "new" college-and-career readiness standards still guide much of education policy in Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky. In our new feature article in "Educational Researcher," lead author Dr. Laura Desimone, along with…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Policy
Johnson, Amy; Stump, Erika – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2018
In 2012, the Maine legislature passed a bill requiring public school districts to implement proficiency-based high school diploma requirements. Amendments were passed in subsequent years, and several additional bills related to this policy were introduced in the most recent 128th Legislative Session in early 2018. These bills were considered by…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Requirements, Competency Based Education, Program Implementation
Comstock, Meghan; Edgerton, Adam K.; Desimone, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Using state-representative surveys of teachers and 94 interviews with state leaders and educators from 2016 to 2019, the authors examine perceptions of the policy environments for instructional content standards in Texas and Ohio and their association with teachers' practice. They find that Texas teacher perceive their policy environments for…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes