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What Leadership Behaviors Were Demonstrated by the Principal in a High Poverty, High Achieving Elementary School?
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Woods, E. Hayet J.; Martin, Barbara N. – Cogent Education, 2016
Examined through the lens of leadership, were the behaviors of a principal as perceived by stakeholders. The following themes emerged: (1) Educating the Whole Child, with the subthemes: (a) providing basic needs; (b) academic interventions based on achievement data; (c) an emphasis on reading; (d) extended academic time; and (e) relationships; and…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Schools, Poverty, High Achievement
Collaborating for Equity: A Scan of the Los Angeles Educational Ecosystem. Summary
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Potochnik, Tracie; Romans, Angela N. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2016
Los Angeles has an educational ecosystem that is rich with partners committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities for students. Throughout the 2014-2015 school year, the "Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University" (AISR) spent time meeting with a range of partners, including the Los Angeles Unified…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Cooperation, Public Schools, Partnerships in Education
Collaborating for Equity: A Scan of the Los Angeles Educational Ecosystem. Full Report
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Potochnik, Tracie; Romans, Angela N. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2015
Los Angeles has an educational ecosystem that is rich with partners committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities for students. Throughout the 2014-2015 school year, the "Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University" (AISR) spent time meeting with a range of partners, including the Los Angeles Unified…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Cooperation, Public Schools, Partnerships in Education
Applying Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model to Identify the Negative Influences Facing Children with Physical Disabilities in Rural Areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal
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Ben-David, Brenda; Nel, Norma – Africa Education Review, 2013
Children with visible physical disabilities (CWPDs) living in rural areas of South Africa are a matter of particular concern. While all children living in rural areas face negative influences such as poverty and the high incidence of HIV/AIDS, this situation is exacerbated for CWPDs who are more vulnerable to these influences (Human Sciences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach, Models, Influences
Context and the Gendered Status of Teachers: Women's Empowerment through Leadership of Non-Formal Schooling in Rural Bangladesh
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Sperandio, Jill – Gender and Education, 2011
Empowering women to control and change their lives continues to be an important goal for many nations. This article examines the empowering effects of being selected and trained to lead rural schools in Bangladesh, using survey and interview data from 152 village women working with the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee education programme.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Females, Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries
Urban Head Start Teachers' Classroom Interactions with Black Male Preschoolers Identified as "Challenging" or "Externalizing": Opportunities for Teaching Self-Regulation
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Nunley, Patricia L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
At the earliest grade levels, young Black males, who have been identified by their teachers as "challenging" (in psychological terminology, exhibiting externalizing behavior), have the same disproportionate rate of school suspension and expulsion as their older counterparts (Gilliam, 2005; Lewis, Butler, Bonner, & Joubert, 2010;…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Urban Teaching, Teacher Student Relationship, African American Students