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Direct linkJaques, Shelley – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In January of 2002, President George Bush implemented the No Child left behind act that required all students to be proficient on state standards by the year 2014. One way a school district in Oklahoma met these new requirements was through the implementation of the principles of a Professional Learning Community. This case study was designed…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Collegiality
Richardson, Michelle Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As one set of responses to the increasing demands of adequate yearly progress exerted by the No Child Left Behind Act, schools have been using professional learning communities as a tool to improve academic performance. The researcher conducted this descriptive quantitative study to query principals from 40 high- and 40 low-performing elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
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Download full textWarner, Wendy J.; Washburn, Shannon G. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
This national study used the Delphi technique to identify the issues facing urban agriscience teachers. The first round of the study used a questionnaire with one open-ended question to generate responses from the expert panel. In the second round, respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with 72 issues identified in round one using…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Urban Teaching, Agriculture, Likert Scales
Van Vinkle, Michael Harvey – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Educators today were concerned with how the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 dealt with the improvement of education throughout the United States. Schools should have put forth a greater effort and reduced the achievement gap between different groups of students based on race, gender, special education status, and if that student was economically…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Teachers
Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Meyer, Robert H.; Whitten, Gregory W. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Schools that have not made adequate yearly progress in increasing student academic achievement are required, under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), to offer children in low-income families the opportunity to receive supplemental educational services (SES). In research conducted in Milwaukee Public Schools, the authors explore whether parents and…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
Barrera, Manuel; Vang, Halee; Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2005
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities, especially Hmong, Latinos, and Somalis, exhibit the lowest academic performance and participation rates on statewide tests of academic achievement required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB). These challenges are even more acute for learners with disabilities among these groups and likely reflect the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
