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Boyd, William Edgar; Hayden, Martin – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This article introduces an Australian adaptation of an approach to supporting school leadership and improvement pioneered by educationalists David Townsend and Pam Adams, from Alberta, Canada. Referred to as the North Coast Initiative for School Improvement, the adaptation involved school leaders, academics, and government officials who combined…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Instructional Leadership, Improvement Programs, School Effectiveness
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Green, Lindsay A.; Ailey, Sarah H. – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Children in two communities of a large city in the Midwestern United States have higher rates of asthma than other areas of the city. The communities have barriers to accessing care, including high rates of unemployment and being uninsured and undocumented. A mobile van provides no-cost asthma care to children at schools in these communities, but…
Descriptors: Diseases, School Health Services, Clinics, Urban Schools
Supovitz, Jonathan A.; Ebby, Caroline B.; Remillard, Janine; Nathenson, Robert A. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2018
In this report, we describe the results of a rigorous two-year study of the impacts of a mathematics initiative called Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP) on teacher and student learning in grades 3-5 in two Philadelphia area school districts. OGAP is a mathematics program which combines teacher formative assessment practices with knowledge of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Formative Evaluation, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
Large numbers of qualified students do not apply to and enroll in college. Yet, earning a college degree is one of the primary pathways for economic success and is increasingly required for good jobs and high wages. A number of programs and practices aim to improve college readiness and enrollment, including "Take Stock in Children's®…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Graduation, Higher Education, Middle School Students
Lamar Cleon Edmonds – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this professional practice dissertation (PPD) was to examine and provide Department of Defense Education Activity Schools practical and real-world solutions with regards to continuous improvement within its educational equity program. This process was examined and analyzed through a qualitative action research approach and design…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Cultural Awareness, Elementary School Teachers, Efficiency
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DiPerna, James C.; Lei, Puiwa; Bellinger, Jill; Cheng, Weiyi – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Teaching children to get along with others, care about themselves, and actively participate in learning are three of the most important outcomes of the schooling process. Yet children in some schools are not achieving these outcomes, and many educators have not received adequate training to create instructional environments that facilitate these…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Improvement Programs, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Dombek, Jennifer; Crowe, Elizabeth C.; Spencer, Mercedes; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Coffinger, Sean; Zargar, Elham; Wood, Taffeta; Petscher, Yaacov – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
With national focus on reading and math achievement, science and social studies have received less instructional time. Yet, accumulating evidence suggests that content knowledge is an important predictor of proficient reading. Starting with a design study, we developed content-area literacy instruction (CALI) as an individualized (or personalized)…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Science Achievement, Skill Development, Early Childhood Education
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Majken Korsager; Berit Reitan; Maria Gaare Dahl; Aud Ragnhild Skår; Merethe Frøyland – Professional Development in Education, 2024
In this study, we introduce an analytic framework for effective professional development programmes (PDPs) that has been synthesised and derived from the literature. The framework acknowledges that certain design features concerning how to process the content as well as the methods to facilitate teachers' enactment are important but also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
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Yirci, Ramazan; Durna, Serife; Kocabas, Ibrahim – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
Taking into consideration the INSETs' direct influence on teachers' professional development and indirect influence on the education, the present study aims to find out teachers' views about in -service training activities and their proposed solutions to improve the effectiveness of the in-service training activities through the semi- structured…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Expectation, Teacher Attitudes
Cheryl Holbrook Barnett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In a rural Georgia school district, the multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework has been formally implemented and facilitated by system-level coordinators for a 4-year period. As the 2021-2022 school year started, the district began the process of transitioning the leadership of the MTSS process to individual school-level teams and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Program Implementation, Program Improvement
Duncan, Greg J.; Murnane, Richard J. – Harvard Education Press, 2014
In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how--in a time of spiraling inequality--strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children. The authors offer a brilliant synthesis of recent research on…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Intervention, Low Income Students
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Ghilay, Yaron; Ghilay, Ruth – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
In this study we introduce a new model for primary education called ISMS: Improving Student Motivation and Self-esteem. Following a two-year study undertaken in a primary school (n = 67), the new model was found to be successful. Students who participated in the research, reported that a course based on ISMS principles was very helpful for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Self Esteem, Student Improvement
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Green, Joanne; Matthews, Susan; Carter, Emilie; Fabrizio, John; Hoover, Jane; Schoenfeld, Naomi A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2013
Recent years have brought many changes to the ways in which schools in the United States address learning disabilities in their students. In an attempt to provide all students with appropriate reading instruction and to identify struggling students in a more timely manner, the 2004 revision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Special Education
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Jess, Mike; McEvilly, Nollaig – Education 3-13, 2015
With career-long professional learning increasingly seen as a significant element of teacher education, this paper proposes that there is a need to acknowledge the complex nature of the professional learning process. The paper explores lessons learnt from over a decade of professional learning efforts by the Developmental Physical Education Group…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Physical Education, Training Methods, Capacity Building
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Abelha, Marta; Jesus, Paulo; Fernandes, Sandra; Albuquerque, Ana Sílvia; Vidal, Angélica – Africa Education Review, 2020
Teacher appraisal (TA) or teacher performance appraisal (TPA) has assumed a central importance in educational systems and reforms worldwide, contributing to the improvement of teaching practices, and therefore it is considered an essential factor for teachers' early training, teachers' professional development, school management, and promotion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Schools of Education
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