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Michelle L. Addario – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The goals of most secondary school mentoring programs are to advance the skills and competencies of beginning teachers while simultaneously reducing attrition and improving student learning. In Massachusetts, there is a lack of widespread efficacy in existing public high school mentoring programs. The purpose of this study was to examine how to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, Mentors, Teacher Attitudes
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Tamir, Eran – New Educator, 2021
This paper intends to demonstrate how within the current contentious environment for teacher education in the U.S., two small teacher preparation programs conducted a voluntary coordinated long-term self-evaluation study, that partially responded to external accountability pressures by the Federal administration, state agencies and various private…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Accountability, Self Evaluation (Groups)
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Glennon, Catherine; Hinton, Christina; Callahan, Thomas; Fischer, Kurt W. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2013
In the field of medicine, research and practice are joined in teaching hospitals. In these institutions, researchers work alongside doctors to incorporate recent advances in medical research into practice and track results. There is a growing movement in the field of education to create analogous institutions in education called research schools.…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Research and Development Centers, Institutional Characteristics, Laboratory Schools
Browne, Daniel; Syed, Sarosh; Mendels, Pamela – Wallace Foundation, 2013
These "Stories From the Field" describe five Wallace-funded programs working to expand learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children, so they can benefit from the types of opportunities their wealthier counterparts have access to, from homework help to swimming classes. The report details each program's approach, successes and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Educational Improvement, Homework
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Johnson, Bil – Horace, 2009
That advisories in secondary schools are fairly pervasive around the country may be one of the great unintended consequences of the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) reform effort. While no CES Common Principle explicitly states that advisories should exist in schools, as Coalition Schools evolved, advisories became one of the logical ways for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Restructuring, School Surveys, Advisory Committees
Orr, Margaret Terry; King, Cheryl; LaPointe, Michelle – Education Development Center, Inc., 2010
Developing school leaders who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to effectively lead low-performing schools has become a critical goal for local school districts intent on dramatically improving student outcomes. Given the current criticism surrounding leadership preparation programs and the changing nature of school…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Urban Schools, Program Effectiveness, School Districts
Tracy, Allison; Surr, Wendy; Richer, Amanda – Wellesley Centers for Women, 2012
The Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool ("APT"), developed by the National Institute of Out-of-School Time (NIOST), is an observational instrument designed to measure the aspects of afterschool program quality that research suggests contribute to the 21st century skills, attitudes, and behaviors youth need to be successful…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Validity
Afterschool Alliance, 2008
This 2-page resource describes the benefits of afterschool programs for children, youth, and families, including evidence of improved school attendance and engagement learning, improved test scores and grades, and students at greatest risk showing the greatest gains. Additional benefits of afterschool programs include keeping kids safe, healthy,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Academic Achievement, Child Safety, Family Programs
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Mandel, Leslie A.; Qazilbash, Jasmine – Journal of School Health, 2005
This article describes a 34-week pilot project aimed at improving health care service delivery for adolescents by offering youth a distinct role as advisory board members who help shape policy, provide feedback, guidance, and direction to a school-based health center (SBHC) program in Boston. Freshmen were recruited to participate in a Youth…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, School Health Services, Change Agents, Pilot Projects
Yohalem, Nicole; Devaney, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia – Wallace Foundation, 2012
A quality improvement system (QIS) is an intentional effort to raise the quality of afterschool programming in an ongoing, organized fashion. There are a number of reasons the QIS is gaining popularity. The main reasons community leaders are drawn to improving quality is that they know that 1) higher quality programs will mean better experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Community Leaders, After School Programs, Partnerships in Education
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Barbosa, Moacir; Gannett, Ellen S.; Goldman, Jude; Wechsler, Samantha; Noam, Gil G. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2004
Several years ago intermediaries in Boston were challenged to build a continuum of training around a shared set of competencies for those who work with young people ages five to twenty-two during the out-of-school-time hours. After receiving a few small planning grants, local intermediaries teamed up with large youth-serving organizations to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Professional Development, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
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Sacheck, Jennifer M.; Morgan, Emily H.; Wilde, Parke; Griffin, Timothy; Nahar, Elizabeth; Economos, Christina D. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2012
Purpose/Objective: This case study identified common elements of three diverse New England school districts that were real-world models of improving school meals. Methods: School districts that had greater than 1,000 students, [greater than or equal to]3 schools, and [greater than or equal to]40% of students who qualified for free- or…
Descriptors: School Activities, School Districts, Nutrition, Child Health
Leonard, Jack – Online Submission, 2010
This year, an experimental group of 31 academically average high school sophomores were dual enrolled in both high school and college and will earn nine college credits by June. This paper presents a mid-year evaluation of student academic outcomes, which will be used for program improvement and future planning. The researcher is a member of the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Dual Enrollment, Secondary Education, Grade 10
Pate, Austin; Lerner, Jennifer Brown; Browning, Andrea – American Youth Policy Forum, 2012
This publication is a series of in-depth case studies to examine how three programs which serve a disconnected youth population are utilizing data as a tool for continuous program improvement and ongoing accountability. The report features the following programs: (1) Roca, an organization in Massachusetts which engages the highest-risk youth in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Youth, Youth Employment
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Research and Assessment. – 1983
This report summarizes evaluation information on reading, writing, and mathematics achievement among elementary and secondary school students in 310 school districts in Massachusetts, after the second year of implementation of the Basic Skills Improvement Policy. The report describes data collection, analysis, and reporting procedures, summarizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
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