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Direct linkSchwartz, Robert M.; Hobsbaum, Angela; Briggs, Connie; Scull, Janet – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2009
Reynolds and Wheldall reviewed research relating to Reading Recovery (RR) and concluded that "RR has provided an excellent model in demonstrating how to plan, promote, and implement an intervention across an educational system and how to design a professional development programme" (2007, p. 218). They balanced this praise with concerns about the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Failure, Models, Professional Development
McMillie, Kyann L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In 2008, educational leaders from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) assigned a group of turnaround specialists to work in four failing public schools in a large, urban school district in Phoenix, Arizona in hopes of improving those schools. The utilization of turnaround specialists in failing schools was Arizona's method of enacting…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Federal Legislation, Teacher Surveys, Specialists
NACADA Journal, 2012
This article presents an annotated bibliography of recent research related to academic advising. It includes 13 research papers that focus on advising.
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Academic Advising, Educational Research, Research Reports
Download full textSibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2010
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Counties, Public Service, Public Education, Bullying
Peer reviewedWilliams, Lois C.; Leak, Lawrence E. – Educational Leadership, 1996
An independent study of Baltimore City's Tesseract schools analyzes why the privately managed program failed. Results showed no gains on Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills scores. Baltimore was paying about 11% more per student than in comparison schools. EAI has succeeded in establishing the supremacy of Wednesday afternoons for staff development…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Failure, Financial Problems
Sandholtz, Judith Haymore; Scribner, Samantha Paredes – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2006
In this case study, we use a consensus model as a framework for examining the professional development component of a standards-based reform effort initiated by a school district in the United States. We describe the district's actions, analyze the extent of adherence to the model, and identify reasons for what occurred. Although administrators…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Case Studies, Standards, School Districts
