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Can Four Equal Five? Assessing the Four-Day School Week. Research Brief. RB-A373-1
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Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Phillips, Andrea; Gomez, Celia J.; Mariano, Louis T.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Troxel, Wendy M.; Morton, Emily; Estes, Kevin – RAND Corporation, 2021
A four-day school week (4dsw) is becoming more common, especially in areas across the western United States. States with large rural areas are spearheading this change. For example, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota have more than 500 districts using a 4dsw. The transition to the 4dsw and the debate over…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Rural Schools
Does Four Equal Five? Implementation and Outcomes of the Four-Day School Week. RR-A373-1
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Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Phillips, Andrea; Gomez, Celia J.; Mariano, Louis T.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Troxel, Wendy M.; Morton, Emily; Estes, Kevin – RAND Corporation, 2021
The four-day school week (4dsw) is growing in popularity, especially in rural areas across the western United States. RAND Corporation researchers addressed knowledge gaps about the 4dsw by conducting a large-scale study of the implementation and outcomes of the 4dsw that involved the collection of original data in numerous districts across Idaho,…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Rural Schools
Widening the Pathway: Implementation and Impacts of Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs across Three Contexts. Research Report. RR-A281-1
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Huguet, Alice; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Master, Benjamin K.; Unlu, Fatih; Sousa, Jessica L.; Christianson, Karen; Baker, Garrett – RAND Corporation, 2021
The authors of this report offer an in-depth analysis of the Teacher Effectiveness and Certification (TEACh) program, an alternative teacher preparation program intended to train diverse cohorts of high-quality teaching candidates to fill hard-to-staff positions. They follow three TEACh programs in different regions of the United States, which…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Teacher Recruitment
Supports for Social and Emotional Learning in Schools: Findings from the American Teacher Panel. Research Brief. RB-A397-1
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Hamilton, Laura S.; Doss, Christopher Joseph – RAND Corporation, 2020
More than ever, schools across the United States and around the globe are embracing social and emotional learning (SEL) to assist students in adopting these skills and many other interpersonal (e.g., teamwork, leadership) and intrapersonal (e.g., self-regulation, resilience) capabilities. This dedication to SEL is well supported by research.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Well Being
Supports for Social and Emotional Learning in American Schools and Classrooms: Findings from the American Teacher Panel. Research Report. RR-A397-1
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Hamilton, Laura S.; Doss, Christopher Joseph – RAND Corporation, 2020
RAND researchers present results from a spring 2019 survey of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) public school teachers about their approaches to supporting students' social and emotional learning (SEL) and the factors that might influence those approaches. The authors explore teachers' SEL practices,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Well Being, Faculty Development, State Standards
Widening the Pathway: Implementation and Impacts of Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs across Three Contexts -- Appendixes. Research Report. RR-A281-1
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Huguet, Alice; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Master, Benjamin K.; Unlu, Fatih; Sousa, Jessica L.; Christianson, Karen; Baker, Garrett – RAND Corporation, 2021
TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project) is committed to ending educational inequities by promoting the recruitment, training, and retention of high-quality teachers and school leaders. The U.S. Department of Education's Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant has funded TNTP to implement the Teacher Effectiveness and Certification…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Grants, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence