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Dodson, Richard L. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2017
This research examines how public school principals in eight U.S. states perceive their teacher evaluation systems, which are based on Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching (FfT). States were selected to represent high, middle, and low scorers in the annual "Education Week" "Quality Counts" report (Education Week, 2016).…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Administrator Surveys
DePaoli, Jennifer L.; Atwell, Matthew N.; Bridgeland, John – Civic Enterprises, 2017
The central message of this report is that principals across the United States understand how fundamental social and emotional learning (SEL) is to the development of students and their success in and out of school, but they need more guidance, training, and support to make solid and effective school-wide implementation a reality. Principals…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Principals, Administrator Surveys
Lucas, Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Since the introduction of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2010, the education world has experienced a paradigm shift in the pedagogical expectations of educators, and there have been a decidedly mixed results on the implementation of the new standards. This qualitative study explored the experiences of several school administrators…
Descriptors: Principals, Common Core State Standards, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education
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Bingham, Andrea J.; Pane, John F.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Hamilton, Laura S. – Educational Policy, 2018
In the current educational context, school models that leverage technology to personalize instruction have proliferated, as has student enrollment in, and funding of, such school models. However, even the best laid plans are subject to challenges in design and practice, particularly in the dynamic context of a school. In this collective case…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Models, Program Implementation, Case Studies
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Marsh, Julie A.; Hall, Michelle – American Educational Research Journal, 2018
This article seeks to deepen our understanding of the nature and quality of democratic participation in educational reform by examining the first-year implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) mandating civic engagement in district decision-making. Drawing on democratic theory, empirical literature, and data from 10…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democracy, Democratic Values, Public Administration
Mandinach, Ellen B.; Miskell, Ryan C.; Gheen, Margaret – WestEd, 2016
This report provides a description of a study conducted by WestEd on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how the affordances of the technologies in the blended learning environments of three charter schools impacted teaching and learning activities. A particular focus of the work was to examine whether the blended learning…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Charter Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Data
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Adan, Mohammed Abdi; Orodho, John Aluko – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study sought to find out the constraints of implementing free secondary education (FSE) in secondary schools in Mandera West Sub-County, Mandera County, Kenya. The study is based on the theory of constraints as the researcher examines the factors constraining the achievement of FSE objectives. The study used the survey design. The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Access to Education, Equal Education
Stohr, Amber D. – West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2015
The Special Education Technology Integration Specialist (SETIS) program provides professional development for special education teachers to assist them in achieving proficiency with 21st Century Technology Tools. The program completed its eighth and ninth rounds during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years, training more than 30 special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Technology Integration, Program Evaluation
Erica Lynn Kolat – ProQuest LLC, 2014
National surveys regarding blended and online programs continue to document an increased enrollment of K-12 students. However, the overall research base for this age group remains limited. Although some states collect and report data of fully online programs, information regarding blended and online programs in traditional school districts…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Online Courses, Urban Schools, Rural Schools
Slotnik, William J.; Bugler, Daniel; Liang, Guodong – Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2015
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is guiding and supporting the implementation of a new Teacher and Principal Evaluation (TPE) system in all school districts throughout the state. The system includes measures of both professional practice and student growth. Because the historical and current practice in Maryland is one of local…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Practices, Program Implementation
Newman, Denis; Zacamy, Jenna; Lazarev, Valeriy; Lin, Li; Jaciw, Andrew P.; Hegseth, Whitney – Empirical Education Inc., 2015
We report on the scaling up of a high school content literacy framework, Reading Apprenticeship, over a period of four years as part of the independent evaluation of an Investing in Innovation grant from the U.S. Department of Education to WestEd's Strategic Literacy Institute (SLI). Our goal was to understand the school processes that support…
Descriptors: High Schools, Reading Programs, Educational Innovation, Literacy Education
Drury, Debra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this problem-based study was to gather data which analyzed the degree of fidelity of implementation of Response to Intervention as reported by building principals in the State of Missouri. The project began when team members, providing professional development for the Response to Intervention process, came to the conclusion there…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Response to Intervention, Public Schools
Neill, Alex; Berg, Melanie; Stevens, Liesje – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2014
This report investigates the behaviour, attitudes and experiences of New Zealand secondary students with money and financial products. It also looks at financial literacy programmes in New Zealand secondary schools and explores barriers to the implementation of financial literacy teaching. The research was commissioned by the Commission for…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Money Management, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes