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Nichols, T. Philip; Edgerton, Adam Kirk; Desimone, Laura M. – American Journal of Education, 2021
Purpose: As the federal government has retreated from taking a dominant role in encouraging implementation of common K-12 standards, states and districts have moved to fill this education policy vacuum. This study aims to understand how state and district leaders are navigating this new policy environment. Research Methods/Approach: Drawing upon…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Legislation
Nichols, T. Philip; Edgerton, Adam Kirk; Desimone, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Purpose: As the federal government has retreated from taking a dominant role in encouraging implementation of common K-12 standards, states and districts have moved to fill this education policy vacuum. This study aims to understand how state and district leaders are navigating this new policy environment. Research Methods/Approach: Drawing upon…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Legislation
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Haegele, Justin; Zhu, Xihe; Davis, Summer – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the barriers and facilitators to participation in physical education (PE) for students with disabilities (SWD) from the perspectives of in-service physical educators. A convenience sample of 168 physical educators (72% female, 94% Caucasian) from the United States completed a short questionnaire. After data…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Barriers, Disabilities, Physical Education
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Shernoff, Elisa S.; Lekwa, Adam J.; Reddy, Linda A.; Coccaro, Candace – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine teachers' attitudes and experiences with coaching. This study was conducted in advance of a planned randomized controlled trial of a coaching intervention to better align the model with teachers' needs and goals. Thirty-four K-5 general (n = 26), special education (n = 6), and educational…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Coaching (Performance), Evidence Based Practice
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Yuksel, Dogan – Classroom Discourse, 2014
This study examined how two experienced instructors of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) literature treated questions posed by students during classroom discussions. Data came from two semester-long college-level classes in Turkey. Video recordings of the classes in one semester, field notes taken during the observations, and interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Experienced Teachers
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Payne, Yasser Arafat; Suddler, Carl – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This study organized five black American undergraduate students into a participatory action research (PAR) team to examine Cross and Strauss' (1998) and Cross, Smith, and Payne's (2002) functions of blackness theory (i.e., bonding, code switching, and individualism) within a sample of black American students, frontline staff (i.e., janitors), and…
Descriptors: Whites, Institutional Characteristics, African American Students, Undergraduate Students
Horng, Eileen Lai; Klasik, Daniel; Loeb, Susanna – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2009
School principals have complex jobs. To better understand the work lives of principals, this study uses observational time-use data for all high school principals in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This paper examines the relationship between the time principals spent on different types of activities and school outcomes including student…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Principals, High Schools, Time Management