The development and implementation of Kentucky's Program for Educationally Deficient School Districts is examined in this case study. Implemented in 1987, the program required districts to meet certain performance, planning, and reporting criteria. Districts failing to comply could be placed in categories of noncompliance. Data were derived from…

This paper presents findings of a comparative case study that explored the inner realities of four successful high school principals identified as effective. Case studies were conducted of four high school principals in a North Carolina school district. Data were obtained from 2 interviews with each principal and interviews with 10 teachers in…

This paper examines government policies in Australia which encourage parent participation in disadvantaged schools in order to improve student literacy, and studies that have found that this policy may, in fact, increase inequality in education. The argument presented is that there are two types of parents--enthusiastic parents and those described…

This report, the second part of a three-phase study on student mobility, operating under local funds and a government grant, was undertaken to obtain information on some of the educational and social factors associated with high and low student mobility. All sixth-grade children from low-income families in Minneapolis inner-city schools were…

This report describes an in-service teacher education program that was implemented in a school serving students of low socioeconomic status. The program was designed to increase student achievement by increasing teacher recognition and reinforcement of student behavior. In a 5-day workshop held before the start of the school year, the researchers…

Utilizing summer conferences, seminar activities, and bi-weekly contact with a member of the University of Georgia staff, this project sought improvement for teachers of disadvantaged students. Some 120 teachers in 10 local school systems received personal, concerned, and professional assistance for 1 full year. The teacher population was drawn…

Highlights the year (1928-29) Lyndon Johnson served as teacher/principal of Welhausen School (Cotulla, Texas) and notes how this experience in a small, poor, Mexican American community influenced his later programs that had a profound effect on American education. (BRR)

In 1998 South Carolina state legislation established the Teacher Specialist on Site (TSOS) program, to assign teacher specialists to school districts designated as below average or unsatisfactory. The need for TSOS has grown each year, and despite varied recruitment efforts, many vacancies exist. Concerns that vacancies would disproportionately…

The Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) program provides financial assistance to help schools develop and implement systematic approaches to schoolwide improvement that are grounded in scientifically based research and effective practices. The goal of the program is to enable all children to meet challenging state academic content and achievement…

This report discusses low-performing school districts identified by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). It is based on a 5-year contract in which SEDL tried to transform low-performing schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas into high-performing learning communities. The first part of the paper…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is intended to support state and local efforts to ensure that all children reach challenging standards by providing additional resources for schools and students that have the farthest to go. The 1994 reauthorization of the ESEA included a number of changes to Title I allocation…

The authors describe the general conceptualization of personalized instruction that has evolved with the program and suggest some implications for future investigations of the impact of such a personalized program. (Author)

Examines the relationship between school restructuring on mathematics achievement across categories of school socioeconomic status. Raises questions about the suitability of defining restructuring in terms of any specific reform agenda. Indicates the need for caution regarding the broad implementation of such an agenda in disadvantaged schools.…

Federal legislation passed in 1994 and the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration program (CSRD) encourage high-poverty Title I schools to adopt prepackaged research-based models of schoolwide reform. The nine components of CSRD and key ingredients for its implementation are discussed. Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School (Vancouver, Washington)…

Describes reforms at Berniss Elementary School (Spokane, Washington) from 1992 to 1999. A Title I school serving poor and immigrant neighborhoods, Berniss showed dramatic improvements in standardized test scores. Reform strategies included hiring four facilitators as peer coaches to encourage reform, changing teaching methods to promote active…