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Hassel, Emily Ayscue; Hassel, Bryan C. – Public Impact, 2012
American children deserve the one ingredient we know creates stellar learning results: excellent teachers. These teachers produce "well over" today's typical year of learning growth. Without them, even with good teachers who produce a full year of progress, children who start behind stay behind, and few students get ahead of their beginnings--the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Evaluation
Public Impact, 2012
Research continues to confirm that without "excellent" teachers consistently, most students who start behind stay behind, and too few middling and advanced students leap ahead. Even solid teachers who achieve one year of learning progress leave achievement gaps intact. Schools that "consistently" provide all students with…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Leadership
Pizzuti-Ashby, Jacqueline G.; Alary, Donna G. – Online Submission, 2008
This qualitative study represents perceptions of students regarding campus environment and campus life at University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV), a public four-year university-college located in British Columbia, Canada. Employing a unique methodology, referred to as reflexive photography, student participants were asked to photograph and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Photography, Student Attitudes
Gelberg, Denise – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
Criticism of the public schools has been unrelenting since "A Nation at Risk" was published in 1983. From that pivotal moment to the present the business community has played a crucial role in setting the parameters of the critique of the schools and shaping the reform agendas that have been proposed and implemented. However, this author has found…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Business, Educational Change, Scientific Research
National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. – 1992
This National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) board of directors substantive issue session initiated the process of developing a position statement for the educational observance of the Quincentenary of Columbus' landing in the Americas. The meeting consisted of proposal statements by panelists and advocated the development of a united…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Drolet, Judy C., Ed.; Clark, Kay, Ed. – 1994
This book offers the insights and perspectives of 39 sexuality educators. The collection of essays, full of theoretical considerations and practical implications, addresses the needs of those responsible for educating young people about sexuality and examines the major issues and concerns of sexuality education within the school setting.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Church Role, Community Role