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Bruna, Katherine Richardson; McNelly, Carla A.; Rongerude, Jane – Ethnography and Education, 2020
Linguists understand metaphors to be shortcuts to an individual's tacit knowledge about the world. As ethnographers and planners building a university-school partnership and seeking to understand residents' perceptions of their urban neighbourhood, attention to use of metaphor allowed us insight into an insider's mental model of who is in the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Place Based Education, College School Cooperation, Needs Assessment
Hamadyk, Jill; Zeidenberg, Matthew – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
This report documents the implementation and early impacts of the Workforce Training Academy Connect (WTA Connect) program, operated by Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Des Moines, Iowa. WTA Connect aimed to help low-income, low-skilled adults access and complete occupational training that can lead to increased employment and higher…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Pathways, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Goldring, Ellen B.; Grissom, Jason A.; Rubin, Mollie; Rogers, Laura K.; Neel, Michael; Clark, Melissa A. – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2018
In 2014, The Wallace Foundation launched the Principal Supervisor Initiative (PSI), a four-year, $24 million-dollar effort to redefine principal supervision in six urban school districts. The initiative sought to help districts transform a position traditionally focused on administration, operations, and compliance to one dedicated to developing…
Descriptors: Principals, Supervisors, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership