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Robert C. Schoen; Catherine C. Lewis; Christopher Rhoads; Kevin Lai; Claire M. Riddell – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Lesson study, especially when conducted with support from targeted resources, is often identified as a potentially effective means to support teacher learning. In this study, 80 school-based teams of educators, representing 80 classrooms of third- or fourth-grade students in the US, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: lesson study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
Illinois State Board of Education, 2019
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) updates its Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Elementary and Secondary Education each year, as required by Public Act 93-1036 (the Education Reform and Accountability Act of 2004). This annual "Strategic Plan Progress Report" details actions the agency is taking to fulfill the Board's mission,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Illinois State Board of Education, 2018
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) develops and maintains a continuing five-year comprehensive strategic plan for elementary and secondary education in accordance with Public Act 93-1036. Agency staff members revisit the plan each year to review the agency's accomplishments and to refine the agency's strategies. The State Board amended…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Illinois State Board of Education, 2017
Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) updates its continuing, five-year comprehensive strategic plan for elementary and secondary education, per the Education Reform and Accountability Act of 2004. ISBE's Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Elementary and Secondary Education provides a comprehensive review of how the agency…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Illinois State Board of Education, 2016
Public Act 93-1036 requires the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to develop and maintain a continuing, five-year strategic plan for elementary and secondary education. The 2016 Comprehensive Strategic Plan is the agency's 12th such report. The first plan focused on ISBE's three primary goal areas: (1) enhancing literacy; (2) improving…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
McClanahan, Wendy S.; Gao, Jian; Sanders, Felcia – Research For Action, 2013
Community schools are an approach that has been adopted to respond to this educational crisis. By partnering with local agencies, community schools provide students and families with access to healthcare services, educational enhancement and recreational opportunities, family economic supports such as workforce development and income tax…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Middle School Students, Student Participation, Student Experience
Aarons, Dakara I. – Education Week, 2008
The Chicago Annenberg Challenge, chaired from 1995 to 1999 by Barack Obama, is being portrayed by John McCain's campaign as an attempt to push radicalism on schools. Founders of the project say it has been distorted in the presidential campaign. The project undertaken in Chicago as part of a high-profile national initiative reflected, however,…
Descriptors: School Size, Educational Change, Grants, Academic Achievement