ERIC Number: ED611652
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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Practitioners' Recommendations to Improve the Academic Success of Economically Disadvantaged Students in Wisconsin. WCER Working Paper No. 2020-13
Miesner, H. Rose; Packard, Chiara; Laemmli, Taylor; MacGregor, Lyn
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Although policymakers generally appreciate the value of crafting policies that are responsive to teacher and principal voice, doing so in a systematic way is challenging. Educator voices in the room when policies are made are often those of teachers and principals closest to policymakers. In 2019, to broaden the range of educator voices available to policymakers in Wisconsin, we asked more than 2,200 teachers and 700 principals in public schools in Wisconsin how "they" would change policy to improve the academic success of economically disadvantaged students. In total, 1,559 teachers and 601 principals offered suggestions for changing policy across four categories: school level--academic, student level, school level--non-academic, and community level. Though we saw variation in responses based on percent of student body eligible for free and reduced-priced lunch, grade levels served (elementary, middle, high school) and community type (city, suburb, town, rural), many responses appear with similar frequency among practitioners across contexts--indicating promise for making broader changes that impact all schools.
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Poverty, Public Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement, Success, At Risk Students, School Policy, Low Income Students, Institutional Characteristics, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Suburbs, Environmental Influences, Intervention, Student Needs, Community Programs, Academic Support Services, Curriculum Development, Relevance (Education), Teacher Student Ratio, Barriers, Student Employment, School Role, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Testing, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education, Educational Resources, Mental Health, Educational Technology, Student Transportation, Attendance, Family School Relationship, Pupil Personnel Services, Interpersonal Relationship, Mentors, Extracurricular Activities, Identification, Family Needs, Social Influences, Political Influences, Community Resources, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
Wisconsin Center for Education Research. School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1025 West Johnson Street Suite 785, Madison, WI 53706. Tel: 608-263-4200; Fax: 608-263-6448; e-mail: uw-wcer@education.wisc.edu; Web site: https://www.wcer.wisc.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R372A150031