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Brouillette, Liane; Grove, Doung; Hinga, Briana – Journal of School Leadership, 2015
This study looks at the impact of a cost-effective professional development model in which teaching artists helped early elementary teachers master arts-based strategies for boosting the oral language development of English-language learners (ELLs). Teaching artists visited K-2 classrooms for 50 minutes weekly for 28 weeks. Student scores on the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Art Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Oral Language
Hamlin, Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2013
During conferences to decide whether or not to retain a child, usually two questions are asked. The first is, "Will retention bring success in school?" The other is, "If we retain him, will he perform better in school than if we don't retain him?" The goal of this research was to see if retained students would make enough…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Policy, School Holding Power, Low Achievement
Estrada, Karla V. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the population of English Language Learners (ELLs) continues to grow in schools, so does the concern for their lack of academic progress and the possible inequitable representation of this culturally and linguistically diverse population in special education (Artiles, Rueda, Salazar, & Higareda, 2005; Guiberson, 2009; Mac Swan &…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research
Cannon, Jill S.; Lipscomb, Stephen – Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
This report uses administrative data provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on kindergarten to third-grade students. The records begin with kindergartners in 2001, first-graders in 2002, second-graders in 2003, and third-graders in 2004 and include all LAUSD students in grades K-3 for 2004 to 2008. Altogether, the raw data…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Data, Research Methodology, Correlation