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Pierre-Okerson, Marie Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this research study was to explore how parents in a large school district in Florida perceive the referral process leading to their children placement in Special Education. Participants in the study were 12 parents of special needs students whose children were, at the time of the study, receiving Special Education related services…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Special Education, School District Size, Parents
Ebanks, Roy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 guides school policies on teaching and assessment and promotes school interventions that focus on learner-centered pedagogy. Despite this emphasis on learner-centered pedagogy, significant numbers of Title I elementary students in Florida achieved below state standards from 2006 to 2009. This study used…
Descriptors: Research Design, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Federal Legislation
LeBlanc, Patrice; Lacey, Candace – Online Submission, 2002
The purpose of this paper is to describe the model used to evaluate the two-year Allegany Grant between the Peace Education Foundation and the Miami-Dade County Public Schools that focused on reducing school violence through implementing the "Peace Works" program. A mixed method design using simultaneous methodologies was employed. For…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Models, Public Schools, Violence