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Download full textMay, Henry; Supovitz, Jonathan A.; Perda, David – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2004
Rarely in educational research do researchers have access to data that allow them to empirically explore the impacts of programs on individual student learning over long periods of time. This element of Consortium for Policy Research in Education's (CPRE) evaluation of the America's Choice comprehensive school reform design is one of those…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Academic Standards
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Direct linkTonso, Karen L.; Colombo, Marie – Journal of School Choice, 2006
This article unpacks the decision to decharter a successful urban middle school serving African American students, especially focusing on parental choice in a school caught between two urban reform initiatives: charter schooling and state takeovers of urban districts. Originally chartered by a university, DeCharter became a "school of choice" in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Charter Schools, Urban Schools, School Choice
Nunnery, John A.; Ross, Steven M.; Goldfeder, Elizabeth – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2003
The present research is a third-party study of the effects of the School Renaissance (SR) comprehensive school reform (CSR) model on student achievement in 11 elementary and middle schools in Texas. The primary measures used in the study were the Texas Learning Index (TLI) reading and mathematics scores obtained through administration of the Texas…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Waits, Mary Jo; Campbell, Heather E.; Gau, Rebecca; Jacobs, Ellen; Rex, Tom; Hess, Robert K. – Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, 2006
Throughout Arizona and the Southwest, the odds are against high achievement in schools with a mostly Latino, mostly poor student enrollment. Some schools, however, "beat the odds" and achieve consistently high results or show steady gains. Why do these schools succeed where others fail? Using the methodology of business guru Jim Collins…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, High Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Enrollment
Edwards, Daneell – Afterschool Matters, 2005
The term "doing hair" is utterly familiar. However, while the term can refer to simple acts of combing, brushing, washing, and styling hair, in the culture of adolescent African-American girls, doing hair is a social practice that represents power, creativity, and sometimes popularity. This article describes a three-month afterschool…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Adolescents, After School Programs
Betts, J. David – Afterschool Matters, 2003
More than three million children in the United States participate in some type of after school program (National Study, 1993) offering wide-ranging benefits to children, their families and the community (Pederson, et al, 1998). After school programs of many descriptions provide responsible adult supervision for youth, constructive activities and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, After School Education, After School Programs, Art Education
