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Akiba, Motoko; Howard, Cassandra – Educational Policy, 2023
The Race to the Top (RTTT) program incentivized states to use innovation for systemwide improvement of student outcomes, but little is known about how RTTT-funded innovation was sustained after the RTTT program ended. This mixed-methods study examined state and district approaches to sustaining an international innovation called "lesson…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Watkins, Sharon; Anthony, Anika Ball; Beard, Karen Stansberry – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
U.S. federal policies No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top resulted in a policy overlap that created unique challenges and opportunities for administrators. This study examined principals' perceptions of an overlapping accountability-innovation policy context and their sense of how the policies affected their role as leaders. Primary data for…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Technology Integration, Public Schools
Arrowsmith, Heather E.; Houchens, Gary W.; Crossbourne-Richards, Trudy-Ann; Redifer, Jenni L.; Norman, Antony D.; Zhang, Jie – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2021
In 2012, the United States Department of Education announced the Race to the Top-District grants. One joint award was made to two large educational cooperatives in the same state that together represented 111 mostly rural schools in 22 districts. One of the grant's identified four essential projects was the implementation of personalized learning.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance, 2016
This resource was prepared in response to a request for information from a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) State about the innovative work with family child care providers that is being done in RTT-ELC Phase 2 States (Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin) and Phase 3 States (Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Sherrard-Libed, Linnea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study applies a conceptual framework which examines the proximity that individuals and groups have to education policy making, as well as stakeholders' historical access to educational decision-making in Hawaii. The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the Hawaii State Teacher's Association (HSTA) and the contracts the union had…
Descriptors: Teacher Associations, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Gabriel, Rachael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Today we look to determine teaching quality through a combination of observation, surveys, and test scores. These measures fail to answer the most important question about quality teaching: How is it accomplished? How has this teacher used questioning today, and what drove their decision to do so? How has this teacher structured independent…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Finch, Maida A. – Educational Policy, 2017
In 2009, a seldom-used policy lever emerged in the form of a competitive grant program, Race to the Top (RTTT), and sparked a flurry of state-led initiatives as states vied for federal dollars. The current study examines the policymaking context that surrounded these events and propelled Tennessee to the top of the race among the states. Through…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Peurach, Donald J.; Foster, Anna T.; Lyle, Angela M.; Seeber, Emily R. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2021
The aim of this essay is to advance understandings of current efforts to democratize disciplined approaches to educational innovation and improvement in the US and other countries, with a specific focus on the macro-level policy contexts of improvement research in education. In the US, earlier analyses examined these policy contexts from a…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Lawson, Hal A.; Durand, Francesca T.; Wilcox, Kristen Campbell; Gregory, Karen M.; Schiller, Kathryn S.; Zuckerman, Sarah J. – Journal of School Leadership, 2017
This mixed-method multiple case study investigated nine elementary schools. Six "odds-beating schools," which serve relatively high numbers of economically disadvantaged children, achieved higher than predicted performance on state assessments when compared with three typically performing schools. The overarching research question…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Economically Disadvantaged
Levitt, Roberta – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2017
The enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act (2002) and the subsequent succession of legislative acts have had a profound impact on educational policy. An increased emphasis on teacher accountability and effectiveness led to the use of standardized test results to determine tangible rewards or punishments. In response, a culture of teaching to…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Common Core State Standards, Educational Policy
Wilcox, Kristen Campbell; Lawson, Hal A. – Journal of Educational Change, 2018
This multiple case study investigated 143 teachers' responses to focus group questions about their experiences with the simultaneous implementation of three disruptive innovations as part of the U.S. Race-to-the-Top (RTTT) agenda: the Common Core Learning Standards, data-driven instruction, and annual professional performance reviews. We asked:…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Kannapel, Patricia J.; Flory, Michael A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2017
This article reviews research on issues surrounding postsecondary transitions for youth in middle (North Central, Central, and South Central) Appalachia, a region that faces numerous education challenges because of its geography, poverty, and economy. Examining published research and data from 1995 to 2015, the review seeks to inform education…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Postsecondary Education, Rural Youth, Educational Research
Hess, Frederick M., Ed.; McShane, Michael Q., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane have gathered a diverse group of scholars to examine the shifting federal role in education across the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. While the administrations were vastly different, one thing remained constant: an ongoing and significant expansion of the federal role in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Politics of Education, Government Role, Federal Government
US Department of Education, 2013
The Race to the Top State competitions provided incentives to States to adopt bold and comprehensive reforms in elementary and secondary education and laid the foundation for unprecedented innovation. A total of 46 States and the District of Columbia put together plans to implement college- and career-ready standards, use data systems to guide…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Educational Change
Durand, Francesca T.; Lawson, Hal A.; Wilcox, Kristen Campbell; Schiller, Kathryn S. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: This multiple case study investigated district leaders' orientations and strategies as their elementary schools proceeded with state-mandated implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). We identified differences between schools achieving above-predicted outcomes on state CCSS assessments ("odds-beaters") and…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Program Implementation