Action research has been an important part of teacher preparation in many preservice programs, and there has been research done to determine the impact of their action research on student teachers' learning. However, self-study of how teacher educators instruct teacher-researchers is limited. Even more rare is research on how teacher educators…

Purpose: School climate, or the physical and social conditions of the learning environment, has implications for academic achievement. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors examine how school climate varies by school-level characteristics in California using administrative data and the California School…

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the roles and responsibilities of the superintendent/principal in small, rural school districts in northern California perceived to be the most important by the superintendent/principal. In addition, it was the purpose of this study to identify the challenges of serving as the…

The purpose of this study was to determine if Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) training of teachers can have a significant effect on closing the achievement gap for Latino students by collecting data to answer the following questions: (1) How can teachers develop and maintain their own cultural competence? Specifically, how can teachers become…

In many parts of the United States, there is a growing shortage of music teachers to take the place of the retiring teachers. This is most evident in rural areas. If music teachers are not available to fill openings, music positions are sometimes combined, spreading music teachers too thin and requiring them to possess multiple music…

Understanding the meaning of rational numbers and how to perform mathematical operations with those numbers seems to be a perennial problem in the United States for both adults and children. Based on previous work, we hypothesized that giving students more time to practice using rational numbers in an environment that enticed them to apply their…

The purpose of this study was to: (1) make a careful survey of the county, touching upon its geological, geographical, social, and economic features; (2) survey the system of schools now provided by the many districts in the county; and (3) propose a system of public schools to meet more adequately the needs of the people of this larger community.…

In an effort to increase the knowledge about professional development programs that promote strong instructional leaders, the Wallace Foundation recently commissioned a study of innovative principal professional development programs and the policy and funding mechanisms that support them. In fall 2003, the foundation awarded a grant to a team of…