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Download full textCouncil of the Great City Schools, 2020
Urban school districts will face a number of new and unprecedented challenges in the 2020-2021 school year. In addition to safely reopening schools, planning for the likelihood of future rolling school closures, redesigning instructional delivery models, and effectively addressing unfinished learning and learning losses among students, schools…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health, Urban Schools
Howard, Mark; Christiansen, David W. – School District of Palm Beach County, 2018
In FY17, the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) outperformed Florida and six other large urban school districts for the fourth consecutive year (FY14-FY17), and has consistently increased the graduation rate, including from FY16 to FY17. More importantly, the disparity between White students and their Black and Hispanic peers was reduced…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate
Christiansen, David W. – School District of Palm Beach County, 2016
In FY16, the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) outperformed Florida and six other large urban school districts and increased the graduation rate from FY15. The Federal High School Graduation Rate includes standard diplomas but excludes special diplomas and GEDs (General Education Diplomas). This memorandum reports the graduation rates…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Districts, Urban Schools, African American Students
Christiansen, David W. – School District of Palm Beach County, 2016
On January 5, 2016, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) released graduation rates for the State of Florida and the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC). The Federal High School Graduation Rate includes standard diplomas but excludes special diplomas and GEDs (General Education Diplomas). In FY2015, SDPBC outperformed Florida and six…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Districts, Urban Schools, African American Students
Gent, E. Wayne – School District of Palm Beach County, 2014
In FY2014, the State of Florida and the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) outperformed Florida and other large urban school districts and was the only large urban district to have an increased graduation rate. In FY2012, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) accountability system began using the Federal Graduation Rate, which is a…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Districts, Urban Schools, African American Students
Turnbull, Brenda J.; Anderson, Leslie M.; Riley, Derek L.; MacFarlane, Jaclyn R.; Aladjem, Daniel K. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2016
This is the fifth report from an evaluation of the Principal Pipeline Initiative (PPI), in which six large urban school districts have received support for strengthening novice principals' capabilities through specific strategies. Data for the evaluation were collected from late 2011 through spring 2015, using interviews with district…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Standards
Gent, E. Wayne – School District of Palm Beach County, 2013
On December 11, 2013, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) released graduation rates for the State of Florida and the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC). In FY2012, the FDOE accountability system began using the Federal Graduation Rate, which is a more rigorous standard than the National Governors Association (NGA) rate used…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Districts, Urban Schools, African American Students
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Direct linkCistone, Peter; Shneyderman, Aleksandr – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2004
Looping is the practice in which a teacher instructs the same group of students for at least two school years, following them from one grade level to the next. Once a "loop" of two or more years is completed, the teacher may start a new loop teaching a new group of students. This evaluation study of the practice of looping in a large…
Descriptors: Looping (Teachers), Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Comparative Analysis
Bell-Ruppert, Nancy – 1999
Systemic change in education refers to many facets of a community working together to support and improve how well children learn. This study examines the perceptions of teachers involved in systemic change as math and science resource teachers. In Duval County, Florida, a group of teachers were hired to assist systemic change as part of a 5-year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Instructional Leadership
