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Raczynski, Dagmar; Sebring, Penny Bender; Weinstein, José; Gordon, Molly Flynn – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2022
In an unusual research collaboration, scholars in Chile and the US collected similar empirical data across their two countries to investigate and contrast relational trust in schools in Valparaíso, Chile and Illinois, US. The most salient finding was that, when asked about constructs associated with relational trust, teachers and students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship
Levenstein, Rachel; Sporte, Sue; Allensworth, Elaine – University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2011
In late 2010, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) initiated a new safety program called the "Culture of Calm" initiative (CoC). Since 2010, CPS has focused resources on schools in order to improve school climate--particularly school safety. These resources were used, to a large extent, to hire vendors that provided services to teachers and…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Environment, High Schools, Principals
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Loucks, Hazel – NASSP Bulletin, 1992
Parent/family involvement is an important factor in successful schools or schools reporting improved student achievement. Interviews of 50 southern Illinois principals identified 10 highly successful strategies for improving such involvement, including parent/student switch days, parent/student fundraising, teacher/parent roundtable discussions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education