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Schwartz, Heather L.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Wolfe, Rebecca L.; Khodyakov, Dmitry; Dao, Emily; Domenech-Burgos, Dianne; Domina, Jeffrey C.; Mundra, Rajesh R. – RAND Corporation, 2023
To update its teaching and departmental review processes, Phillips Academy Andover, an independent boarding school in Massachusetts, commissioned RAND Corporation researchers to review the school's policies, conduct a literature review, interview other independent high schools, develop potential recommendations for revision of Andover's processes,…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Program Evaluation, School Policy, High Schools
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Hackman, Holly; Howland, Jonathan; Taylor, Alyssa; Brown, Linda; Gapinski, Mary Ann; Olshaker, Jonathan; Stern, Robert A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
Appropriate management by schools of all students with a concussion, regardless of the cause, has not received the same attention as sports-related concussions. Focus groups conducted with Massachusetts School Nurses in 2015 found that some had applied protocols required in the state's sports concussion regulations to all students with concussion,…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, School Nurses, Team Sports, Student Athletes
Jenny L. Sullivan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Previous studies on advanced middle and high school mathematics course enrollment have focused on the correlation of successful course completion and post-secondary outcomes for students. This instrumental case study examined how school related factors such as personnel and policy influenced equitable enrollment in middle and high school honors…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Enrollment Trends, Middle School Students
Miller, Lawrence J.; Gross, Betheny; Ouijdani, Monica – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2012
In the era of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, school districts are under increasing pressure from policymakers to hold all students to high performance standards. In response, a growing number of schools are embracing the principles of student-centered learning (SCL). SCL is a contemporary approach that combines progressive and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, School District Spending, Student Centered Curriculum
Cavanaugh, Cathy; Barbour, Michael; Brown, Regina; Diamond, Daryl; Lowes, Susan; Powell, Allison; Rose, Ray; Scheick, Amy; Scribner, Donna; Van der Molen, Julia – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2009
Online teaching is a complex professional practice. In addition to their content knowledge and pedagogical skill, online teachers must be qualified in methods of teaching the content online and have experience in online learning. This document examines some of the aspects of online teaching, specifically those related to communication and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship, Communication Strategies
Davis, Niki; Rose, Ray – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
This report examines the types of professional development necessary to implement successful online learning initiatives. The potential for schools utilizing online learning is tremendous: schools can develop new distribution methods to enable equity and access for all students, they can provide high quality content for all students and they can…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Misconceptions, School Administration