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Wang, Chuang; Fan, Xitao; Pugalee, David K. – Education and Urban Society, 2020
This is a longitudinal study of the change in the academic achievement gap between African American and European American students from elementary to high schools with large administrative data from a school district in the United States. Analysis of variance between eight tracks of students defined by the school environment of isolated schools or…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap
Alderman, Derek H.; Reuben, Rose-Redwood – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
There are growing debates over removing the names of racist historical figures from public schools and university campus buildings, streets, and other public spaces. This article develops a pedagogical framework for transforming the classroom into a "toponymic workspace," where students can understand and possibly make interventions in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Campuses, Political Issues, Naming
Catt, Andrew D.; Shaw, Michael – EdChoice, 2020
North Carolina is home to a growing and evolving K-12 education landscape. The state experienced a 21 percent increase in its public elementary and secondary school enrollment since 2000, with that figure projected to grow by another 4 percent by 2028. The state has garnered attention for its emphasis on individualized education and implementation…
Descriptors: School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Money Management
Sean J. Smith; Amber Rowland; Samantha Goldman; Adam Carreon – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand, from the perspective of students with disabilities, what special education leaders and their respective classroom educators should consider in the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) features and tools to support individualized instruction. This study utilized an immersive and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Leaders, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education
Schweig, Jonathan David – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
Developing indicators that reflect important aspects of school and classroom environments has become central in a nationwide effort to develop comprehensive programs that measure teacher quality and effectiveness. Formulating teacher evaluation policy necessitates accurate and reliable methods for measuring these environmental variables. This…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Educational Environment, Classroom Environment, Surveys
Kraemer, Bonnie R.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Hall, Laura J.; Dawalt, Leann; Hume, Kara A.; Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Szidon, Katherine; Brum, Christopher – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
The purpose of the study was to examine the quality of high school programs for students with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. The Autism Program Environment Rating Scale--Middle/High School was used to rate the quality of programs for students with autism spectrum disorder in 60 high schools located in three geographic locations in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Students with Disabilities
Cabell, Sonia Q.; Zucker, Tricia A.; DeCoster, Jamie; Melo, Carolina; Forston, Lindsay; Hamre, Bridget – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: This study examined the association between interactive book reading quality and prekindergarten children's gains in language and literacy skills over the course of an academic year for 96 teachers and 417 children across multiple locations in the United States. Two moderators were examined, namely, children's initial skill…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Books, Story Reading
Kim, Ji Young; Wynne, Matthew John – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2021
The purpose of this study is to provide the best possible learning environment for K-8 English Learners (ELs) in social studies content suggested by ESL teachers and school administrators in North Carolina. ESL teachers and school administrators share their perceptions of best practices and strategies that have been effective in addressing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Social Studies, English Language Learners, Elementary School Students
Schweig, Jonathan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
Measures of classroom and school environments are central to policy efforts that assess school and teacher quality. These measures are often formed by aggregating individual survey responses to form group-level measures, and assume an invariant measurement model holds across the individual and group levels. This article explores the tenability of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Measurement, Surveys
Hussey, William J.; Thomas, Sherry H.; Anderson, Kelly; Algozzine, Bob – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2019
As part of ongoing evaluation activities and continuous improvement, the Exceptional Children (EC) Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction regularly reviews its efforts. This study was interested in documenting responsibilities, working conditions, and satisfaction of special education administrators as a basis for future…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Administration, Special Education
Smokowski, Paul R.; Evans, Caroline B. R.; Rose, Roderick; Bacallao, Martica – Journal of School Violence, 2020
This study evaluated the efficacy of School-Based Teen Courts (SBTCs) using a rigorous experimental trial with 24 middle- and high-schools randomly selected to receive SBTCs (n= 12) or to business-as-usual without any SBTC program (n = 12). Analyses examined school-level longitudinal growth models and individual-level pretest-posttest comparisons…
Descriptors: Violence, Middle School Students, High School Students, Adolescents
Backman, Deborah; Spear, Kaitlin; Mumford, Elizabeth A.; Taylor, Bruce G. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Addressing the widespread problem of sexual assault in college environments requires both prevention programming and policies addressing sexual misconduct in institutions of higher education. Through the Campus Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative, nine programs funded by the Office on Women's Health approached this problem within a…
Descriptors: Crime, Sexual Abuse, Rape, College Environment
Dentith, Audrey M.; Thompson, Onah P. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
An ecojustice seminar, held in May 2016 at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, is described in this chapter. The ecojustice theoretical framework, the seminar class design, and our findings relative to student learning as gleaned from follow-up focus groups, reflection papers, and online discussion are reported. Seminars such as…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Social Justice, Seminars, Focus Groups
Popadines, Kevin Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Adult learners have distinctly different needs and motivations compared to those of children. These needs and motivations need to be kept in mind to help ensure meaningful and successful learning experiences in professional development offered to educators. The purpose of this correlation study is to determine if the perceptions educators have of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Statistical Significance
Wu, Shiyou; Wu, Qi; Wei, Xiaojiang; Bledsoe, Sarah E.; Ansong, David – Journal of International Students, 2020
This study aims to understand the pathways of successful educational attainment (SEA) among Chinese students who are pursuing doctorate degrees in the United States. An exploratory qualitative approach was used to identify the factors of SEA. Based on the in-depth interviews of nine participants, we found common factors of SEA at the micro level…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Doctoral Students, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries