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McHenry-Sorber, Erin; Provinzano, Kathleen – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
Hydraulic fracturing has altered the face of rural communities across the United States, creating new demands for educational leaders. This in-depth qualitative study explores how rural educational leaders in a heavily drilled community experience and respond to these challenges with a focus on increased local student transiency, homelessness, and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Community Development, Qualitative Research
Levin, Stephanie; Scott, Caitlin; Yang, Man; Leung, Melanie; Bradley, Kathryn – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Strong and stable school leadership is critical for success in schools across the nation. The duties of the principal are many and varied. Principals, for example, can oversee instruction, purchase curricular materials and supplies, and provide professional learning and supports for teachers. Carrying out these duties effectively makes a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Persistence
Whitworth, Amanda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed methods action research study explored how students reacted to using literature circles to enhance their knowledge and understanding of reading nonfiction text as compared to students using guided reading. This study showed a minimal improvement for students participating in the literature circle group in overall understanding of…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Pretests Posttests, Grade 4, Rural Schools
Fecenko, Anne Deidre – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The role of teacher assistants has paralleled the changes in education over the years. The teacher assistants, who numbered 1.3 million in 2008 and are projected to increase by 10 percent by 2018 (Office of Labor Statistics, 2012) are valuable members of our educational communities providing support to students with special needs. These teacher…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Supervision
Butler, Thomas A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
In an effort to increase student readiness for college and career, many States have adopted new academic standards encouraged by education reform advocates. These standards are commonly referred to as the Common Core Standards. Schools from States that have adopted the Common Core Standards have been compelled to significantly restructure their…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Curriculum Development
Miller, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examined a customized formative walkthrough model based on the work of Moss and Brookhart (2012). Through the implementation of the customized model in a specific, small, rural, public school district in western Pennsylvania, the researcher examined the efficiency and effectiveness of this model as a possible supervision practice. After…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Observation, Models, Program Implementation
Mann, Bryan; Kotok, Stephen; Frankenberg,; Fuller, Ed; Schafft, Kai – Rural Educator, 2016
Pennsylvania is a state with significant proportions of students who attend rural schools, as well as students who attend charter schools. This study examines enrollment patterns of students in brick and mortar and cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania and how these enrollment patterns differ across geographic locale. We analyze student-level…
Descriptors: School Choice, Charter Schools, Rural Schools, Enrollment Trends
Steinberg, Matthew P.; Quinn, Rand – Journal of Education Finance, 2015
Over the last four decades, legal mandates and legislative reforms have compelled states to improve the equitable distribution of state resources across school districts, and, more recently, to increase state expenditures to more adequately fund education. However, there is limited evidence on the extent to which differences in the resource,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Equity (Finance), State Aid, Expenditures
Azano, Amy Price; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Missett, Tracy C.; Brunner, Marguerite – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2014
Approximately one quarter of American students attend rural schools; however, the needs of these students are often overlooked in education policy despite well-documented limited financial resources and pervasive poverty. Relatively little is known about the experiences of gifted students in rural areas and even less about the teachers serving…
Descriptors: Gifted, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Rural Schools
Polka, Walter S.; Litchka, Peter R.; Calzi, Frank F.; Denig, Stephen J.; Mete, Rosina E. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2014
The major focus of this paper is a gender-based analysis of school superintendent decision-making and problem-solving as well as an investigation of contemporary leadership dilemmas. The findings are based on responses from 258 superintendents of K-12 school districts in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania collected over a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Superintendents, Decision Making, Problem Solving
De La Paz, Susan; Wissinger, Daniel R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2015
Historians use a range of genres in presenting their subjects, yet educators have increasingly privileged argumentation to help novices to reason with historical content. However, the influence genre and content knowledge are relatively unmeasured in this discipline. To learn more, the authors asked 101 eleventh-grade students to compose an…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High School Students, History, Persuasive Discourse
McHenry-Sorber, Erin – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
Often considered harmonious places, rural communities are in reality spaces often fragmented along class lines, with political factions promoting competing values and interests regarding the purpose of schooling. Using an exemplar case, this study affords us a new interpretation of rural school-community relations in times of conflict. It…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Community Relationship, Political Power, Conflict
Abenavoli, Rachel M.; Greenberg, Mark T. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
There is growing consensus among researchers and practitioners that children's socialemotional readiness makes unique contributions to their successful transition to and progress through school. However, many children still begin school ill-prepared for the behavioral demands they will encounter in the classroom. This study examines the joint…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Student Adjustment, Readiness
Smolcic, Elizabeth; Arends, Jessica – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2017
The "achievement gap" for English learners and those of marginalized groups has been documented for well over a decade. It is widely recognized that socioeconomic status, language, and the fluid construct of culture play significant roles in school learning. However, despite the dismal academic progress of students learning English in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Cultural Influences, Teacher Competencies
Erica Lynn Kolat – ProQuest LLC, 2014
National surveys regarding blended and online programs continue to document an increased enrollment of K-12 students. However, the overall research base for this age group remains limited. Although some states collect and report data of fully online programs, information regarding blended and online programs in traditional school districts…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Online Courses, Urban Schools, Rural Schools