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Tiwari, Ashwini – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2023
This article examines contextual factors that impact inclusive education in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, United States. Based on the analysis of teachers' narratives, the study concluded that teachers perceive inclusive special education as a student's right primarily grounded in the social justice context of education. While…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Special Education, Teacher Attitudes, Social Justice
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Sylvia Ozuna; Linda Challoo; Don Jones; Patricia Huskin – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2023
Nationally, more than seven million children are being cared for by grandparents. In Texas alone, over 630,000 children live in homes where grandparents are the custodial caretakers. In many cases, children placed in the home of grandparents lived in unpredictable conditions with their parents. Factors contributing to removing children from their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, COVID-19
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Timothy J. Walker; Derek W. Craig; Christopher D. Pfledderer; Michael C. Robertson; Paula Cuccaro; Keisey Fumero; John B. Bartholomew – Grantee Submission, 2023
Introduction: Schools play an important role in promoting physical activity for youth. However, school-based physical activity opportunities often compete with other academic priorities, limiting their implementation. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore elementary school teacher and staff perspectives on providing physical…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Educational Benefits
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Andrea Martina Elizondo; Corrinne Valadez; Kathleen Lynch-Davis; Faye Bruun – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
A problem influencing mathematics performance and student's perceptions of their ability to learn mathematics is mathematics anxiety. This mixed method study examined the perceptions, correlations, and mathematical conversations of Hispanic fourth and fifth grade low-performing students and their parents. A psychological approach provided the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety, Hispanic American Students, Grade 4
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Kanaya, Tomoe; Santiago, Maleny – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2022
Mother-child storytelling is a universal activity that predicts literacy development and can play a promising role in developing strong parent-school connections among first-generation Latino families. By examining the discourse patterns of 34, 5-7 year old dyads on a fictional storytelling task, our results revealed that maternal elaborative and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Young Children, Mothers
Sendejo, Victoria Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions of kindergarten through second grade early career teachers (ECTs) as it pertains to behavior management in elementary Title I schools and the supports they perceive they need to effectively manage disruptive behaviors of their students. This study was accomplished by a) holding a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers
Mason, Rhonda Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: The overarching purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the extent to which Grade 4 Black students differed in their reading performance on the Texas state-mandated assessment by their gender and by their economic status. Specifically addressed was the degree to which differences were presented in their ability to…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, African American Students, Grade 4
Jesse A. Sepulveda – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This autoethnography analyzes how my life experiences both as a student and as an educator in this community influenced my principalship and my efforts to open a new elementary school focused on college and career readiness. The aim of this dissertation was to utilize an autoethnographic method to examine the process of opening a new elementary…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Political Divisions (Geographic)
McCray, Trevor Dustin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Black male teachers in PK-12 make up less than 2% of the teacher workforce with an undetermined representation in elementary education. Although there have been efforts to increase their representation in the field, there remains a lack of Black males entering the classroom as teachers. In addition, there has been limited research examining…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Career Choice
Sergio Heriberto Camarillo Arroyo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In recent years, the number of English learners (ELs) in U.S. public schools has rapidly grown, with Hispanic children accounting for more than half of Texas public school students, including pre-kindergarten and early childhood education. ELs continue to demonstrate lower reading achievement in comparison to their native English-speaking peers.…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Word Recognition, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonological Awareness
Allyson M. Simmonds – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore how general and special education teachers feel about educating students who come from different racial and cultural backgrounds than their own. The growing amount of cultural and racial diversity in the K-12 population has changed the dynamics of the classroom. Teachers often do not seem to be prepared for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Student Diversity
Joyce Biava Chapa – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between (a) beliefs and actions of a culturally responsive school leader and (b) opportunity gaps for Latinx students in a predominantly Latinx school. The study was conducted at a Title I suburban elementary school in the Southeastern Region of Texas. Using a qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Role, Hispanic American Students
Cahill, Joseph J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine if teacher self-efficacy is influenced by peer coaching in elementary mathematics. Survey, interview, and demographic data were collected from a purposeful sample of first year elementary mathematics teachers within a large, suburban school district located in southeast Texas. "The Teachers' Sense of…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Self Efficacy, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics
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Garza, Esther; Arreguín-Anderson, María Guadalupe – Bilingual Research Journal, 2018
As teachers and students access their linguistic and cultural repertoire to teach and learn, comprehensible input may be possible as the result of teachers' systematic efforts to connect with their students. Some evidence of this purposeful connection has been found in studies that have explored teachers' efforts to prioritize meaning making over…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Achievement, Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction
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Ezzani, Miriam – Journal of School Leadership, 2021
This case study explores an urban elementary school principal's efforts to advance reflective and anti-oppressive practices to counter teachers' beliefs and behaviors toward their Black male students. Data collected and analyzed include five in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, observations of the school, classroom and professional…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development, Administrator Attitudes
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