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O'Hare, John M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Though campus principals must take on many leadership roles, their primary responsibility is to facilitate effective teaching and learning with the overall mission of enhancing student achievement. One way to provide instructional leadership is to evaluate and select effective instructional programs that align with campus goals of improving…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Control Groups, Reading Achievement
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Springer, Ken; Diffily, Deborah – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
We explored the extent to which intensity and breadth of participation in an after-school program (ASP) predicted academic achievement, as measured by changes in grades and attendance. The sample comprised 719 2nd-grade through 8th-grade Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas members during the 2009-2010 academic year. With respect to intensity,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Evidence, After School Programs
Adamson, David M. – RAND Corporation, 2012
Researchers examined whether rewarding teams of teachers for student performance had an effect on student achievement or teacher practices or attitudes in a demonstration project in Round Rock, Texas. They found that the intervention had no effect in any of these areas. Students taught by teacher teams who were offered incentives scored slightly…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Kruse, Nathan B. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2011
Music teaching and learning are socially situated activities. School-university partnerships have the potential to impact preservice teachers' identities and level of socialization. Thus, a sociologically based belief system for establishing and maintaining school-university partnerships may provide cooperating teachers and university faculty…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Music Teachers
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Aoyama, Ikuko; Saxon, Terrill F.; Fearon, Danielle D. – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between cyberbullying victimization and internalizing problems among the youth. Moderator effects of a friendship quality were also investigated to examine if higher friendship quality moderated the negative effects of cyberbullying on psychological states of students.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Internet, Inferences, Depression (Psychology)
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2017
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Student Leadership and Engagement and includes: (1) Project Based Learning for Student Success--Teaching Across Content Areas for…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Student Leadership, Learner Engagement
Maloney, Catherine; Lopez, Omar – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2012
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, is a federally-funded system of grants that focuses on preparing low-income students to enter and succeed in postsecondary educational programs. GEAR UP grants extend across 6 school years and require that funded districts begin providing grant services to students no…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students
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Noboa, Julio – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2013
The overall objective of this investigation was to explore the views of border history teachers on a wide variety of issues that influence their instructional approaches, curricular content choices, and capacity to teach history more effectively. More specifically, the focus was on identifying factors that affect their ability to utilize…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, History Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Reidel, Michelle; Draper, Christine – Social Studies, 2013
With the realities of standards-based accountability, it is imperative to model and demonstrate for students how subject areas and teaching methods transcend across traditional boundaries. In an effort to prepare future social studies educators to teach for global awareness and to meaningfully integrate critical literacy skills into their…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Global Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Education Programs
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Sampson, Pauline M.; Gresham, Gloria; Leigh, Melissa M.; McCormick-Myers, Denice – Teacher Education and Practice, 2014
Controversy surrounds the issue of single-gender education, with advocates debating that the initiative decreases discrimination, improves educational experiences for males and females, and provides parents more choice. Opponents argue that single-gender education is a form of segregation and negates the gains that women have achieved in the area…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Single Sex Classes, Science Education, Classroom Environment
King, Jeriann Cline – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Educators face decisions when incorporating an expanding array of technological resources in mathematics education and interventions. Guided by Bandura's theory of self-efficacy, which holds that self-efficacy augments personal accomplishments, this quantitative study explored the relationship of Web 2.0 technology use and the development of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Self Efficacy, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Trevino, Roberto P.; Pham, Trang; Mobley, Connie; Hartstein, Jill; El Ghormli, Laure; Songer, Thomas – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: Food service directors have a concern that federal reimbursement is not meeting the demands of increasing costs of healthier meals. The purpose of this article is to report the food option changes and the annual revenues and expenses of the school food service environment. Methods: The HEALTHY study was a 3-year (2006 to 2009)…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Nutrition, Dining Facilities, Costs
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Baker, Bruce D.; Libby, Ken; Wiley, Kathryn – National Education Policy Center, 2012
Policymakers have long pursued more cost effective, scalable alternatives for delivering elementary and secondary education. The elusive goal is identifying how to reform educational systems so that children will consistently achieve more academically--at a lesser cost. A frequently heard reform claim of this sort is that charter schools deliver…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Comparative Analysis
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2012
This report provides a description of Austin Independent School District (AISD) English language learner (ELL) student enrollment in the district during school year 2011-2012, examines ELL progress in English proficiency and academic content areas, and evaluates the dual language program in its first year of district wide implementation. A…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Enrollment Trends, Language Proficiency
Stevenson, Sara – School Library Journal, 2009
As a middle school librarian in Austin, Texas, the author has been running weekly book clubs for years, which covered many genres that appeal to a wide cross section of kids. When approached by a group of Latino boys from low-income families, the author was inspired to run a Bluford High book club for reluctant readers. The author shares how she…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Clubs, Reading Motivation, Males
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