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Role of Community Resources in Education Planning and Delivery in Ghana
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Emmanuel Kwame Ahasu; Moses Paafio Kwao; Christian Lawerh Anim; Paulina Lamisi Zang – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2024
Introduction: This study explored the involvement of community resources in education planning and delivery in Ghana. It focused on how the involvement of community resources have had an impact on educational planning and development in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Methods: A qualitative method was used, and data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parents, Teachers
Still-Restrictive Equality in Shared School Governance: Black Parents' Engagement Experiences and the Persistence of White Supremacy in a Liberal Public School District
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McCarthy Foubert, Jennifer L. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
This paper draws from a critical race multicase study of Black parents' school engagement experiences in a liberal U.S. public school district, focusing here on 12 mothers and fathers who participated in Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs) and/or African American parent groups. I apply Critical Race Theory, particularly Crenshaw's notions of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts, Political Attitudes, Blacks
Understanding Teachers' Perspectives of Factors That Influence Parental Involvement Practices in Special Education in Barbados
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Blackman, Stacey; Mahon, Erin – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2016
Parental involvement has been defined in various ways by researchers and is reported to have many advantages for children's education. The research utilises a case study strategy to investigate teachers' perspectives of parental involvement at four case sites in Barbados. In-depth interviews were done with teachers and analysis utilised content…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Participation, Special Education, Foreign Countries
Transana Video Analysis Software as a Tool for Consultation: Applications to Improving PTA Meeting Leadership
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Rush, Craig – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2012
The chief aim of this article is to illustrate the potential of using Transana, a qualitative video analysis tool, for effective and efficient school-based consultation. In this illustrative study, the Transana program facilitated analysis of excerpts of video from a representative sample of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meetings over the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Consultation Programs, Teacher Associations, Parent Associations
School Governance, Teacher Incentives, and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Primary Schools. NBER Working Paper No. 17939
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Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
We examine a program that enabled Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in Kenya to hire novice teachers on short-term contracts, reducing class sizes in grade one from 82 to 44 on average. PTA teachers earned approximately one-quarter as much as teachers operating under central government civil-service institutions but were absent one day per week…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Ratio, Incentives, Governance, Teacher Associations
What Knowledge Matters Most to On-the-Job School Administrators in Florida?
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Mullen, Carol A. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
This article is a report of an investigation into what practicing leaders in Florida believe they must know and be capable of in order to effectively perform their role. The focus is relevant to the preparation of principals and to best practices that can advance the profession of educational administration. Reflecting an unusual approach to…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Educational Administration, Principals, Administrators