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Matthias Fischer; Kerri Tobin – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Because housing instability can make it difficult for students to attend school, students experiencing homelessness (SEH) may become chronically absent. For this reason, SEH have lower graduation rates than their housed counterpants. Germany's second-chance schools give students an opportunity to catch up on their learning so they can take final…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Foreign Countries, Attendance, Barriers
Beck, Jori S.; Hinton, KaaVonia; Butler, Brandon M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Teacher leadership recently has gained prominence as an important method for school improvement and reform, yet the ranks of teacher leaders do not match the racial and ethnic diversity of the students they serve. Jori S. Beck, KaaVonia Hinton, and Brandon M. Butler conducted a study of teacher leadership that garnered almost 800 survey responses…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Minority Group Teachers
Labaree, David F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Public schooling in the 19th century cultivated in students a shared sense of identity as citizens with a common culture. However, posits David Labaree, U.S. schools are less effective than they used to be at serving this purpose, making their value to the nation-state open to questioning. Labaree considers three common functions that public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Citizenship Education, Educational History, United States History
Greenfeld, Jeremy S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Preparing students for postsecondary life is among the most important roles that a high school plays. And yet, how schools approach this work, what schools should be preparing students for, and who should be responsible for this work have long been contested. Jeremy Greenfield draws on an emerging body of psychological literature exploring purpose…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Readiness, High School Students, College Bound Students
Elgart, Mark A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Continuous improvement is "an embedded behavior within the culture of a school that constantly focuses on the conditions, processes, and practices that will improve teaching and learning." The phrase has been part of the lexicon of school improvement for decades, but real progress is rare. Based on its observations of about 5,000…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Accountability, Leaders, Instructional Effectiveness
Jacobson, Reuben; Villarreal, Lisa; Muñoz, José; Mahaffey, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Community schools are a sound education reform strategy that gets results. They start by asking local students and their families what they need to succeed in school, then they reach out to relevant community partners and use the school as the hub for organizing partnerships, services, and supports. By listening closely to the assets and needs of…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Community Needs, Educational Opportunities, Administrative Principles
Wise, Arthur E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Arthur E. Wise, a longtime advocate for K-12 school improvement, reviews 50 years of efforts to promote equal educational opportunities for all children, describing the pros and cons of three main reform strategies: lawsuits focused on funding equity, which have had some success; the standards and accountability movement, which has not; and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
Ermeling, Bradley A.; Gallimore, Ronald; Hiebert, James – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Observing teaching with a practiced, professional eye can yield valuable insights into the specific learning opportunities that students are (or are not) provided. However, recent policy initiatives have emphasized using formulaic rubrics and checklists to rate teacher behaviors and evaluate their use of particular instructional moves. Rather than…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Teaching Methods, Observation, Video Technology
Edmunds, Julie A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Early colleges are intended to serve students from populations typically underrepresented in college and to prepare those students with the academic skills and dispositions to succeed in college. Another important attribute of early colleges is that they help students earn college credit during their high school years. Many such early colleges are…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Readiness, Educational Opportunities, Student Experience
Keeler, Rusty – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The author tells of his work around the country and world on transforming how schools do recess, free play, and outside time by transforming their outdoor spaces to match. Instead of a playground of fixed structures like traditional school grounds, newer spaces are filled with loose materials that children can use to build forts, dens, and tree…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Play, Playgrounds, Change
Bates, Meg S.; Phalen, Lena; Moran, Cheryl – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Many teachers are turning to online professional development to meet their learning needs, but the vast array of available opportunities may be overwhelming. This article provides a framework for making sense of common online teacher learning opportunities. It also suggests situations where online professional development may be most useful and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Faculty Development, Educational Opportunities, Best Practices
Hatch, Thomas; Roegman, Rachel; Allen, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Thomas Hatch, Rachel Roegman, and David Allen draw on examples from three districts in New Jersey -- one of the most segregated states in the United States for Black and Latinx students -- to present a multidimensional approach to creating equitable learning experiences. This approach begins with a focus on instruction but also takes into account…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Outcomes of Education, School Segregation, School Districts
Richards, Meredith P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
"Gerrymandering" is known best as a tool to manipulate boundaries for voting districts, but school districts have long used the same tool to manipulate school boundaries. The author used geospatial techniques--mapping various kinds of demographic data onto school boundaries--to examine public school attendance zones and their effect on…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Racial Segregation, School Districts, Geographic Location
Bavis, Peter – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
In 2010, Evanston Township High School in suburban Chicago, Illinois, dramatically changed its freshman year for incoming students. The school detracked freshman English, history, and biology courses for the vast majority of students, thus removing barriers for historically under-represented student groups and providing greater access and…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Minority Group Students
LaCour, Sarah E.; York, Adam; Welner, Kevin; Valladares, Michelle Renée; Kelley, Linda Molner – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
The Schools of Opportunity Project recognizes public high schools that employ research-based practices to close opportunity gaps. The commended schools illustrate how school quality can and should be measured by far more than just test scores. In doing so, they offer exemplars and a path forward for the nation's schools. The selection criteria for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education