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Reading Achievement: Grounded Theory Study on Rural Blue Ribbon Schools in Illinois
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Melydi Huyett – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a disparity between suburban and rural school achievement, with rural schools often performing lower on academic measures such as reading. Regardless of a student's geographic location, they should receive a high-quality education. There are rural schools in the State of Illinois, despite their location, that have overcome odds and have…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Recognition (Achievement)
Desegregating Schools in a Midwestern Urban Community: The Impact of Federal Intervention on Schooling in Chicago Public Schools since 1980
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Poole, Angela E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research investigates forces that shaped the issuance of the 1980 Consent Decree and the factors that led to the Court's determination when Chicago Public School District made the necessary school desegregation changes to be removed from judicial oversight. Using a historical case study design, this research explores the impact of a federal…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Urban Schools, Public Schools, School Districts
Linking Political Influence to School Reform with a Focus on the Performance Evaluation Reform Act and Senate Bill 7
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Fredericks, Juliane R. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study focused on the federal and Illinois State the reform legislation titled the Performance Evaluation Reform Act and Senate Bill 7. The Performance Evaluation Reform Act or "PERA" was created from collaboration between stakeholders as Illinois competed in a federal competition titled "Race to the Top." The legislation…
Descriptors: Political Influences, Educational Change, Federal Government, Educational Legislation