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Daniel D. Unertl – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teachers are the essential element in improving student learning in education. The State of Wisconsin requires public school teachers to participate in the Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness System. There is limited research on the links between required participation with the State of Wisconsin's Educator Effectiveness System and on the experience…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Public School Teachers, Teacher Participation, Teacher Effectiveness
Skinner, Sharon F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This project utilized descriptive methodology to examine the research question, how is technology being used in the classroom, as perceived by public school teachers in Milwaukee during early 21st century? In order to fully analyze this question, both quantitative and qualitative data were utilized. The researcher developed a survey for the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Public School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Moody, Heather Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Wisconsin Act 31 was established for the purpose of addressing American Indian history, culture, and sovereignty within K-12 schools as a response to treaty rights issues in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Yet, in the 21 st century there remain issues with compliance throughout not only K-12 schools but also institutions of higher education. The…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Teacher Education Programs, Public School Teachers
Negaard, Connie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
One of the most significant policy effects of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of January 2002 and the subsequent state waivers of this Act, has been an awareness and intolerance of the gaps in student achievement among subgroups of students throughout the United States. Specifically, secondary students with learning disabilities and English…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Reading Programs, Learning Disabilities
Haire, Rita C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative study examines the education policies, political dynamics, and key players in Wisconsin (WI) and North Carolina (NC) to develop a theory to explain how a targeted parental school choice voucher policy was legislated in WI but not in NC. The study seeks to offer a theoretical policy framework that explains the absence of a targeted…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, School Choice, Politics of Education, Educational Policy
Stevens, Nancy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There is a lack of research on how Wisconsin's high schools are addressing the literacy needs of their students. State Statute 118.015 requires a district reading specialist, but there has been very little research done on compliance; therefore, the first phase of the study was to collect and analyze both demographic and descriptive data via a…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, High Schools, Reading Consultants, Specialists