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Sasso, Lawrence – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A quantitative methodology was used to analyze Illinois elementary principals' survey responses to determine if there was a relationship between certain principals' values, frequency of evidence-based practices, and other principal characteristics and the student achievement after accounting for the socio-economic status (SES) of the schools.…
Descriptors: Principals, Values, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Schools
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Espinoza, Danny; Cardichon, Jessica – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
Principals are essential to improving student achievement and narrowing persistent achievement gaps between students in underserved communities and their economically advantaged peers. The Every Student Succeeds Act provides opportunities for states to invest in developing and supporting effective school leaders. One such opportunity includes…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula; Steenbergen-Hu, Saiying – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017
In this article, we advocate for a new movement in education, particularly an approach emphasizing blending research-based practice with practice-embedded research. We do so by describing and discussing Project Excite, a working example that demonstrates such a model in the context of gifted education. We first trace the history, the impetus, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Academically Gifted
Excelencia in Education, 2020
How can institutions and communities accelerate Latino student success? Examples of "Excelencia" is the only national effort to identify and promote evidence-based programs accelerating Latino student success in higher education. Since 2005, "Excelencia" in Education has recognized over 300 programs making a positive difference…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education)
Michalopoulos, Charles; Faucetta, Kristen; Warren, Anne; Mitchell, Robert – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2017
Children from low-income families are more likely than those from higher income families to have poor social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and health outcomes. One approach that has helped parents and their young children is home visiting, which provides information, resources, and support to expectant parents and families with young…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Groups, Home Visits, Family Programs
Gayl, Chrisanne L. – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides an opportunity for states and local education agencies (LEAs) to rethink the goals and policies that they have in place for public education. Under the new law, education leaders have greater flexibility to define student success and to design their own systems and programs to ensure educational…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Statewide Planning, Educational Planning