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Marco Lavert Brooks – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Although much research has been conducted on sustainability, technology initiatives and practices, and their connection with leadership, more research needs to be worked on identifying the leadership practices within a technology innovation and their effect on sustainability. Leaders must be facilitators of change and supporters of teaching and…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Urban Schools, Charter Schools
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Davis, Matthew; Heller, Blake – Education Finance and Policy, 2019
Although it is well known that certain charter schools dramatically increase students' standardized test scores, there is considerably less evidence that these human capital gains persist into adulthood. To address this matter, we match three years of lottery data from a high-performing charter high school to administrative college enrollment…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High Schools, Urban Schools, Enrollment
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Rodriguez, Paul J.; Briscoe, Felecia – Education and Urban Society, 2019
This ethnographic study of an urban Catholic high school examines its college culture, particular in regard to the Catholic School Advantage (CSA). We collected and critically analyzed multiple forms of data (archival, interviews, observations) at St. Peters High School (SPH) and its adjoining parish. We found a caring and holistic approach to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Catholic Schools, High Schools, Neoliberalism
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Cartagena, Ed; Slater, Charles L. – Journal of School Leadership, 2022
Leadership is a critical component of creating and sustaining a school culture that promotes the inclusion and success of students. The purpose of this study was to examine how school leaders helped to enact and sustain a reformed Advanced Placement (AP) culture designed to increase participation and success of students of color. Building on…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Equal Education, Minority Group Students, Advanced Placement Programs
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Nichols, T. Philip; Coleman, James Joshua – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
The authors examined how the spaces and structures of literacy classrooms were organized, inhabited, and felt by teachers and students in a new project-based high school. The authors attended specifically to the political valence of these feelings: how educators characterized certain spatial arrangements (modular furniture and flexible seating)…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Classroom Environment, High Schools, Classroom Design
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Novakovic, Alexandra; Patrikakou, Eva N.; Ockerman, Melissa S. – Professional School Counseling, 2021
This study addresses school counselors' perceptions of the importance of college and career readiness counseling and their preparedness to implement aspects of such counseling with students and families. Results from surveying school counselors in a large urban district serving a diverse, low-income student population indicated that school…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, College Readiness, Career Readiness
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Bruhn, Sarah – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: There has been growing attention to the disproportionate and harmful effects of school exclusion, including suspension and expulsion, on boys of color. Restorative justice may be one possibility for addressing these disparities. Yet the research on restorative justice in schools is nascent, and in particular, little is known…
Descriptors: Justice, Urban Schools, Charter Schools, High Schools
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Bohanon, Hank S.; Wu, Meng-Jia – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Including students with disabilities requires schoolwide interventions that are implemented with fidelity (adherence). Collection of fidelity data may become problematic when multiple evidence-based treatments exist in one setting. To address concerns around efficiency of data collection, this study hypothesized that the three sampling approaches…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Program Implementation, Fidelity
Kelly U. Farrow – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study examined the use of the Common Core curriculum on writing at an urban public high school and the use of learner-centered instruction on writing at an urban private high school, and how the two approaches may be connected to the writing achievement of male freshmen in college. I interviewed educators from high school through…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Males, Urban Schools, Private Schools
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Fletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Smith, Chrystal A. S.; Hernandez-Gantes, Victor M. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine internal and external supports of an information technology themed (whole school) urban magnet high school located in a low-income urban community within the Southeastern region of the United States. We found the academy to be an exemplary case study for how schools can build a high profile reputation with…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Urban Schools, High Schools, Magnet Schools
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Hackmann, Donald G.; Malin, Joel R.; Ahn, Joonkil – Journal of Educational Administration, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine data use practices within a cross-sector initiative involving high school career academies. It discerns how partners used data to assess the public value of academies and address equity concerns. Design/methodology/approach: A case study methodology was applied to examine cross-sector activities…
Descriptors: Data Use, Career Academies, High Schools, Educational Change
Cama, Paul G. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The restorative justice process utilizes various intervention strategies created by indigenous tribes throughout the world, as an alternative to procedural justice (Zehr, 2002). In modern education, restorative justice was incorporated into the public-school system, where it has evolved into a preemptive measure to combat punitive discipline…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Discipline Policy, Justice, Program Implementation
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Rombalski, Abigail – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2020
Purpose: This article aims to share findings from a youth-informed study with interracial anti-racist youth activist groups in two urban high schools. Design/methodology/approach: The study used mostly critical ethnographic methods. Findings: The findings showed that the agency of youth activists amplified their literacies of love and resistance,…
Descriptors: Activism, Ethnography, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods
Anthony L. McWright – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Family and community engagement are proven strategies for strengthening schools. Across the United States, parents and community members have pressed school boards and district leadership for more transparency and broader participation in decisions about school turnaround. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to understand the…
Descriptors: School Closing, High Schools, Urban Schools, School Community Relationship
Stephanie A. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this program evaluation was to evaluate the impact of CORE District's Breakthrough Success Community (BTSC) Program at an urban Title I high school located in Southern California. BTSC aims to improve the ninth-grade experience through a focus on five key change drivers and the implementation of improvement science. Through teacher…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, High Schools
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