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Lynch, Caitlin G.; Chappell, Allison T. – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The implementation of school-based law enforcement officers, commonly referred to as school resource officers (SROs), became an increasingly popular response to school crime in the United States, particularly in the aftermath of high-profile school shootings in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Following the expansion of SRO programs came the…
Descriptors: Police School Relationship, Violence, Student Behavior, School Culture
Cohen, Danielle – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2021
Eight years ago, in 2014, the Civil Rights Project issued a report that raised awareness about the dire state of segregation in New York State and, in particular, New York City schools. That report spurred substantial activism, primarily led by student groups, parents, teachers, and administrators, which has been influential in the current…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Educational History
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Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn; Roda, Allison – Educational Policy, 2020
Multiple studies have shown the potential for school choice policies to benefit middle-class families, often to the detriment of lower income students in the same district. Yet, there is limited research examining the role of policies in promoting inequality by encouraging exclusionary behaviors. In this article, we utilize the concept of…
Descriptors: School Choice, Middle Class, Parents, Educational Policy
Marsh, Valerie L.; Nelms, Shaun – Educational Leadership, 2020
On the world stage, youth are using their voices to effect change. Shouldn't we also listen to them in our schools? University of Rochester's Valerie Marsh and Superintendent Shaun Nelms describe what happened when a struggling urban high school, on the brink of closure, put student voice at the center of its turnaround.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Urban Schools, High Schools, School Closing
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Goldring, Rebecca – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
The School Questionnaire was administered as part of the 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), which is a state and nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The selected school samples include about 10,600 traditional and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Schedules, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools
Filoramo, Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine how high school instructional educators (teachers, curriculum development leaders), support staff members (guidance counselors, coaches, social workers, deans), and two principals employed within a U.S. northeastern urban city charter high school network described how an effective…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, School Personnel, School Counselors, School Social Workers
Kenya Waters Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Graduating from high school is a step in preparing students for positive life outcomes, enabling them to participate in the economy and to engage in civic life. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the perceptions of administrators, teachers, and student support staff regarding cocurricular learning and extracurricular…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, At Risk Students, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
Delale-O'Connor, Lori – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Scholars have long acknowledged that the information parents have about schools is the "Achilles' heel" of school choice. Although much has been written about school choice, far less is known about the information disseminated to help families make choices. I construct a case study of the dissemination and accessibility of choice…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Readability, Marketing, Urban Schools
Steele, Jennifer L.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Hamilton, Laura S. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2021
Purpose: This study examines school climate and student achievement trends under an ambitious school leadership residency program in an urban school district. The 2-year leadership residencies were intensive, combining at least 370 hours of professional development with on-the-job training, in which aspiring school principals held either…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Leadership Training, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement
Cobb, Kevin Devon – Online Submission, 2021
The problem addressed by this study is how violence in the school affects school safety teams' perceptions of safety. School safety teams are often made up of a principal, counselor, school resource officer and a teacher, in an effort to address safety issues in the school. Studies show that students tend to report unsafe behaviors in school the…
Descriptors: School Safety, Violence, Educational Environment, Urban Schools
Tolson, Laurena – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students with disabilities are entitled to attend a school of their choice. In order for the rights of students with disabilities to be honored during the high school choice process, principals must create school structures and systems that are alignment to federal policies to lead in the best interest of students. This mixed methods, qualitative…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Principals, Students with Disabilities
Chaurice Jacobson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study examined White female teachers' storied experiences of teacher-to-teacher trust as they navigated culturally relevant teaching practices presented through professional learning, using the qualitative research methods of narrative inquiry and heuristic research. The study was conducted in an urban public high school within a Midwestern…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Trust (Psychology), White Teachers
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Winterman, Kathleen G.; Burton, Brett A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2023
The lack of support for transfer students, specifically students with individualized education plans (IEP) into school environments, is problematic. At times, IEP students face additional obstacles and challenges due to their disabilities compared to the regular education population. The authors formulated a case that follows an IEP transfer…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Educational Environment, Individualized Education Programs
Berner, Ashley; Steiner, David – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2019
Closing schools is challenging. It quickly becomes very political, as it involves numerous stakeholders who each have a different agenda. The focus should naturally be on optimizing outcomes for students, but the process can become so challenging that this goal can get obscured or lost. The need to close schools is often clear. Whether due to…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, School Closing, Outcomes of Education, Urban Schools
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Elpus, Kenneth – Arts Education Policy Review, 2022
The purpose of this study was to understand the contextual, school-level factors associated with the availability of arts education courses in the high schools of the United States. In the study, course offerings for a nationally representative sample of N = 940 high schools that were part of the National Center for Education Statistics High…
Descriptors: Art Education, Visual Arts, Music Education, Dance Education
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