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Actions and Attitudes Regarding Middle-Grade LGBTQ Students: Principals' Perspectives
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Boyland, Lori G.; Kirkeby, Kimberley M.; Boyland, Margaret I. – Journal of School Leadership, 2020
This study examined Indiana public middle school principals' perceptions of school conditions and stakeholders' attitudes regarding middle-grade lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students. Principals' responses revealed that inclusive school environments and caring faculty members were prominent factors in successfully…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Stakeholders
All Means All: Building Knowledge for Inclusive Schoolwide Transformation
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Shogren, Karrie A.; McCart, Amy B.; Lyon, Kristin J.; Sailor, Wayne S. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2015
The Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Center identified six schools, nominated and screened by leaders in the field of inclusive education and school reform using a systematic process, and conducted in-depth analyses of these schools to build knowledge and inform implementation of inclusive schoolwide reform. The present…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Change, Disabilities, Elementary Schools
Evaluation of the Rural Math Excel Partnership Project Final Report
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Nagle, Katherine; Pratt-Williams, Jaunelle; Schmidt, Rebecca; Swantek, Cara; Lyulchenko, Marianna; McGhee, Raymond – Grantee Submission, 2016
This is the final external evaluation report prepared by SRI International for the Rural Math Excel Partnership (RMEP) project, an investing in innovation (i3) development project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Operated by Virginia Advanced Study Strategies, Inc. (VASS), the RMEP project included six rural school districts (LEAs) in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Mathematics Education, Family Involvement, Mathematics Teachers
Family and Consumer Sciences Curricula: What Do Students, Parents, Faculty and Community Want?
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Pauley, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1996
A survey of 317 Pennsylvania middle school students, 237 parents, 29 faculty, 39 family/consumer professionals, and 19 community members indicated that the program teaches only 4 of adults' top 10 subject preferences and none of the top 3 (family, parenting, communicating). All four top subjects preferred by students (banking, sewing, child care,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Consumer Education, Course Content, Family Life Education
Evaluation of the Knox County Extended School Year Program 1974-75.
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Banta, Trudy W. – 1975
Evaluation questionnaires were administered to more than 92 percent of the professional staff associated with the Knox County Extended School Year (ESY) Program during the summer and fall of 1974 and to more than half of the students enrolled in the summer quinmester, along with a random sample of 10 percent of the students enrolled in October…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Partnerships at the Middle Level: Perceptions of Family Members, Community Members, and Teachers.
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Musser, Patricia Maureen – 1998
Recognizing the need for family, school, and community members to participate in partnerships to support middle level children, this study investigated the perceptions of family members, community members, and middle school teachers regarding their relationships with each other from a perspective that views all three groups as integral parts of a…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Responsibility, Community Role, Focus Groups