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Download full textMakkonen, Reino; Jaquet, Karina – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
The departure of an effective school leader can influence staff turnover and student achievement for several years. With school systems facing an unprecedented public health crisis due to COVID-19, principal retention is a key area of concern for many local and state education agencies. The Regional Educational Laboratory West undertook this study…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Persistence, School Districts
Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study of principal retention rates to help leaders in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah better understand principal retention patterns in their state, so that their new statewide leadership support initiatives could identify areas where support could be most effective. With school systems facing an…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Persistence, School Districts
Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
The "Principal Retention Patterns in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah" study examined principal retention rates in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The study sought to understand principal retention patterns in these states, so that their new statewide leadership support initiatives could identify areas where support could be most effective.…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Persistence, School Districts
Direct linkBates, Vincent C. – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2013
In the summer of 2011 (June 16-19), the MayDay Group met in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) for MayDay Colloquium 23, with presentations and discussions on the theme,"The End(s) of Music Education? A Call for Re-Visioning": In a time of rapidly changing political processes, power relations, and policies, music educators are challenged to…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Educational Change, Urban Schools
Coles-Ritchie, Marilee; Monson, Bayley; Moses, Catherine – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
In this research, the authors explored how teachers using student-generated photography draw on local knowledge. The study draws on the framework of funds of knowledge to highlight the assets marginalized students bring to the classroom and the need for culturally relevant pedagogy to address the needs of a diverse public school population. The…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Indigenous Knowledge, Public Schools
Walker, Loretta Niebur – Arts Education Policy Review, 2015
This is the second of two articles reporting the results of a study by the author regarding the status of elementary music education in the state of Utah. This article focuses on the qualifications of Utah's elementary music teachers (music certified, elementary classroom certified, artists-in-residence, volunteers, and paraprofessionals) and the…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Music Education, Qualifications
Levin, Jesse; Manship, Karen; Chambers, Jay; Johnson, Jerry; Blankenship, Charles – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2011
This report presents the first detailed comparison of resource allocation between rural and nonrural districts in the West Region. Three regional characteristics often associated with rural districts were chosen for the analysis: district enrollment, student population density within a district (students per square mile), and drive time from the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Resource Allocation
Levin, Jesse; Manship, Karen; Chambers, Jay; Johnson, Jerry; Blankenship, Charles – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2011
This report presents the first detailed comparison of resource allocation between rural and nonrural districts in the West Region. Three regional characteristics often associated with rural districts were chosen for the analysis: district enrollment, student population density within a district (students per square mile), and drive time from the…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Rural Schools, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools
Grigg, W.; Moran, R.; Kuang, M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
The National Indian Education Study (NIES) is administered as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which was expanded to allow more in-depth reporting on the achievement and experiences of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students. It fulfills a mandate of Executive Order 13336 issued in 2004 calling for closer…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, National Competency Tests
Butterfield, Dennie D.; Muse, Ivan D.; Anderson, Linda – 1996
Discipline concerns have consistently been ranked in the top 10 of the most serious problems facing public schools. Discipline problems were examined in 12 urban and rural middle and junior high schools in Utah. For each discipline referral over a 5-week period, a standardized student referral form was completed that documented action taken by the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems
