Turning around chronically under-performing schools remains a formidable challenge in U.S. education. Recent policies have created incentives for states and districts to attempt new strategies to improve outcomes for students in these schools, and increasingly, charter schools and other education...
Research shows minority teachers positively impact minority student achievement, yet these teachers (especially Blacks and Latina/os) account for the highest percentage of pre-retirement teacher attrition rates. The primary reasons for their premature departures are a lack of autonomy relating to...
Abstract of DissertationPrincipals' Perceptions of the Impact of Building Condition on Student Achievement Although inequity in educational opportunity provided to children (based on poverty, ethnicity, disability, or English as a second language) has led to a massive federal and state initiative...