Little Boxes All the Same? Racial-Ethnic Segregation and Educational Inequality Across the Urban-Suburban Divide by Ann Owens, Peter Rich

“…This urban-suburban divide, however, has changed in recent decades as suburban communities (and their school districts) have diversified. This study provides an updated cross-sectional portrait of recent racial-ethnic segregation and inequality between and within urban and suburban school districts in U.S. metropolitan areas. …”

The Effect of the 2008 Recession on Gifted Education Funding Across the State of Texas by Jaret Hodges, Juliana Tay, Ophélie Desmet, Emine Ozturk, Nielsen Pereira

“…The primary finding was that the Great Recession adversely affected suburban school districts. These districts saw a greater percentage point reduction of budget allocated toward gifted programming (–.24) than rural (–.08), town (–.05), or urban (–.08) school districts (t = 2.72, p < .01).…”
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Evaluation of an Initiative to Reduce Youth Alcohol Abuse in the “Bourbon Country” of Kentucky by Ramona Stone, Sarah Hendrix

“…All 9th grade students in these three school districts were invited to participate in the program. …”
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Community–Academic Partnerships: A Report on the COVID Support Our Schools (SOS) Initiative by Carmela Rocchetti, Srividya Naganathan, Michal Divney, Joshua Josephs, Harpreet Pall

“…The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) partnered with statewide resource-limited school districts to create the COVID Support Our Schools (SOS) initiative. …”
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SALARY AND RANKING AND TEACHER TURNOVER: A STATEWIDE STUDY by CYNTHIA MARTINEZ GARCIA, JOHN R SLATE, CARMEN TEJEDA DELGADO

“…Across all public school districts, teacher salary was consistently negativelyrelated to teacher turnover; that is, where salary was lower, turnover rate was higher When data were regroupedby highest- and poorest-paying school districts, teacher turnover rate was found to be twice as high in the poorest-payingschool districts. …”
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The United States educational system by David Suriñach Fernández

“…The escalation of the standardized test throughout the whole country as a system to be accountable for has made States and school districts to put all their efforts and resources on passing these tests.…”
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Mississippi by Michael Putnam, Jill Cabrera

“…Vertical equity is examined to determine if disparity exists between unequal circumstances of school districts. In addition, the federal range ratio is scrutinized for appropriate variances between the highest funded school districts and their counterparts in the state of Mississippi. …”
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Investigating best practices of district-wide physical activity programmatic efforts in US schools– a mixed-methods approach by Christina D. Economos, Megan P. Mueller, Nicole Schultz, Julie Gervis, Gabrielle F. Miller, Russell R. Pate

“…Schools are an important environment for promoting physical activity in children, yet most school districts do not offer enough physical activity opportunities to meet recommendations. …”
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Voices in the Hallway by Vicki Robinson, Thomas Blaine, Nicholas J. Pace

“…Students, faculty, administration, and community members of three Iowa rural school districts were interviewed to identify educational issues in their communities The results of the  Iowa investigation are compared with the results of the Claremont Graduate School investigation published in Voices from the inside: A report on schooling from inside the classroom (1992). …”
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Rural Education by Jerry M. Lowe

“…For many small rural school districts across America, the effort to attract and retain quality teachers continues to be a major concern. …”
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Stemming the Revolving Door: Teacher Retention and Attrition in Arctic Alaska Schools by Ute Kaden, Philip P. Patterson, Joanne Healy, Barbara L. Adams

“…Results confirm that teacher turnover in rural districts is higher than in urban school districts. The authors recognize that teacher retention and attrition are multidimensional issues recommending that better communication patterns and shared responsibilities between rural school districts, local administrators, teachers, community members, and university-based teacher preparation programs be established.…”
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Les visites de classe des « chefs » au Bénin : enjeux bureaucratiques, ethos professionnels et négociations de l’autorité by Pauline Jarroux

“…Drawing on an ethnographic research conducted in two school districts in Benin, this paper deals with class visits and inspections led by pedagogical advisors and inspectors in their assigned primary schools. …”
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Lessons from a Federal Grant for School Diversity: Tracing a Theory of Change and Implementation of Local Policies by Elizabeth DeBray, Kathryn McDermott, Erica Frankenberg, Ann Elizabeth Blankenship

“…Department of Education made grants to eleven school districts under the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) program. …”
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School Choice with Hybrid Schedules by Mustafa Oğuz Afacan, Umut Dur, William Harris

“…During the pandemic, school districts have adopted hybrid schedules to continue the education of the students while maintaining social distance. …”
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The State of Education in Alabama’s K-12 Rural Public Schools by Ronald A. Lindahl

“…The purpose of this study was to compare Alabama’s rural school districts with its city, suburban, and town districts. …”
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Up from Poverty: A Narrative Non-Fiction Study of Three Female Superintendents from Poverty by Stephanie Johnson

“…This study focused on three female superintendents from poverty and how they elevated out of poverty to become successful superintendents in their school districts and help students living in poverty.…”
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Challenges of Principal Succession – Examining the Challenges of Hiring Internal vs. External Candidates by Lou L. Sabina, Chris Colwell

“…Finally, future implications for school districts and universities who prepare school leaders are discussed.…”
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School Vouchers: A Vehicle to Induce Greater Competition Among Public Schools by Julianne Bozzo

“…This article argues that current research on school voucher programs misses a crucial point about the variability of vouchers’ effectiveness across school districts. Most research on school vouchers analyzes the effect of voucher programs on student achievement without engaging in a more fine-grained analysis to assess which districts see student success and which do not. …”
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Differences in Academic Achievement as a Function of Instructional Expenditure Ratio for Students in Poverty by Susan Hoisington, John R. Slate, Cynthia Martinez-Garcia, Cynthia Martinez-Garcia

“…In all analyses, statistically significant differences, with small to moderate effect sizes, were present in passing rates as a function of instructional expenditure ratio grouping for students in poverty. School districts that had an instructional expenditure of at least 60% had higher TAKS passing rates in all five academic areas for students in poverty than school districts that spent less than 60% on instruction. …”
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Turnaround Reform Efforts in a Rural Context: How Community and Culture Impart Change by Ian Mette

“…Data were collected from 13 participants and analyses focused on the culture created and leadership provided by two rural school districts during the State Turnaround Schools Project implementation. …”
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