Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs of African Americans in the Mathematics Classroom by Christa Jackson

“…In this qualitative study, twelve elementary mathematics teachers from four school districts in the Midwest are interviewed about their beliefs about teaching African American students and teaching mathematics to African American students. …”
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A comparison of students’ interest in STEM across science standard types by Brienne K. May, Jillian L. Wendt, Michelle J. Barthlow

“…The study was conducted with a sample population of ninth and tenth grade students in Pennsylvania enrolled in science classes at school districts implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or the traditional Pennsylvania science standards. …”
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Recommendations from the North Star State by Julia M. Williams, Gerry Nierengarten

“…Administrators in America’s rural school districts are uniquely challenged to meet increased achievement expectations despite decreasing resources. …”
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The Rural/Nonrural Divide? K–12 District Spending and Implications of Equity-Based School Funding by Tasminda K. Dhaliwal, Paul Bruno

“…Drawing on 15 years of financial data from California school districts, we find variation in the funding levels of rural districts but few differences in the ways resources are allocated and only modest evidence of constrained spending in rural areas. …”
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Science teachers’ data use practices: A descriptive analysis by Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, Carlos Monroy, Elizabeth Bell

“…Drawing from a broader study of science teachers in grades 5-8 across six school districts, this study reports results from teacher surveys and interviews. …”
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New Norm, Old Obstacles: The Impact of Distance Learning on Student Agency during the Covid-19 Pandemic by Tyler Cardenas

“…Through participant observation and interviews with elementary school students across four Southern California school districts, this study offers insights into how students conceptualize their new role in their education and it provides concrete examples of how this manifests day-to-day. …”
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Online or In-Person Instruction? Factors Influencing COVID-19 Schooling Decisions Among Latinx Families in Houston, Texas by Julia Szabo

“…Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, families have faced a difficult decision between online and in-person instruction. In many school districts, a higher proportion of non-White families selected online instruction for fall 2020, but the factors influencing these patterns are unclear. …”
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Teachers’ Perceptions of Instructional Coaches’ Practices in Professional Learning Communities by Hamada Elfarargy, Beverly J. Irby, Erin A. Singer, Rafael Lara-Alecio, Fuhui Tong, Elisabeth Pugliese

“…The study’s participants included 67 teachers from rural, urban, and suburban school districts across the state of Texas. They enrolled in a virtual professional development (VPD) module related to improving instruction in high needs schools. …”
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The Four-Day School Week by Paul M. Hewitt, George S. Denny

“…The study focused on student performance in Colorado where 62 school districts operated a four-day school week. The results of the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) were utilized to examine student performance in reading, writing, and mathematics in grades 3 through 10. …”
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Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs of African Americans in the Mathematics Classroom by Christa Jackson

“…In this qualitative study, twelve elementary mathematics teachers from four school districts in the Midwest are interviewed about their beliefs about teaching African American students and teaching mathematics to African American students. …”
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Developing Leadership for Improvement by Maritza Lozano, Leyda W. Garcia, Carlos Sandoval

“…The present study reveals how EdD. candidates learn to investigate and specify problems and aims, develop the capacity to lead, and conduct iterative cycles of testing in schools and school districts. We draw on the implementation of core learning activities in one Educational Leadership Doctoral Program employing improvement science as a signature methodology. …”
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The Effect of Constructivist Mathematics on Achievement in Rural Schools by Michael Grady, Sandra Watkins, Greg Montalvo

“…Specifically, the study compared the results of students in three different rural school districts, all of whom were receiving instruction in three different mathematics curricula. …”
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School Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries: Essential Considerations for Improvement by Maduakolam Ireh

“…In developing nations, such as many in Africa, providing teachers, students and other school personnel with ade­quate access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) remains a daunting task for schools and education supervising/controlling agencies, such as school boards, school districts, Ministries of Education, etc. Although a relatively small portion of total school funding, ICT money is difficult to find and prevailing budget practices in developing countries make necessary changes even more difficult to accomplish. …”
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“We felt they took the heart out of the community”: Examining a community-based response to urban school closure by Terrance Green

“…Massive school closures are occurring in urban school districts across the United States. Research suggests that school closures are the outcome of racialized neoliberal policies and decades of disinvestment that have left many urban districts with fiscal deficits and declining student enrollments. …”
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Branches in the Pipeline: Status-Seeking in Principal Licensure Candidates by Madhu Narayanan

“…With calls for the development of quality, equity-focused leaders, it is important to understand how motivations of entrants align with those of school districts and policy makers. This paper contributes to the research on the so-called “principal pipeline” by analyzing the reflections of candidates from an institutional perspective. …”
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The practice architectures of middle leading in early childhood education by Karin Rönnerman, Peter Grootenboer, Christine Edwards-Groves

“…Abstract The development of Early Childhood Education in Sweden is a central concern for national and local government, and for school districts and preschools. While principals have the responsibility for, and a particular role in, leading education in the preschools, they are somewhat removed from the core work of teachers. …”
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Exploring Parents’ Technology Attitudes and Practices in the Context of School-Issued One-to-One Devices in Kindergarten by Fashina Aladé, Tracy H. Donohue

“…School districts are quickly adopting one-to-one mobile device programs for children as early as kindergarten, but evidence of successful device integration is mixed. …”
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iPads in First Grade Classrooms: Teachers’ Intentions and the Realities of Use by Alexis R. Lauricella, Missi Jacobson

“…Technology use in elementary school classrooms is growing in frequency as school districts adopt higher rates of technology ownership per student. …”
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How do we best support adolescents with low academic performance and learning disabilities in the era of pandemic learning loss? The importance of intensive learning strategy inter... by Chris O’Brien, Daniel J. Boudah, Jeremy Lopuch, Aaron Nance

“…Federal funding offers opportunities for school districts across the country to implement evidence-based interventions that promote outcomes for students with learning difficulties in middle and high schools including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. …”
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Measuring High School Students’ Science Identities, Expectations of Success in Science, Values of Science and Environmental Attitudes: Development and Validation of the SIEVEA Surv... by Rosa Aghekyan

“…First, 1764 high school students from 11 school districts in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut took the SIEVEA. …”
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