A task force
studying educational improvement in Nebraska has called for a long list of reforms, including a new school - finance formula, far more state aid for schools, higher pay and longer contracts for teachers, a master - teacher program, and the establishment of statewide high - school graduation requirements.
Not exact matches
I wrote an
improvement of Alicia's email based on these concepts: — specificity of: target b2b and expected results — be
educational with numbers and reference to a case
study — do nt talk bad about outbound marketing, but tell him how to do it better — write even shorter to the point — social proof: drop big companies of other industries — scarcity: this email is sent to 10 competitors but we only work with the first per city
Results: Eleven
studies were identified, of which 8 demonstrated
improvements in infant sleep outcomes subsequent to the implementation of an
educational behavioral program.
The authors discuss other
studies that have shown the success of financial incentives in engaging physicians and residents in quality
improvement efforts, particularly when the incentives are combined with an
educational component.
The
study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, investigated the extent to which
improvements in living conditions and
educational opportunities over a person's life affect cognitive abilities and their implications for men and women.
UACIM research activities contribute rigorous scientific
studies on the integration of complementary therapies with conventional medicine, with a focus on
educational research, corporate health
improvement research, and methods to
study clinical outcomes in integrative medicine.
In four
studies, charter school programs that produce impressive test score gains appear to yield no or little
improvement in
educational attainment.
Lortie - Forgues, Tian and Siegler (2015) repeated the question with students of the same age in 2014 — 27 per cent got it right, leading the researchers to comment: «Thus, after more than three decades, numerous rounds of education reforms, hundreds if not thousands of research
studies on mathematics teaching and learning, and billions of dollars spent to effect
educational change, little
improvement was evident in students» understanding of fraction arithmetic.»
These higher rates of
educational attainment due to the Milwaukee voucher program represent
improvements of 15 — 20 percent over the rates obtained by the comparison group of public - school students — nearly as large as those for the African American students in the New York City
study.
The
study showed that «Explore Learning members»
improvement in maths was 30 % higher than that of the comparison group after controlling for gender, age, year group and special
educational needs.»
In that role he championed the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to
study the effectiveness of
educational policies and interventions, which was a huge
improvement in rigor for US ED - funded projects.
A lead author of that
study, Tony Bryk, refers to relational trust as a «lubricant for organizational change» and a «moral resource for sustaining the hard work» of local
educational improvement.
Sinnema, an associate professor in the school of Learning, Development, and Professional Practice,
studies the
improvement of teaching and learning — and related policies — across four main strands:
educational leadership, curriculum, practitioner inquiry, and standards.
For more than a decade, empirical
studies on school choice programs have shown
improvements in
educational performance and results for both students and schools.
Despite the time and resources devoted to the
study of and attention to many other aspects of change in education, disappointment in the amount and extent of
educational improvement has been widespread.
The results of the SEDL
study revealed a new model of school culture and organization that actively supported
educational change and
improvement.
Budge also serves as an associate professor in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational
Studies Department, where her research and scholarly activity focuses on
educational leadership, leadership development, rural education, school
improvement, and poverty.
The report examines the types of competition that currently exist in K — 12 education and what forms of competition are most likely to generate pressure for
educational improvement based on the results of more than 40
studies on the topic.
Noted
improvement of writing and technical skills, increased motivation due to VIP involvement, and greater awareness of future
educational opportunities for student learners were among the key findings of this
study.
Cobb et al. (2003) referred to the highly interventionist nature of the methodology as a feature of design research and stated, «The intent is to investigate the possibilities for
educational improvement by bringing about new forms of learning in order to
study them» (p. 10).
In this chapter, we describe a methodology for conducting
educational design research to support system - wide instructional
improvement in mathematics and draw on one of the few design
studies that
Recent
studies have also suggested that using a design - based research (DBR) approach, which affords teachers greater input and agency in the design of PD and their own
educational experience, may be a useful alternative to evaluative approaches to
improvement of PD (Anderson & Shattuck, 2012).
«These results have been achieved because we have assembled a team of faculty, coaches, researchers and staff who are strongly committed to continuous
improvement as well as the kinds of intensive collaboration that such
improvement requires,» said Shelby Cosner, PhD, associate professor of
educational policy
studies, who has provided leadership for many facets of the program's
improvement work.
These
improvements are necessary at all phases of the assessment process, but as this
study indicates, the present policy is likely denying services these student need and violating the rights of these students to an equal
educational opportunity.
Local knowledge, research knowledge, and
educational change: A case
study of early Spanish reading
improvement.
Last year a group of nine leading
educational researchers summarized the evidence this way: «Among voucher programs, random - assignment
studies generally find modest
improvements in reading or math scores, or both.
Voters became part of the collaborative effort by approving a referendum to fund a
study to assess potential
educational improvements and administrative efficiencies.
To do so, CAREI conducts comprehensive
studies that provide information about challenges confronting schools and practices leading to
educational improvement.
conducts
studies that provide empirical information about challenges confronting schools and practices that lead to
educational improvement.
This review of 143
studies finds that well - implemented community schools lead to
improvement in student and school outcomes and contribute to meeting the
educational needs of low - achieving students in high - poverty schools.