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Mitchell, Delilah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study was designed to determine eighth grade teachers' perceptions of the impact, quality, and types of job-embedded professional development activities they have participated in and the relationship to student achievement in language arts, math, or science. The researcher identified school districts with 50% or more of their eighth grade…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, Grade 8
Thompson, Arkeco Lashay Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Early attrition from teaching bears enormous costs. High attrition means that schools must take funds urgently needed for school improvements and spend them instead in a manner that produces little long-term payoff for student learning (Kain & Singleton, 1996). Keeping highly qualified teachers should always be at the top of the priority list…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Student Behavior, School Districts, Class Size