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Direct linkRebecca S. Levine; Samantha Viano – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: Out-of-school time (OST) programs can have a positive impact on youth outcomes, including academic achievement and social-emotional development. However, there are vast inequities in program accessibility and quality, with low-income adolescents being particularly underserved. This study synthesizes research on OST programs serving…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Low Income Students, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
Download full textRusen Meylani; Gary G. Bitter; Jane M. Legacy – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2025
The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of professional development (PD) and implementation fidelity on the performance of middle school students in mathematics within an online learning environment. Using a quasi-experimental design, the research compares educational outcomes between control and experimental groups…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Middle School Students
Bridgot Lynn Loesch – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative case study explored the perspectives of teachers towards their professional development (PD) in a school with a high population of low-income students. The study focus was driven by critical theory with a unique application of attribution theory as a part of the data analysis. This moved the data analysis beyond simply a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Low Income Students, Program Effectiveness
Emily Plante – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educators come to their work with many personal and educational achievements and accomplishments. They are provided with curriculum, learning standards, and expectations at the school, district, and state levels. Often, the respective identities and lived experiences of the educator are in stark contrast to those of the students they teach,…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Awareness, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
Embacher, Barbara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Community college completion has been proven to be a ticket to a middle-class life. Moreover, we know that poverty causes educational barriers, including community college completion. Community colleges across the nation are identifying significant equity gaps between students from poor versus middle-class or affluent households. One solution to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Equal Education, Poverty, Low Income Students
Morris-Hayes, Jennifer J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Professional learning communities (PLCs) are an essential avenue for high-quality change and work. Maintaining unity among groups with differing opinions is challenging. This mixed-methods study aimed to assess elementary teachers' current perceptions of PLCs to determine their effectiveness by answering four research questions: What are the…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers
Jennifer Reid; Mahshid Ahmadian; D. Jennings; Anathea Abad Pepperl; Amy Adkins; Kristina C. Anthony; Volkan Aytar; Mita Basu; Kai Bosworth; Andrew S. Bristow; LaMont Cannon; Cara Cario; Ellen Carpenter; Eli Coston; Judith Crenshaw; Jody L. Davis; Rebecca Durfee; Punit Gandhi; Zachary N. Ghahramani; Rebecca Gibson; Joseph Hamelman; Amanda Harris; Ching-Yu Huang; Catherine Hulsof; Gaston I. Jofre; Nick J. Kuklinski; Bernard Means; Jonathan Moore; Katherine Saunders Nash; Jason Newton; Heather Nunnally; Jennifer R. Olson; Matthew Pawlowicz; Jorge Piocuda; Derek C. Prosser; Alexandra Reckendorf; Angela Reynolds; Suzanne Robertson; Sylvia S. Rozario; Suzanne Ruder; Andrew Sackman; Mark Schwitzerlett; Matthew Scott; Dewey Taylor; Katharine Moore Tibbetts; Mayda Topoushian; Emily Watkinson; Samanthi Wickramarachchi; Robert Wieman; Nicholas Wong; Maria Carolina Yaber; Wenheng Zhang; Sarah E. Golding; Allison A. Johnson – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
A faculty development initiative was implemented at a large urban university in the South to address the historically high rates of students receiving low grades and withdrawing from STEM courses, particularly affecting first-generation students, transfer students from community colleges and minoritized populations. The program's core aim was to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, STEM Education, At Risk Students
Gerde, Hope K.; Bingham, Gary E.; Kung, Melody; Pikus, Arianna E.; Etchison, Hannah – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: High quality STEM professional learning is necessary for supporting early educators to implement early childhood STEM education in ways that promote young children's development. This is particularly important for educators serving young children of color or from under-resourced backgrounds who have few STEM early learning…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Minority Group Students
Joe William Erven Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Our country has a digital equity crisis, with many socioeconomically disadvantaged students disproportionately experiencing significant negative consequences from the digital divide. This program evaluation sought to investigate whether the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) grant program decreases the consequences of the digital divide…
Descriptors: Grants, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Program Effectiveness
Diane L. Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite some of the greatest gains in history in terms of high school graduation rates, standardized tests, and college entrance exams, the American education system struggles to effectively educate its neediest and most underserved students, including those in poverty, English language learners, and students of color (DuFour, 2015). Current and…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Communities of Practice, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Faculty Development
Michael Siller; Lindee Morgan; Sally Fuhrmeister; Quentin Wedderburn; Brooke Schirmer; Emma Chatson; Scott Gillespie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Preschool classrooms provide a unique context for supporting the development of children with social-communication challenges. This study is an uncontrolled clinical trial of an adapted professional development intervention for preschool teachers (Social Emotional Engagement-Knowledge & Skills-Early Childhood). Social Emotional…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Stephen Miske; Olusegun Sogunro – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2024
On average, the college graduation rates for minority and/or high-need students are generally low. To address this situation, a Mid-Atlantic Consortium recently secured a grant to improve 4-year graduation rates of high=need students (i.e., new first-time students and transfer students who qualify as low-income students, first-generation college…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Students, Student Needs, College Freshmen
Engler, Jennifer N.; Strassle, Carla G.; Steck, Laura W. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2019
Many educators subscribe to poverty myths that can negatively impact teaching practices. This study examined whether poverty simulation participation would lead to sustained changes in poverty attributions and whether these changes would predict subsequent behavioral differences. Participants (n = 161) were educators from three schools in the…
Descriptors: Poverty, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Faculty Development
Hanno, Emily C.; Gonzalez, Kathryn E. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
Student absenteeism is a widespread and critical issue in early childhood education. Current efforts to reduce student absenteeism in both preschool and K-12 settings have largely been family- and parent-focused interventions. Yet, interventions targeting teachers and schools may similarly be effective tools to improve student attendance. We…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Attendance, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Brigandi, Carla; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Spillane, Nancy; Pedersen, Blaine – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
Students in rural schools have the potential to achieve at high levels; however, they need support to develop this potential. Research indicates a particular need in the area of STEM education. This study looks at how to enhance school-wide instruction, collaboration, and assessment related to increased student participation in coding and computer…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Computer Science Education, Faculty Development, Self Efficacy
