James Sebastian
Associated IES Content
FY2022
FY2022 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
FY2021
FY2021 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
FY2020
FY2020 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
Grant
Evaluation of a Training Program to Promote Effective School Leadership
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of Safe and Civil School Leadership (SCSL), a professional development program designed to promote effective school leadership skills. SCSL focuses on equipping principals with the knowledge and skills to foster positive and safe learning climates using practical data-based decision making tools. Although SCSL was developed over a decade ago and has been implemented in dozens of states with thousands of principals, its effects on princi...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A170180
Grant
The Influence of School Leadership on Instruction and Student Learning: A Longitudinal Examination of Leadership in Chicago Public Schools
School leadership is often conceived of as a key lever for school reform and improving student achievement. However, despite four decades of research, principals have little information to guide them on how best to focus their efforts to maximize their impact on student performance. In this project, researchers propose to analyze a comprehensive set of school district data to understand how school leaders influence teaching and learning. Specifically, researchers will examine the relationshi...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A120706
report
Descriptive Study
Changes in Student Populations and Teacher Workforce in Low-Performing Chicago Schools Targeted for Reform
"Turning around" chronically low-performing schools is of increasing interest to educators and policymakers, as highlighted by the U.S. Department of Education's (2010) recent call to rapidly improve the nation's 5,000 lowest performing schools. Yet there is little rigorous research on changes in student populations and teacher workforce in schools undergoing interventions to improve low-performing schools. To fill this gap, this study examines turnaround intervention models intended to rapid...
Apr 01, 2012