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It Takes A Village: Diversifying the Educator Pipeline With Historically Black Colleges & Universities

National, state, and local education agencies have identified attracting and supporting a diverse, highly qualified teacher workforce as a high-leverage need. This blog highlights REL Southeast's Diversifying the Educator Pipeline Partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to collaborate with HBCUs, the Mississippi Department of Education and districts in Mississippi through technical and research support activities to...
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Jun 27, 2023
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Self-Study Guide for Evidence-Based Practices in Adult Literacy Education

The purpose of this self-study guide is to help adult literacy education providers collect, organize, and analyze evidence that they can use to improve program performance. It was designed to help educators consider which types of evidence to collect and which components of adult education instruction may be important for evaluating implementation. Sources of evidence for this review include records and data such as lesson plans, rosters, and student results confirming that processes are in p...
Jan 01, 2020
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Implementing the extended school day policy in Florida's 300 lowest performing elementary schools

Since the 2012/13 school year Florida law has required the 100 lowest performing elementary schools in reading to extend the school day by one hour to provide supplemental reading instruction. In 2014 the law was broadened to include the 300 elementary schools with the lowest reading performance. A previous study of the state's first two cohorts of 100 lowest performing schools found that observed growth in school reading performance after one to two years of implementing the extended school ...
Jan 01, 2017
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Characteristics and Career Paths of North Carolina School Leaders

Researchers have linked positive student outcomes, including student achievement, to high-quality school leadership. Due in part to this research, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principals' Association are interested in increasing the number of high-quality principals in North Carolina's educator workforce, particularly those leading rural schools. To support these efforts, the two groups and Regional Educational Laboratory ...
Jan 01, 2017
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School reading performance and the extended school day policy in Florida

Florida law requires the 100 lowest performing elementary schools in reading to extend the school day by one hour to provide supplemental reading instruction. This study found that those schools were smaller than other elementary schools and served a higher proportion of racial/ethnic minority students and students eligible for the school lunch program. The lowest performing schools reported increasing the number of minutes of reading instruction provided to students, increasing staff, and pr...
Jan 01, 2016
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A Systematic Review of the Relationships Between Principal Characteristics and Student Achievement

This systematic review of the relationships between principal characteristics and student achievement was created for educators, administrators, policy-makers, and other individuals interested in a comprehensive catalogue of research on relations between principal characteristics and student achievement. It synthesizes what is known about associations between principal characteristics and student achievement; specifically it summarizes the studies, highlights the effects found by the studies,...
Jan 01, 2015
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Using Administrative Data for Research: A Companion Guide to A Descriptive Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Florida Schools

This document is a companion guide to "A Descriptive Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Florida Schools" (Folsom, Osborne-Lampkin, & Herrington, in press). It describes the methods used to extract information from the Florida Department of Education database in order to conduct a descriptive analysis of the demographic composition, certifications, and career paths of the state's school leaders in the 2011/12 school year. This companion guide aims to help those interested in using similar ...
Jan 01, 2014