Morgaen Donaldson

This project examines system-wide factors relevant to expanding dual-credit (DC) program enrollments among high school students. DC programs afford high school students the opportunity to participate in college-level courses during high school. In Connecticut, the term "dual credit" encompasses programs such as advance placement (AP) courses and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs offered by high schools as well as dual-enrollment courses offered to high school students by institutions...

The purpose of this project is to examine associations between district policies related to principal evaluation, principals' enactment of learning-centered leadership practices, and student reading and mathematics achievement. Principals play a critical role in providing high-quality education to students by influencing teaching and learning through their leadership. In the past five years, the great majority of states have approved legislation mandating that public school principals be eva...