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Title: Differences in teacher background and school structure by racial/ethnic congruence between teachers and students
Author: Lambert, Richard, Fitchett, Paul
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
Description: Differences in personal characteristics, professional qualifications, and contextual factors for congruent and incongruent Black, Hispanic, and White teachers were investigated using data from the National Teacher and Principal Survey (nteachers=2...

Title: Different approaches, similar results : preparing foreign language teachers to implement high‐leverage teaching practices
Author: Kissau, Scott, Davin, Kristin J., Haudeck, Helga, Wang, Chuang
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Language and languages--Study and teaching, Student-centered learning
Description: Research has identified 10 high-leverage teaching practices (HLTPs) that can impact student learning of a foreign language. While acknowledging the importance of this work, more research is needed to inform the preparation of novice teachers to en...

Title: Does practice make perfect? Evaluating the impact of deliberate practice and coaching in teacher training
Author: Kissau, Scott, Dack, Hilary, Fitchett, Paul
Date Created: 2022, 2022, 2022
Subjects--Topical: Teachers--Training of, Education, Higher

Title: Hall House evaluation study final project
Author: Lambert, Richard, Britt, Heather
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, Temporary housing
Description: Hall House, a Charlotte Housing Authority property, was established to provide safe, transitional housing for 100 families of homeless children in Charlotte, NC from December 16, 2008 to June 30, 2009 at 426 N. Tryon St. Hall House was a collabora...

Title: Leadership alignment : teachers’ and administrators’ perspectives within two schools
Author: Gabriel, Tara, Medina, Adriana L.
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: School management and organization, Educational leadership
Description: Many school administrators struggle to find a reliably efficient and effective way of stabilizing academic reform implementation within educational institutions. Questionnaire responses were collected from two administrators and six teachers acros...

Title: Social studies under siege : examining policy and teacher-level factors associated with elementary social studies marginalization
Author: Heafner, Tina, Fitchett, Paul, Lambert, Richard
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary), Elementary school teachers
Description: Utilizing data from National Center for Educational Statistics Schools and Staffing Surveys, researchers examined the association between various teacher-level factors and state policy-level indicators associated with reported elementary social st...

Title: Supporting preservice mathematics teachers’ culturally responsive teaching : a focus on teaching for social justice
Author: Register, Jordan, Fernandes, Anthony (Anthony M. A.), Pugalee, David K.
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Social justice, Lesson planning
Description: This paper reports on how 10 middle and high school preservice teachers (PSTs) designed a social justice focused lesson using the culturally responsive mathematics teaching (CRMT) tool. Results from our analysis indicate that most of the PSTs were...

Title: Teacher perspectives on social justice practices in English language arts (ELA)
Author: Gabriel, Tara, Coffey, Heather, Barnes, Meghan, Steele, Lucy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Critical pedagogy, Social justice and education, Culturally relevant pedagogy
Description: Research indicates a need for middle and secondary teachers to become knowledgeable about how to teach for social justice. This study aims to better understand current challenges, strategies, and perspectives of English critical pedagogy through t...

Title: Teachers’ and principals’ perspectives of leadership : a search for within-school alignment
Author: Gabriel, Tara
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational change
Description: Many school administrators struggle to find a reliably efficient and effective way of stabilizing academic reform implementation within educational institutions. Questionnaire responses were collected from two administrators and six teachers acros...