Research in education policies argues that education reform should avoid results focused programs that utilize standardized tests to increase teacher accountability. However, education reform in the United States has been rooted in the goal of providi . . .

This project focused on school culture enrichment and elementary school administrators. It presented a handbook of strategies to enrich school culture using peer reviewed research and best practices as discussed in Chapter Two of the project.

After highlighting and comparing the way collaboration is defined and operationalized in existing research, this study reviews research on collaboration and conducts an in-depth analysis of research that examines the effect of teacher collaboration on . . .

“I’m not good at math” and “I hate math” are common reactions teachers hear from their students. Increasing student motivation and achievement in the classroom is a challenge teachers are faced with. This research project studied the effects that GeoG . . .

Since the introduction of the Common Core Standards in the United States, the nature and practice of education has been shifting. As a result, many traditional classroom practices have been scrutinized and deemed no longer appropriate. One of these is . . .

A growing body of literature on system-wide reform has shown districts, more than individual schools alone, are able to serve as a catalyst for closing the achievement gap and increase student achievement (McLaughlin & Talbert, 2003). Researchers . . .

This purpose of this mixed-method case study was to investigate the affects of district mandated Professional Learning Community (PLC) forms on teacher collaboration and student achievement at one school site. The study sought to see how teacher grade . . .

School principals hold the responsibility of ensuring the climate throughout the school. Leaders from Title I schools have shown improvements in their schools by effectively implementing specific strategies within their schools. Responses from three s . . .

The relationship between instrumental music and student achievement has been debated for decades. Many studies (mostly correlational research) suggest that music performance can impact student achievement and social environment. Much of the research h . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of co-teaching on student achievement and behavior at the middle level over the course of two years. Both general education students and students with disabilities were studied to determine if co . . .