Middle school education--Curricula--United States; Single-sex schools
A comparative case study focused on six mathematics teachers of all-boy classes in three middle schools. Each school chose to experiment with gendered classes to improve specific, yet somewhat different, outcomes. A purpose of this study was not to...
A group of children and a woman stand in front of a wood frame building. This is likely a group portrait of a school as there are over forty children of varying ages. While a few of the children wear shoes, many of them are barefoot. A number of...
Middle school teachers--Attitudes; Middle school principals; Educational leadership
A need for greater understanding of teachers' (N= 530) perceptions of the leadership behaviors of principals in Title I middle schools (n = 13) is prevalent exists. The researcher used the "Audit of Principal Effectiveness" survey to...
Teachers; Students; Children; Women; Classrooms; Schools; Blackboards; Flags--United States; People
A teacher shakes hands with a young boy while a young girl stands with her arm around the teacher's waist. The teacher wears a dark dress with a frilled collar and has a whistle on a string around her neck. The young girl wears a dark hat and a...
English language--Study and teaching; Language and languages--Study and teaching
Academic achievement of English language learners (ELLs), the fastest growing population in the U.S. schools, deserves greater attention. This non-experimental study investigated the unique contributions-above and beyond other individual difference...
Portland School (Louisville, Ky.); Hygiene; Students; Teachers; Children; Schools; Desks; Blackboards; People
Address: 3410 Western Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students in a hygiene class help with an inspection at Portland School. Crason Scott examines Chester Davis's nails as Sibyl Becker checks Margaret Durr's nails. A teacher stands at the back of...
Address: 684 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Hook's Drug Store on the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway, followed by General Electric and Western Union. Above one of the display windows is a sign for "Board of Education Election....
Teacher-student relationships; Abused children--Education; Teachers of problem children; Child psychotherapy--Residential treatment
Although there is a vast body of literature to support multiple positive outcomes related to positive student-teacher relationships, no prior study has investigated student-teacher relationships within the context of a residential treatment center...
American pianist and teacher Guy Maier stands in a yard with Jean Thomas, laughing. Both are wearing overcoats (Jean's is made of fur). Jean wears a tam, and Guy holds a hat. Title supplied by cataloger.
American pianist and teacher Guy Maier stands in a yard with Jean Thomas. Both are wearing overcoats (Jean's is made of fur). Jean wears a tam, and Guy holds a hat. Title supplied by cataloger.
American pianist and teacher Guy Maier stands in a yard with Jean Thomas. Both are wearing overcoats (Jean's is made of fur). Jean wears a tam, and Guy holds a hat. Title supplied by cataloger.
An unidentified female student, or a young instructor, with teacher Minnie Leigh Gibson of Shelbyville (left). Miss Gibson joined the faculty in 1907. The unidentified young lady may be Evelyn Carter who later married Howard Giles.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching; College prose--Evaluation; Interaction analysis in education; Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction; Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction
Current scholarship indicates an increase in the use of asynchronous electronic
formats by writing instructors and tutors responding to student writing. However, little
research has been done to understand the ways in which different formats affect...
Daniel Boone Logan was born in 1858 in Olive Hill, Kentucky. He received his early education at Morehead high school in Rowan County and Grayson Academy in Carter County. He was employed as a teacher from 1876 until 1886 in Bath, Rowan and Fleming...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. College of Education and Human Development; Educational facilities; Research facilities;
Entrance to the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building (College of Education and Human Development). There are recently planted trees near the entrance, suggesting this image was made soon after the building was completed, in 1981. The...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. College of Education and Human Development; Educational facilities; Research facilities;
Entrance to the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building (College of Education and Human Development). There are trees near the entrance, as well as wooden benches and a street lamp. The building was originally referred to as the College of...
First year teachers--In-service training; Teacher turnover; Teachers--Job satisfaction
Experts attribute the teacher shortage to an increase in population while others
cite the retirement of a critical mass of baby boomers who came into teaching in the mid
to late twentieth century. Other experts argue that the teaching shortage is...
Fannie Craig, real-life model for the character Miss Allison in the Little Colonel books by Annie Fellows Johnston, sits at a piano. She is wearing a long-sleeved dark dress with white lace collar and cuffs and her head is turned toward the camera....
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Classrooms; African American universities and colleges; African American college students; College students; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); Home economics; Cooking utensils; Cooks; African...
Female students with their teacher during cooking class at Simmons University. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute (1879), State University (1883), Simmons University...
Educational evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Formative assessment is frequently used by educators, but when asked to define, responses tend to vary widely. In essence, formative assessment is when teachers and students engage in instructional conversations discussing content information and...
