Leveraging University Partnerships to Build Capacity in Rural Schools: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Hickey, Wesley D.; Sherman, Ross; Mize, Cody; Donley, Michael
Titel	Leveraging University Partnerships to Build Capacity in Rural Schools: A Case Study
Quelle	In: School Leadership Review, 14 (2019) 2, Artikel 10 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-4998
Schlagwörter	Partnerships in Education; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Academic Failure; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Improvement; Standardized Tests; Scores; School Turnaround; Elementary Schools; Rural Schools; Educational Resources; Disadvantaged Schools; Case Studies; College School Cooperation; Capacity Building; School Effectiveness; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Bildungsmittel; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schuleffizienz
Abstract	There are 339 schools in Texas that are struggling, defined as "improvement required" by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) (txschools.gov, 2018) and received a "F" rating due to low academic performance. This designation is earned through a formula that measures general student achievement, school progress based on a comparison of previous year's standardized test scores, and the ability to close the academic achievement gaps among student groups (TEA, 2018a). Of these "improvement required" schools, 201 are elementary, 71 are middle, and 56 are high school (TEA, 2018b). This data suggests there is significant need for strategies that turn around the academic performance of schools, and rural schools have fewer resources to utilize. Leveraging university partnerships is one way for a campus to get support for turnaround initiatives. This case study will look at a rural elementary campus that took the steps to become a school turnaround campus through a partnership with a local university. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01