The legibility of the digitized copy is limited due to the quality of the original document. McMaster Digitization Centre, 18 March 2019. / The original document does not provide an abstract. McMaster Digitization Centre, 18 March 2019. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

No presente trabalho realizamos a investigação do que denominamos de dinâmica de interferências, conjunto de intervenções diretas no tempo-espaço da aula, que ocorre nas escolas públicas (redes municipal e estadual) localizadas no município de São Paulo. Diversas instâncias da instituição escolar intervêm diretamente nas escolas públicas paulistanas, interrompendo o trabalho que os professores realizam com seus alunos. A partir da análise de textos oficiais e de enunciados de professores (proferidos entre 2010 e 2014, no âmbito de grupo de pesquisas e estudos), verificamos que a dinâmica de interferências é resultado de um acúmulo de projetos implantados nas escolas, muitos deles com o objetivo de garantir uma educação escolar de qualidade. O atual modelo de gestão em rede dos sistemas municipal e estadual proporciona as condições necessárias para que essa política educacional tenha uma distribuição relativamente homogênea, posto que há intervenções no tempo-espaço da aula em praticamente todas as escolas públicas de São Paulo. Essa dinâmica de interferências acarreta problemas para os professores, especialmente no que tange a aplicação do plano de trabalho docente, que é frequentemente interrompida. Os professores adotam diferentes estratégias para lidar com as interferências, buscando formas de garantir a aplicação do seu plano, mas o resultado final fica aquém do esperado pelos professores. Assim, apesar de as políticas educacionais se pautarem no discurso da qualidade de ensino, a dinâmica de interferências no tempo-espaço da aula vem prejudicando o trabalho docente e, consequentemente, a educação escolar. / In the present work we investigate what we call the \"dynamics of interferences\", which consist of a series of direct interventions in the class space-time in public schools (state and municipal systems) located in the City of São Paulo. Various education institution bodies intervene directly in public schools of São Paulo, interrupting teachers work with their students. Based on the analysis of official documents and teachers statements (made between 2010 and 2014, within the scope of a research and study group), we have verified that the interferences are the result of an accumulation of projects implemented in schools most of them aiming to ensure the quality of school education. The current network management model, at state and municipal levels, provides the necessary conditions for a relatively homogenous implementation of such educational policy, since interventions in the class space-time occur in nearly all public schools in São Paulo. These dynamics of interferences cause problems for teachers, especially regarding the execution of their work plan, which is frequently interrupted. Teachers make use of various strategies to deal with the interferences, searching for ways to ensure the execution of their plan, but the result ends up being below teachers expectations. Therefore, despite the fact that educational policies are implemented on the grounds of quality of education, the dynamics of interferences in class space-time have been proving damaging to teachers work and, consequently, to school education as a whole.

School districts and states have increasingly abandoned traditional school reform efforts in favor of simply closing low-performing schools. This movement reflects growing frustration among policymakers with the disappointing effects of previous school improvement policies, and the view that some schools may simply lack the capacity to undertake meaningful improvements. This paper focuses on arguably the most aggressive school closure policies in the nation--those in New York City. Over the past decade, New York City has closed over 100 schools. Using a longitudinal database of students and schools, I explore the implementation and effects of closure and reconstitution of middle schools in New York City, and assess the links between school closure and student academic development and behavior. My descriptive findings indicate that schools selected for closure have significantly lower school-average state test score exams and lower attendance rates compared to other middle schools for several years prior to closure, and that students who attend these schools are almost exclusively Hispanic and Black, more likely to come from low-income families, and more mobile than other middle school students in the district. I also find that students enter these middle schools already at a significant academic disadvantage. I examine characteristics of the reconstituted schools that replace the closed schools, and find that in terms of demographics, reconstituted schools enroll students similar to those served by the closed schools that they replaced. However, the reconstituted schools serve higher performing students with fewer absences and tardies in the year prior to enrolling in middle school. To assess the impact of school closure on student academic outcomes, I use propensity-score matching within a difference-in-differences framework. I find a small, positive effect of school closure on student test scores and rates of absences. As a robustness check, I conduct a second set of analyses using student fixed-effects models that produced similar results: students learn slightly less at chronically underperforming schools, compared to what would have happened had they attended an alternate school. School closure appears to be a somewhat effective in improving student academic outcomes. It is not clear, however, whether the policy is efficient given the small effects and the considerable disruption associated with the policy. Future research should examine the fiscal costs associated with closure, compared to costs of other policies with similar effects.

No presente trabalho realizamos a investigação do que denominamos de dinâmica de interferências, conjunto de intervenções diretas no tempo-espaço da aula, que ocorre nas escolas públicas (redes municipal e estadual) localizadas no município de São Paulo. Diversas instâncias da instituição escolar intervêm diretamente nas escolas públicas paulistanas, interrompendo o trabalho que os professores realizam com seus alunos. A partir da análise de textos oficiais e de enunciados de professores (proferidos entre 2010 e 2014, no âmbito de grupo de pesquisas e estudos), verificamos que a dinâmica de interferências é resultado de um acúmulo de projetos implantados nas escolas, muitos deles com o objetivo de garantir uma educação escolar de qualidade. O atual modelo de gestão em rede dos sistemas municipal e estadual proporciona as condições necessárias para que essa política educacional tenha uma distribuição relativamente homogênea, posto que há intervenções no tempo-espaço da aula em praticamente todas as escolas públicas de São Paulo. Essa dinâmica de interferências acarreta problemas para os professores, especialmente no que tange a aplicação do plano de trabalho docente, que é frequentemente interrompida. Os professores adotam diferentes estratégias para lidar com as interferências, buscando formas de garantir a aplicação do seu plano, mas o resultado final fica aquém do esperado pelos professores. Assim, apesar de as políticas educacionais se pautarem no discurso da qualidade de ensino, a dinâmica de interferências no tempo-espaço da aula vem prejudicando o trabalho docente e, consequentemente, a educação escolar. / In the present work we investigate what we call the \"dynamics of interferences\", which consist of a series of direct interventions in the class space-time in public schools (state and municipal systems) located in the City of São Paulo. Various education institution bodies intervene directly in public schools of São Paulo, interrupting teachers work with their students. Based on the analysis of official documents and teachers statements (made between 2010 and 2014, within the scope of a research and study group), we have verified that the interferences are the result of an accumulation of projects implemented in schools most of them aiming to ensure the quality of school education. The current network management model, at state and municipal levels, provides the necessary conditions for a relatively homogenous implementation of such educational policy, since interventions in the class space-time occur in nearly all public schools in São Paulo. These dynamics of interferences cause problems for teachers, especially regarding the execution of their work plan, which is frequently interrupted. Teachers make use of various strategies to deal with the interferences, searching for ways to ensure the execution of their plan, but the result ends up being below teachers expectations. Therefore, despite the fact that educational policies are implemented on the grounds of quality of education, the dynamics of interferences in class space-time have been proving damaging to teachers work and, consequently, to school education as a whole.

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of determining which of the "Goals for Public School Education in Texas" were perceived as appropriate by local educators and students in smaller school districts and to determine the degree to which each of these goals was being implemented. This study had a two-fold purpose. The first was to compare the differences between appropriateness and implementation as perceived by senior students, teachers, administrators, and the composite group. A comparison between the three groups regarding both appropriateness and implementation was also made. The second purpose of the study was to determine if sex, ethnic background, and geographic location were factors when comparing perceptions concerning the appropriateness and implementation of the "Goals for Public School Education in Texas." The comparison between students, teachers, and administrators revealed a significant difference between the groups on each, of the eighteen goals regarding appropriateness. With regard to implementation, there was a significant difference between groups on eight of the goals. Differences were generally between students and teachers and students and administrators. The comparison between male and female students revealed that the female students perceived the goals to be more appropriate than did the male students. There were no significant differences between their perceptions regarding implementation. There were significant differences between Anglos, Blacks, and Mexican Americans on ten of the eighteen goals with regard to appropriateness and on three of the eighteen goals regarding implementation. Generally the Anglos perceived the goals to be more appropriate than the other two groups. Geographically there were significant differences between the regions regarding both appropriateness and implementation. Differences varied regarding perceived appropriateness. Central Texas generally perceived implementation higher than the other regions and West Texas generally perceived implementation lower.

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Public schooling in the Unites States of America has long been the site of more than just meeting the academic needs of the country’s youth. Among the many roles the school house has played in the history of public schooling in the United States is the mechanism to deliver non-instructional services to students. School-delivered, non-instructional services are those services that extend beyond addressing the academically-disposed, educational needs of children and aim to meet the social, emotional, and physical needs of young people while they are in the care of educators. Through an historical example grounded primarily in archival research, I establish a genealogy of school-delivered, non-instructional services by examining how staffing developed in the Cobb County School District in Cobb County, Georgia during the 1938-39 to 1976-77 time period. I will point to the role of federal involvement in public education and the professionalization of social services during this time period to connect the changes that occur in the instructional employees and non-instructional employees, with a specific examination of lunchroom employees and counselors, in one school system.

"Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maître en droit (LL.M.)" / Est-ce que la décision de ne pas intégrer un élève handicapé sur le plan intellectuel dans une classe régulière est un acte discriminatoire au sens où elle viole les droits à l'égalité garantis par l'article 10 de la Charte québécoise et par l'article 15 de la Charte canadienne? L'hypothèse formulée en réponse à cette question est: oui, cette décision est discriminatoire parce qu'elle est fondée sur un motif illicite, à savoir le handicap. Une fois établi le cadre conceptuel de cette recherche en précisant le sens des concepts de discrimination, de handicap et d'intégration, l'étude de quelques décisions de la Cour d'appel du Québec révèle que, pour cette Cour, la norme d'égalité n'est pas la classe régulière, ce qui met en sourdine la conception de l'intégration comme droit objectif garantissant l'égalité. Ensuite, l'analyse de l'arrêt Eaton de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario montre comment cette décision a suscité l'enthousiasme de ceux qui croyaient avoir trouvé dans le droit à l'égalité garanti par l'article 15 de la Charte canadienne un appui ferme pour l'intégration. Toutefois, la position de la Cour suprême dans l'arrêt Eaton a refroidi cet enthousiasme en rejetant toute présomption en faveur de l'intégration, lui préférant le critère du meilleur intérêt de l'enfant comme garant du droit à l'égalité pour les élèves intellectuellement handicapés. Ainsi, pour la Cour, le fait de ne pas intégrer ces élèves ne constitue pas en soi une forme de discrimination. / Does the decision not to integrate an intellectually disabled student in a regular c1ass constitute a discriminatory action in the sense that it violates equality rights guaranteed by section 10 of the Quebec Charter and by section 15 of the Canadian Charter ? The hypothesis formulated as an answer to that question is : yes, that decision is discriminatory because it is based on a forbidden ground, namely disability. The conceptual framework of this research is established by defining the concepts of discrimination, disability and integration. Then, the study of sorne Quebec Court of Appeal's decisions shows that in this Court's view the equality standard is not the regular c1ass, a position that underscores the conception of integration as an objective right ensuring equality. Next, the analysis of the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Eaton shows how that decision has aroused the enthusiasm of those who thought that they had found a firm support for integration in the equality rights guaranteed by section 15 of the Canadian Charter. However, the Supreme Court's ruling in Eaton has dampened that enthusiasm by rejecting any presumption in favor of integration, and rather adopting the child's best interest criterion as ensuring equality rights for intellectually disabled students. Thus, in the Court' s view, the fact of non integrating those students does not by itself constitute a form of discrimination.

The problem of this study is to survey the business manager system in public schools in accordance with the accepted standards and common practices regarding the preparation necessary for a person interested in becoming a business manager. Specifically, forty-six of the average school districts in Texas are evaluated by means of data received in a questionnaire in order to determine the requirements these schools set up for a business manager.

The Inclusion of Texas Literature in Texas Public School Curricula advocates the organized inclusion of Texas literature in Texas public schools. The first chapter, the introduction, establishes the study's contention that Texas literature, an internationally admired body of literature, is worthy of an organized state inclusion. Another contention in the introduction is that this inclusion would offer its own needed content while reinforcing concepts and skills already mandated for social studies and English and language arts classes.