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Motivated by the growing body of research relating to the impact school climate has on student achievement, attendance, behavior, and mental well-being, many educators have implemented initiatives and programs aimed at school climate improvement. Jostens Renaissance is one such program and was the program of focus for this study. Though Jostens has numerous publications and media sources to facilitate the sharing of ideas, there is very little information available regarding the implementation of Renaissance. The primary purpose of this study was to identify factors that facilitated change in the process of implementing high school Jostens Renaissance programs in order to identify any common factors that may be transferable to other schools. A multiple case study approach was utilized to explore the strategies which facilitated the implementation of Renaissance at three southeastern high schools. Data were collected via qualitative interviews with teachers and administrators who were present at their respective schools prior to, during, and after the implementation of Jostens Renaissance. The three study schools selected for the study were identified by Jostens as having strong Renaissance programs. Seven main themes related to change factors were identified: need for change, supportive administration, dedicated faculty coordinator, student leadership and participation, faculty buy-in and participation, intentionality in building teacher climate, and perceived quality of the program. Surprisingly, none of the schools experienced any major barriers the implementation. Participants credited the lack of implementation barriers to a perceived need for change among the school community.

[pt] Tendo em vista a literatura que discute os desafios enfrentados pelos jovens ao longo da sua trajetória escolar e a influência de determinadas características instituicionais no enfrentamento dessas adversidades, o presente estudo busca conhecer quais as relações que os jovens de escolas públicas e privadas estabelecem com sua escola e com o seu processo de escolarização. Para isso, construímos um questionário com itens que buscavam mensurar a mobilização dos jovens em relação à escola e para a aprendizagem, as suas percepções sobre o clima escolar e a participação discente e, por fim, as suas crenças de autoeficácia acadêmica. O instrumento foi testado e aplicado a uma amostra de 224 jovens de 9 ano do Ensino Fundamental de duas escolas públicas e três escolas privadas localizadas em São Luís (MA) e no Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Posteriormente, o instrumento foi validado a partir da construção de índices que buscaram mensurar alguns aspectos da escola na visão dos jovens. Os resultados do estudo apontam que os alunos das escolas privadas presentes em nossa amostra percebem um clima mais positivo nas suas escolas em quase todas as dimensões analisadas e possuem níveis mais altos de autoeficácia. Por outro lado, os jovens das escolas públicas se sentem mais mobilizados para irem à escola pela aprendizagem e acreditam que participam mais das decisões da escola. Por fim, discute-se até que ponto essas diferenças de percepções encontradas podem interferir na trajetória escolar e de vida dos jovens pesquisados. / [en] Considering the literature that discusses about the challenges faced by adolescents throughout their school life and the influence of some institutional characteristics facing these adversities, this study seeks to understand which relations public and private school students have with their schools and their schooling process. Therefore, we developed a questionnaire with items that could measure the mobilization of youngsters in relation to the school and for learning, such as their perceptions about school climate, student participation and, finally, their beliefs of academic self-efficacy. The questionnaire was tested and applied to a sample of 224 students of the 9th year of schooling from São Luís (MA) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) from public and private schools. Subsequently, the instrument was validated from the development of indexes that measured some school aspects from the students point of view. The results indicate that the private school students who participated in this study perceive a more positive school climate in almost all analyzed dimensions and have higher levels of self-efficacy. On the other hand, the public school students feel more motivated to go to school due to the learning process and believe they play a more important role in the school decisions. In conclusion, it is discussed how far these differences in perception can interfere in school trajectory and in personal life of the surveyed students.

This study aimed to determine the relationship between school culture and student achievement. Elementary school teachers (N=574) from 27 schools in suburban Seminole County, Florida completed the School Culture Triage Survey to generate a school culture score. The participating schools were ranked and placed in categories representing the top 33% (N=9), middle 33% (N=9), and bottom 33% (N=9) of the population based on their culture score. School culture data were analyzed and correlated with third grade student achievement data, as measured by the 2007 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Reading to determine if there were any relationships between (a) school culture and student achievement; (b) the three key components of school culture (collaboration, collegiality, and self-determination/efficacy) and student achievement; and (c) principal tenure and school culture. Additional data analysis served to determine if there were any experiential or demographic differences among the teachers from the schools falling in the top, middle, and bottom 33% on the School Culture Triage Survey. To learn more about principal beliefs with regard to school culture and student achievement, principal interviews were conducted with some principals (N=8) from the participating schools. Through a review of the research results and related literature, the researcher concluded that a relationship between the overall school culture and student achievement did not exist. Further analysis revealed that there were no relationships between student achievement and collaboration, collegiality, and self-determination/efficacy, or between school culture and principal tenure for the schools participating in this study.

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