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Innovation: A Disposition, Not a Destination
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)
As market-driven businesses, independent schools often rely on innovative practices to stay current for prospective families. In partnership with the National Organization of Independent Schools (NAIS), this mixed-methods ...
Golden OpportTUNEity: The Impact of the OpporTUNEity Music Connections After School Music Enrichment Program on Student Outcomes
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)
This program evaluation analyzes the impact of a partnership between a private liberal
arts college and the local public elementary school that provides after school music instruction
and academic tutoring to students ...
First Destination Preparation: The Role of the Liberal Arts
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)
This study aims to build a deeper understanding of the extent to which liberal arts experiences lead to the building of liberal arts skills and to determine whether these skills ultimately help students arrive at their ...
Clarity, Capacity, Community, and Continuous Improvement: An evaluationof summer programming
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)
School districts throughout the United States invest in summer programming meant to effectively leverage students’ typical out-of-school time for continued growth. In this study, we conduct an evaluation of middle school ...
Data Use and Decision Making in Fort Worth ISD
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)
Fort Worth Independent School District’s performance on state achievement and growth measures ranks among the lowest compared to similarly sized districts across the state of Texas. These results sparked an intense focus ...
Admissions Selectivity for Missouri's Public Universities
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)
This report discusses a recent study commissioned by the Office of Postsecondary Policy, located within the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, to evaluate the relevance and efficacy of the ...
Research and Practice Alignment: How Meaningful Collaboration between Practitioners and Researchers Can Inform Equity-Centered Decision-Making
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022)
Large school districts across the country are faced with a monumental task -
creating and managing a system that has the capacity to ensure that students can
learn and grow during their time in school. School districts ...
Restructuring Elementary Literacy Instruction in Hamilton County Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)
This study was a one-year investigation into the implementation of two pilot literacy curricula in
Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Surveys, interviews, and student performance
data were analyzed to ...
The Slow Work of Changing Thinking: Metro Nashville Making Sense of a System for Instructional Improvement
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-04)
Understanding and Implementing Title IX Regulations
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022)
Established by the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX is an important statute of legislation
that was enacted to protect individuals when discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex was
prevalent in American ...