ERIC Number: EJ1196819
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Nov
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
EISSN: N/A
Teachers' Perspectives on the Learning and Work Environments under the New Orleans School Reforms
Weixler, Lindsay Bell; Harris, Douglas N.; Barrett, Nathan
Educational Researcher, v47 n8 p502-515 Nov 2018
New Orleans schools experienced drastic reforms after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. To examine teachers' perspectives on these reforms, we surveyed 323 teachers who taught in New Orleans public schools before 2005 and in 2013-2014. Teachers directly compared the learning and work environments and student and teacher outcomes of their current schools to those of their pre-Katrina schools. Returning teachers perceived significant and generally positive changes in learning environments and student outcomes but mixed positive and negative changes in work environments. Despite improvements in school environments, the net result is that teachers became less satisfied with their jobs. These results show that intensive, sustained school reform can lead to significant changes, but these changes can have negative impacts on teachers.
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Outcomes of Education, Comparative Analysis, Work Environment, Job Satisfaction, Accountability, Educational Policy, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A