When a teacher is burned out, the outcomes can be harmful to the person and the school environment. Burnout leads to higher turnover, job dissatisfaction, absenteeism, a decline in job efficiency, and disengagement. However, there is a lack of research investigating the relationships between instructional practice knowledge and teacher burnout.…

This paper is a research dissertation based on a qualitative case study conducted on Teachers' Experiences within a Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) process. The study site was a Title I elementary school in a large school district in Central Florida. Background information is given in relation to the need for research that was conducted on the…

The purpose of this study was to determine if special education and at-risk students educated exclusively in a school-within-a-school setting showed improved high-stakes standardized reading test scores after learning the strategic instruction model (SIM) inference strategy. This study was focused on four groups of eighth-grade students attending…