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Ash, P. B., & D’Auria, J. (2013). Blueprint for a learning system: Create one larger, more flexible team that encourages collaboration in all directions. Journal of Staff Development, 34(3), 42–46.

Bornsheuer, J. N., Polonyi, M. A., Andrews, M., Fore, B., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2011). The relationship between ninth-grade retention and on-time graduation in a southeast Texas high school. Journal of At-Risk Issues, 16(2), 9–16.

Cheung, A. C., & Slavin, R. E. (2012). How features of educational technology applications affect student reading outcomes: A meta-analysis. Educational Research Review, 7(3), 198–215.

Dombek, J. L., & Connor, C. M. (2012). Preventing retention: First grade classroom instruction and student characteristics. Psychology in the Schools, 49(6), 568–588.

Galindo, C., & Sheldon, S. B. (2012). School and home connections and children's kindergarten achievement gains: The mediating role of family involvement. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(1), 90–103.

Harn, B. A., Chard, D. J., & Kame’enui, E. J. (2011). Meeting societies’ increased expectations through responsive instruction: The power and potential of system-wide approaches. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 55(4), 232–239.

Henderson, S., & Yeow, J. (2012, January). iPad in education: A case study of iPad adoption and use in a primary school. In System Science (HICSS), 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 78–87). Washington, DC: IEEE Computer Society.

Jeynes, W. (2012). A meta-analysis of the efficacy of different types of parental involvement programs for urban students. Urban Education, 47(4), 706–742.

Jimerson, S. R., & Ferguson, P. (2007). A longitudinal study of grade retention: Academic and behavioral outcomes of retained students through adolescence. School Psychology Quarterly, 22(3), 314.

Mathews, S., McIntosh, K., Frank, J. L., & May, S. L. (2013). Critical features predicting sustained implementation of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 16(3), 168–178.

Measuring educational quality by means of indicators. (2011). In J. Scheerens, H. Luyten, & J. van Ravens, Perspectives on Educational Quality (pp. 35–50). New York, NY: Springer.  Article not available in the library.

Rodriguez, V. (2013). The potential of systems thinking in teacher reform as theorized for the teaching brain framework. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7(2), 77–85.

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