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Community Engagement in an Urban Elementary School: A Critical Ethnographic Inquiry
(2014-05-09)
The challenges of engaging families in poverty have been documented and strategies for addressing the unique needs of communities of poverty have been put forward (Hands & Hubbard, 2011; Hiatt-Michael & Hands, 2010; Raffo ...
AN OUTCOME-BASED EVALUATION OF AN INNER-CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
(2014-05-09)
Racial and ethnic minorities are expected to increase in both number and percentage of the college-going population (Department of Commerce, 2009). Meanwhile the historic underrepresentation of low-income, African-American, ...
Rural school postsecondary education Discourse: Individual anxiety-corporate confidence
(2014-12-12)
This study addressed a gap in the literature about the importance of the school context in predicting and mediating postsecondary education participation for rural students. Using grounded theory with a modified constant ...
Social Networking for Adddressing Teacher Isolation: A Phenomenographic Inquiry
(2013-12-14)
Abstract
Given the recalcitrant effects of isolation and individualism and the barriers to organizational change, the purpose of this study is to put theory into practice by creating a social network for connecting ...
The Relationship Between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Principal Self-Efficacy
(2015)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and Principal Self-Efficacy (PSE). With a nationwide quest to improve teaching and learning in schools, every ...
The Impact Of Instructional Technology Training And Support: A Case Study Of A Technology-Rich School
(2014-05-09)
Despite the increase in technology available to classrooms, results of the research on the impact of technology on student achievement have been mixed at best. Studies consistently show that if technology is effectively ...
Advancement Via Individual Determination in the Suburban High School: An Evaluation of the Jenks High School AVID Program
(2014-05)
This program evaluation examines the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program at Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma. AVID is a college readiness program designed to prepare underachieving high school ...
Employee Beliefs Regarding an Energy Management Company's Transformational Program in Developing Energy Efficient Practices in Public Schools
(2014-05-10)
Public schools throughout the United States of America are experiencing financial hardship (Oliff, Mai, & Leachman, 2012), and due to the turbulence and fluctuation of state budgets, sound funding and competent budgeting ...
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TITLE I FUNDING AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES OF TITLE I AND NON-TITLE I MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
(2013-12)
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative analysis utilizing a hierarchical multiple regression analysis and a one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was to investigate whether the allocation of Title I monies affect the ...
A Focus On The Learning That Occurs Within A Formal School Administrator Mentoring Program
(2014-05-09)
The focus of this study was on examining the role of mentoring relationships established in formal mentoring programs in building strong leaders for schools, and investigated the types of learning that occur within a formal ...