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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An Investigation Into Factors Contributing To Effective Board Behaviors Within Consolidated Rural Districts
(2014-05)
The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of two rural consolidated districts through the consolidation process, as well as board effectiveness (post consolidation), in actions using relevant behaviors taken ...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Student Achievement
(2014-05)
The relationship between school spending and student achievement has been studied for years, beginning in earnest with the Coleman Report (Coleman, Campbell, Hobson, McPartland, Mood, Weinfield, York, 1966). The authors ...
A Narrative Inquiry Into A Community School Leadership Experience
(2014-08-15)
The focus of this study is on examining the role of an educational leader through the process of developing and implementing a community school. As the primary researcher, I sought to contribute to the body of community ...