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IMPACTS OF HOMICIDE AND DEATH PENALTY EXPERIENCES: A HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH
(2011)
There exists a culture of surviving victims who possess a body of knowledge stemming from their experiences of dealing with homicide. In reviewing the literature on surviving victims, whether they are survivors of the ...
Educators' understanding and implications of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
(2005)
As schools across the nation implement the new law, the purpose of this study is to examine the understanding of NCLB and its implications as perceived by educators and to determine: (1) if there are any significant ...
THIS IS MY STORY. THIS IS MY SONG: CHOCTAW STUDENT STORIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND HOME
(2019-05-10)
Stories tell us who we were, who we are, and who we will be. We live by stories. We also live in them. Looking through the lens of Indigenous paradigms and arts-based educational inquiry, this project seeks to collaboratively ...
Culturally responsive teaching in one urban school district: a needs assessment
(2022-12-17)
There exists a pattern of underperformance in minority children in urban school districts across this country. Nationally, minority students—especially African American students—score lower on standardized assessments than ...
Building a line of inquiry around instructional program coherence: The role of coherence in teacher well-being, turnover intentions, and mental models
(2020-05)
Previous studies suggest that instructional program coherence is related to higher student achievement and school improvement. There is little known about the process by which coherence operates in schools, specifically ...
THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE THEORY: A CASE STUDY OF TEACHERS' RESPONSES TO STUDENTS' CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS
(2011)
The aims of social justice in education are defined and procedurally mandated in tenets of special education law. The history of special education services is replete with examples of underrepresentation and overrepresentation ...
It is the process, not the test: A mixed method study of a professional learning community at one elementary school in Oklahoma.
(2006)
The juxtaposition of the quest for reaching accountability benchmarks and the desire for meeting students' individual needs has created a problem for district administration, site principals, and school staff. As a result, ...
How Rural Oklahoma Superintendents Address the Scientifically Based Research Mandate of No Child Left Behind
(2009)
This study explores the Scientifically Based Research (SBR) mandate of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) from the perspective of rural Oklahoma school superintendents with the goal of understanding how SBR impacts their practices ...
AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ON PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROGRAMS IN OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
(2009)
This study examined superintendents\' or designees\' perceptions in light of NCLB (2002) and to understand parental involvement through the lens of Epstein\'s Framework of Parental Involvement (1992, 1995, 2002). Despite ...