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The effectiveness of the South African Schools Act to desegregate the schools of the Gauteng Province.
(2000)
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there has been a noticeable trend in the inter-racial migration of learners within the Gauteng Province of South Africa after the enactment of the South African Schools ...
Perceptions of female school superintendents.
(2002)
This qualitative study involved female superintendents in the state of Oklahoma. A survey questionnaire designed to gather demographic information was sent to the 48 practicing female superintendents during the 2000--2001 ...
AN ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
(2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore leadership transitions in private school environments through the lens of social identity theory. The study relied on qualitative analysis of in-person interviews with three leaders ...
The assessment of the extent to which peer coaching is being implemented in secondary schools in Oklahoma.
(1998)
The findings showed there were significant differences between teachers' and principals' responses on peer coaching programs in Oklahoma to the following: allowed teachers to choose whether to participate in peer coaching, ...
Elementary principals' perspectives in developing and sustaining professional learning communities.
(2007)
The purpose of this study was to answer through the perceptions of experienced elementary principals, how do elementary principals develop and sustain an evolving professional learning community? Based on the interviews ...
The concept of brand identity in relation to students' intent-to-persist.
(2001)
The partial correlation findings revealed that all the six brand identity attributes had a positive correlation with students' ratings of their academic and social integration. Amongst the student characteristics, gender, ...
No Child Left Behind: A study of policy, planning and program implementation in an urban district with high-poverty schools.
(2005)
Teaching and learning in urban public school districts have been marginalized by an institutional culture marred by random acts of improvement and a propensity for maintaining the status quo. The No Child Left Behind Act ...
The Effects of Relational Conditions and Organizational Commitment on Teacher Turnover Intention
(2017)
This study examines organizational commitment’s potential role as a psychological mediator between the relational conditions in schools and individual teachers’ intentions to leave their positions. Although there is a ...
Core knowledge in American schools: A portrait of contemporary curricular reform.
(1999)
This is a study of contemporary school reform in America. The object of the study is the Core Knowledge Movement, a content oriented curriculum reform initiative advocated by E.D. Hirsch Jr. and promoted by the Core Knowledge ...
Fine arts education and religion: An analysis of primary sources of law for Establishment Clause jurisprudence and its implications for practice.
(2003)
The purpose of this study was to present a legal analysis of the past, current, and possible future direction of the courts and administrative agencies on church/state issues related to Fine Arts Education.