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What can urban school systems learn about supporting and retaining African-American women leaders from African-American women leading in public charter systems?
(2022-05-10)
America is becoming more ethnically diverse, creating a significant demographic shift in the student composition in America’s public schools. To respond to the increase in student diversity, America’s systems and structures ...
“We’re out in the deep,” but “This is the life. We should fight for the life.”: A Study of L2 International Students In Their First University Semester During the Coronavirus Pandemic
(2023-12-15)
This study sought to explore L2 international students’ perspectives about what challenges and accomplishments impact their academic acculturation process and success while studying in a bridge program during their first ...
Understanding the impact of a STEM explanatory model on STEM-education stakeholders’ conceptions of STEM and STEM integration
(2022-12-17)
While STEM education is recognized as a critical priority for national security, health, and economic prosperity, its various and often conflicting meanings, coupled with excessive use of the acronym as a super discipline, ...
New teachers, new literacies: examining teacher candidates' understandings, beliefs, and implementation of digital and multimodal literacies
(2021-05)
This study sought to explore the understandings, beliefs, and implementation practices of preservice teachers during their internship surrounding the use of digital and multimodal literacies in the classroom. This research ...
LITERATURE AND RACIAL SOCIAL SENSITIVITY AT A RURAL TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(2020-05-08)
According to The Pew Research Center (Jurkowitz et al., 2020), the US is becoming more divided based on political affiliation, religion, race, lifestyle preferences and economic status. If students are not exposed to ...
"It Seemed Like a Wonderful Way to Influence the World and to Touch Lives": Exploring Reasons Teachers Stay in the Classroom
(2020)
Retaining experienced, effective teachers in the classroom is essential. In fact, research shows it is the most significant factor in student achievement and the stability of the learning environment (Carver-Thomas & ...
A Road Less Traveled?: A Qualitative Study of Personal Characteristics and Formative Experiences Leading College and University Graduates into Public Sector Service Careers
(2022-05)
Growing out of the larger concern for the general status of civic engagement in the U.S., this study focused on professional public service as a form of civic engagement and sought to understand the motivational factors ...
Exploration of previous science experiences and sociocultural factors that influence science literacy of first-year college students
(2023-12-15)
Science literacy is an important element for individuals in any society. How a person engages with scientific information can help or hinder the progress of society. Science literacy can advance society through evolution ...
The relationship between certification status and teacher evaluation: an analysis in a large urban district
(2022-12-16)
Teacher shortages are a growing problem across the United States. As one means of addressing this problem, policy makers have sought to loosen barriers to the profession by creating provisions for emergency certification. ...
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Online DEI Curriculum in One Corporation
(2022-04-29)
This study is a critical discourse analysis of online DEI curriculum of one large corporation. It looks at the intended purposes and unintended outcomes of how DEI curriculum is enacted, the implicit and hidden views of ...