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Using Popular Media to Change Attitudes and Bolster Knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2020-05)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has become a common topic in popular fiction, with many books, movies, and television shows featuring characters with autism. As such, consumers of popular fiction are being exposed to ...
3 Essays in Local Public Finance through Housing and Education
(2020-12-18)
In the first chapter, we investigate the relationship between student test scores and discipline outcomes in Texas public schools and whether or not schools participated in the Universal Free Breakfast Program (UFB). Eating ...
Continuing to grow or checking the box: Teacher achievement goal orientation in their professional learning focus
(2020-05)
The Professional Learning Focus is a state-mandated learning process for all Oklahoma teachers. This dissertation studies the achievement goal orientation teachers endorse within this particular learning structure. The ...
Does the National School Lunch Program foster healthy eating? a mixed method analysis of food selection and consumption in middle school
(2022-05-13)
American children exhibit the highest rates of obesity among industrialized nations. To promote healthy eating, policy makers have revised standards for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which provides free and ...
Is there a relationship between racial composition of school teaching staff and student engagement, student trust in teachers, and student achievement? an examination of schools in an urban district
(2023-12-15)
Achievement gaps, which are disparities in academic performance and educational attainment based on racial and socioeconomic factors, have continued to get worse. Various causes for these gaps are poverty, ineffective ...
Culturally relevant pedagogy in practice: using critical whiteness to create critical consciousness in urban education
(2021-05)
This dissertation examines the purpose of urban k-12 public schools and identifies the explicit and implicit ways in which they disrupt and limit urban students’ opportunities. Through interviews with white teachers in ...
Creativity in engineering: systems thinking approach to improve understanding
(2021-08)
On the surface, creativity seems to be an attainable, easy-to-master construct. However, when diving into the literature, the observer will realize that creativity is a complex, multifaceted, highly debatable phenomenon ...
Evaluating the improvement process of a teacher onboarding program in a large, urban, Midwestern school district
(2021-05-03)
Employee onboarding is the first opportunity an organization has to create space for individuals to acclimate to their work environment, helping them adjust to the social, operational, and performance aspects of their roles ...
CAN SELF-ORGANIZING TEACHER GROUPS REDUCE TEACHER ISOLATION?
(2024-03-07)
This study investigates the conditions fostering self-organized teacher groups within schools and their relationship to reducing teacher isolation. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach involving 663 online surveys and 18 ...