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- Title
- A Case Study of the Strategic Staffing Initiative Used In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Author
- March, Kendra
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Accountability standards challenge schools to provide quality education for all students and to ensure that all students are on grade level by the end of the school year. If schools fall short of this challenge failing to make at least one year of...
- Title
- A Study of the Effects of School Choice on Student Achievement
- Author
- Crawford, Jamal
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, Educational sociology
- Description
- No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, was the signature education legislation of the George W. Bush administration. NCLB was but the latest evolution of at least two pre...
- Title
- Academic and Social Integration of the Non-Traditional College Student: Does Engagement Affect Retention?
- Author
- Cox, Barbara
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Adult education
- Description
- ABSTRACTFor years, educators from colleges and universities across the country have searched for ways to improve student engagement and increase retention. Changing demographics, decreasing enrollments and greater public demands have created uniqu...
- Title
- Adequacy Post- Rose v. Council for Better Education in Kentucky Public School Facilities: A Case Study
- Author
- Wilson, Caroline
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education--Finance, Law
- Description
-
The decision in the 1989 landmark Kentucky case,
Rose v. Council for Better Education , initiated many reforms to ensure that children have access to an adequate education, including funding new construction and renovations for school facilities. T...
- Title
- CAREER ASPIRATIONS VERSUS CAREER ACTUALIZATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN EXECUTIVE LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN A STATE IN THE SOUTHEAST: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
- Author
- McManus, Kristen
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Despite affirmative action, gender inequities persist at institutions of higher learning in the United States. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions of African American women serving in executive-level leade...
- Title
- FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF, AND EXPERIENCES WITH, AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE STUDENTS AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
- Author
- Jenkins, Shantelle
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Community colleges--Study and teaching, Education, Higher, Adult education
- Description
- Many studies involving African American male students have focused on achievement gaps and student retention models of those attending four-year institutions. However, there are limited investigations of African American male students at the commu...
- Title
- IMAGINING THE UNTHINKABLE: A CASE STUDY EXPLORING AN INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES.
- Author
- Wilson Jr., Clyde
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher--Administration
- Description
- Over the past thirty-five years, the rates of retention and graduation among African American males attending colleges and universities in the U.S. have declined. Many institutions of higher education have responded to this problem by reexamining ...
- Title
- Super-Generators? Exploring the Career Trajectories and Leadership Practices of Women Superintendents
- Author
- Lockhart, Joyce
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- ABSTRACTJOYCE Y. LOCKHART. Super-Generators: exploring the career trajectories and leadership practices of women superintendents (Under the direction of DR. LISA G. DRISCOLL) This investigation explored how the personal history, career trajectorie...
- Title
- Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Learning: A Case Study of the Implementation of Common Core State Standards in Mathematics in a Parochial Middle School
- Author
- Mazze, Candace
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Middle school education, Education, Mathematics
- Description
- ABSTRACTCANDACE ELIZABETH MAZZE. Teacher self-efficacy and student learning: a case study of the implementation of Common Core State Standards in Mathematics in a parochial middle school (Under the direction of DR. COREY R. LOCK)In response to US ...
- Title
- The Influence of Teach for America on Algebra I Student Achievement
- Author
- Carroll, Curtis
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- This non-experimental study examined the influence of an initiative that High Risk School District (pseudonym) implemented to offset the effect of low student academic performance in low performing-schools. The study attempted to answer the follow...