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A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Title
A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Author
Harris, Letitia
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Description
As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...
Challenges Faced by African International Students at a Metropolitan Research University: A Phenomenological Case Study
Title
Challenges Faced by African International Students at a Metropolitan Research University: A Phenomenological Case Study
Author
Evivie, Loretta
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher, History
Description
The number of international students coming to the United States has increased from 48,486 in 1959-1960 to 623,805 in the 2007-2008 academic years (Open Doors, 2008). These students contributed $15.5 billion to the United States economy, making ed...
Exploratory And Confirmatory Analyses Of A Hospital Employee Satisfaction Survey
Title
Exploratory And Confirmatory Analyses Of A Hospital Employee Satisfaction Survey
Author
Redden, Kenneth
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Management
Description
This study explored the factor structure of a 22-item survey developed to measure employee satisfaction in a healthcare setting. The purpose was to determine if a homegrown survey possessed factors known to measure employee satisfaction. First an ...
NORTH CAROLINA CHARTER SCHOOLS: SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' PERCEPTIONSOF COMPETITION IN K-12 EDUCATION
Title
NORTH CAROLINA CHARTER SCHOOLS: SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' PERCEPTIONSOF COMPETITION IN K-12 EDUCATION
Author
Parker, Ami
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Education, Public administration
Description
The purpose of this study was to explore traditional public school administrators' perceptions of competition in North Carolina public education after the implementation of charter school legislation. Surveys of traditional public school administr...
Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Title
Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Author
Giersch, Jason
Date Created
2012
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description
Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially f...
Super-Generators? Exploring the Career Trajectories and Leadership Practices of Women Superintendents
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...