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Title: A Legal Analysis of Students' First Amendment Rights in K-12 Public Education as it Relates to Internet Speech
Author: Erdie, Julia
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: Adolescents are rarely without a cellphone and typically have unfettered access to social media sites where they post their status or comment on their friends’ posts. When said communication is used to bully or threaten others, it brings on challe...

Title: A Legal Analysis of the Involvement of School Resource Officers in Searches and Seizures in K-12 Public Schools
Author: Wells, Richard
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education and state, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to develop a set of court-based guiding principles for the integration of school resource officers in searches and seizures in K-12 public schools. This purpose was achieved by applying Standard Legal Analysis methodo...

Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BEGINNING PK–12 PUBLIC EDUCATION TEACHERS ON DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLANS
Author: Mangiaracina, Rex
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education and state, Education--Finance, School management and organization
Description: ABSTRACTA QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BEGINNING PK–12 PUBLIC EDUCATION TEACHERS ON DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLANS. The significance of this study was its ability to further inform beginning PK–12 public education teachers and policy ...

Title: A Systematic Approach To Interrater Reliability In Early Childhood Teacher Performance Evaluations
Author: Bottoms, Bryndle
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation
Description: Teacher evaluations are routinely conducted across the United States for licensure and professional development supports. However, there is limited research on the interrater reliability of these evaluation assessment systems, despite federal reco...

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...

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: Learning from Testimonios about Equity in Educational Leadership: Experiences of Latinx Public School Administrators in North Carolina
Author: Bryson-Evans, Cassie
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: CASSIE BRYSON-EVANS. Learning from Testimonios about Equity in Educational Leadership: Experiences of Latinx Public School Administrators in North Carolina. (Under the direction of DR. WALTER HART). The significance of this study was its ability t...

Title: MY SOCIAL INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION AS A BLACK FEMALE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND FACTORS AFFECTING MY RETENTION: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY
Author: Steele, Aimy
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Information regarding school administrator quality, impact, and effectiveness exists in abundance (Bloom & Erlandson, 2003; Eagly, Karau, Johnson, 1992; Simien, 2005). There are few studies and research about the career development of Black female...

Title: PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS: AN INVESTIGATION OF PEDAGOGIES AND STRATEGIES USED IN AN ONLINE ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
Author: Potter III, James
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: ABSTRACTJAMES THOMSON POTTER III. Preparing high school students for success in advanced placement statistics: an investigation of pedagogies and strategies used in an online advanced placement statistics course.(Under the direction of DR. RICH LA...

Title: STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPATION AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY
Author: Edmunds, Julia
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Foreign study
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the intercultural sensitivity of College of Education students who participated in short-term, faculty led, study abroad programs at a large, urban, branch, university in the Southeast. The research questio...

Title: THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Author: Macon, Amanda
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This case study examined the effects of a one-day differentiated instruction professional development on teacher implementation and student engagement. All schools provide professional development for teachers and expect student engagement in the ...

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 Development Of A Comparative Appraisal Of Perceived Resources And Demands For Clergy
Author: Jackson-Jordan, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Adult education
Description: The purpose of this study was to develop the Comparative Appraisal of perceived Resources and Demands for Clergy (CARD-C), which is used for appraising perceived stress for clergy persons. An appraisal-based definition of stress was derived from t...

Title: The Underperformance of Gifted Elementary School Students
Author: Chinnis, Kimberly
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Gifted children--Education
Description: There is much concern regarding the underachievement of gifted students. Gifted students have the potential to make outstanding contributions to society. The present study analyzed the perceptions of teachers, principals, and one director of gifte...