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- Title
- "I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
- Author
- Ferrara, Angela
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
- Description
- Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
- Title
- A LEGISLATIVE EXAMINATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
- Author
- Griffin, Richard
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, Education--Finance
- Description
- The North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) experienced a decline in its funded ratio from 112% in 2002 to 94% in 2011 and an increase in its unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities over the same period. The change i...
- 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 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
- Demystifying the Charlotte Way: Towards an Understanding of Collective Action for Education in the Queen City.
- Author
- Owens, Cache
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Education and state
- Description
- This qualitative grounded theory study sought to understand how different stakeholders collaborate to improve schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. 52 diverse individuals participated in this study. A new hybrid approach of collective action, refe...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF TEACHER DIVERSITY AND STUDENT-TEACHER RACIAL/ETHNIC MATCHING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
- Author
- Banerjee, Neena
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Teachers--Training of, Education and state
- Description
- This dissertation investigates the implications of student-teacher racial/ethnic matching on two educational outcomes. The fourth chapter investigates whether assignment to same-race teachers affects students' math and reading achievement growth i...
- Title
- Examining the Relationship between School Security Measures, Sense of Safety and Academic Achievement using an Intersectional Framework: A Moderated-Mediation Model
- Author
- Siegal, Rachel
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education and state
- Description
- School security measures (SSMs), which include school resource officers (SROs), security cameras, and metal detectors, are used in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States (Musu-Gillette et al., 2019) and can cost school syste...
- Title
- K-12 Principals' Perceptions of State and Local Wellness Policies
- Author
- Jefferies, Shelton
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, School management and organization
- Description
- ABSTRACTSHELTON L. JEFFERIES. K-12 principals' perceptions of state and local wellness policies. (Under the direction of DR. J. ALLEN QUEEN)The prevalence of obesity and a high probability of an increased medical and financial toll have prompted l...
- Title
- NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT SINCE IMPLEMENTING TIERED FUNDING TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Author
- Davis, Marc
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, Education--Finance
- Description
- Since the 2008 recession, public higher education in terms of both two- and four-year institutions has been cut by $9 billion in state and local funding (Mitchell, Leachman, & Matterson, 2017). Between 2005 and 2016, state and local appropriations...
- Title
- PREDICTORS OF OPINIONS OF K-12 HIGH AND LOW BMI STATE PRINCIPALS WITH VARYING DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN THE ROLE AS INSTRUCTIONAL CATALYST FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY
- Author
- Francis, Philip
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education and state
- Description
- The researcher's purpose in the study was to examine the predictors of the opinions, attitudes or beliefs of K-12 high and low BMI state principals from varying demographic factors by serving in the role as instructional catalyst by leading classr...
- Title
- ROLES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPETITION AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SPENDING AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
- Author
- Jha, Nandan
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state
- Description
- Equity in school district spending, and equity and productive efficiency in educational outcomes are of paramount importance in the literature on K-12 public education in the US. The research on the effects of school choice (operationalized as int...
- Title
- Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Author
- McDaniel, Paul
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Government policy, Education and state
- Description
- Community receptivity expresses the degree of openness within a place to someone or something new. Receptivity is shaped by multiple components, institutions, and structures related to a community's political, economic, social, and cultural sphere...
- 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...
- Title
- THE RETENTION OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN STEM: AN EXTENSION OF TINTO’S LONGITUDINAL MODEL
- Author
- Uche, Ada
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
- Description
- In the current technologically advanced global economy, the role of human capital and education cannot be over-emphasized. Since almost all great inventions in the world have a scientific or technological foundation, having a skilled workforce is ...
- Title
- THE TITLE WAIVE: A POLICY AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE 50 STATES’ ESEA WAIVERS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR FEDERALISM AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW MAKING IN EDUCATION POLICY
- Author
- Trull, Sheena
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state, Law
- Description
- The aim of this dissertation is to provide a critical analysis of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waivers administered by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan since 2012. As a function of federalism, local school p...
- Title
- The Relationship between School Built Environment and Student Achievement in Pakistan
- Author
- Begum, Nahida
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Ecology, Education and state
- Description
- Schools in Pakistan face many challenges, ranging from lack of qualified teachers to insufficient teaching resources. Another obstacle is the low quality of school built environment. Some important built environment factors include an available wa...
- Title
- The Social Context of the Aeronautical Education Experience of Civilian, Commercial, and Military Pilots
- Author
- Walker, Taurean
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Adult education, Aerospace engineering, Education and state
- Description
- The purpose of this research is to explore the social context (the nature and cultural environment) of the aeronautical training experience of African-American civilian, commercial, and military pilots. This research highlights the challenges Afri...
- Title
- Tradeoffs in the use of value-added estimates of teacher effectiveness by school districts
- Author
- Baxter, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state
- Description
- A new capacity to track the inputs and outcomes of individual students' education production function has spurred a growing number of school districts to attempt to measure the productivity of their teachers in terms of student outcomes. The use o...