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Title: A Legal Analysis of the Effects of Morse V. Frederick on Student Speech in K-12 Education
Author: Moree, Joseph
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Morse v. Frederick on student speech in K-12 public schools. Cases meeting the research criteria were selected from federal court districts. Those cases were briefed and analyzed. The resul...

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: AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEIVED RESOURCES AND DEMANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Author: Helf, James
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: School administrators are faced with an increased number of responsibilities and challenges. In order to effectively create and maintain effective schools, educational leaders must provide principals with the proper tools. The purpose of this stud...

Title: An analysis of administrative spending across education organizational forms
Author: Prieto, Tatia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: This study compared administrative expenditures among 542 traditional school districts and 258 charter schools in Michigan, exploring whether one organizational model might better minimize administrative spending. A non-experimental correlational ...

Title: Educational Leadership Coaches' Development of Domain Specific Expertise: A Phenomenological Study
Author: Lewis, Janice
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational evaluation, School management and organization
Description: Districts and schools having high poverty and low achievement experience the highest rates of administrator turnover. A recent paradigm shift promotes "coaching" as a supportive and focused intervention that might move the district and/or school f...

Title: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE SELECTION OF AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM FOR NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND/OR RENOVATION PROJECTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author: BLOUNT, STUART
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Architecture, School management and organization
Description: This research study examined the factors that influence board members in the selection of an architectural firm for new school construction and/or renovation projects in North Carolina. School board members completed a survey which allowed the res...

Title: High School Success: An Effective Intervention for Achievement and Dropout Prevention
Author: Lowder, Christopher
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational evaluation, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this mixed-design study was to use quantitative and qualitative research to explore the effects of High School Success (a course for at-risk ninth graders) and its effectiveness on student achievement, attendance, and dropout preven...

Title: How Intercollegiate Athletics Contributes to Institutional Viability and Culture: Small Private College Presidents’ Perspectives.
Author: Simmons, Connie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher, School management and organization
Description: Small, private colleges provide an essential element to the landscape of higher education, offering intimate class sizes and high touch experiences for traditional college populations. Led by an institutional president, who sets strategic initiati...

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: Leadership alignment : teachers’ and administrators’ perspectives within two schools
Author: Gabriel, Tara, Medina, Adriana L.
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: School management and organization, Educational leadership
Description: Many school administrators struggle to find a reliably efficient and effective way of stabilizing academic reform implementation within educational institutions. Questionnaire responses were collected from two administrators and six teachers acros...

Title: Motivational Factors Affecting Black Male Principals in Rural North Carolina
Author: Hopper, Titus
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: TITUS L. HOPPER. Motivational Factors Affecting Black Male Principals in Rural North Carolina. (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE)Many Black educators and principals led the nation’s schools in the early-to-mid-1900’s, when American public ...

Title: SUSPENSION RATES FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR IN RELATION TO THE PRESENCE OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Author: McDonald, Tyrone
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term and short-term suspension and expulsion rates for Black males, White males, Black females and White female students in grades K-12 in relation to the presence of school resource officers (SROs...

Title: State-Led Virtual School Senior Leaders: An Exploratory Study
Author: Sivy, Mark
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore the role-related characteristics, factors, and requirements that can influence state-led virtual school senior leaders' leadership qualities, attributes, beliefs, and approaches. Semi-structured interviews ...

Title: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL OF PERCEIVED RESOURCES AND DEMANDS FOR PRINCIPALS
Author: Maerz, Drew
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational tests and measurements, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to develop the Comparative Appraisal of perceived Resources and Demands for Principals (CARD-P), which is used for appraising perceived stress in the elementary school principalship. An appraisal-based definition of s...