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Over the last two decades, the charter school movement has arguably become the most widespread school reform in the United States. Charter schools differ tremendously in terms of where and when they form and the entities and...
The low quality of educational services in the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro is well documented (e.g., Abramo, 2003; Alves, Franco & Ribeiro, 2008; Cano, 2012; Cavallieri e Coelho, 2003; Frigotto, 2004; Henriques, 2000; Henrique &...
The transition to college represents a pivotal period in the lives of young adults, marked by the promise of growth and new opportunities. However, it is also a time when students commonly experience mental health challenges. This...
This quantitative research study investigates the relationship between home-school communication and its connection with student attendance and the relationship between ESOL students' attendance and academic achievement, focusing...
Parental Leave and Primary School Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Comparative Study of National Policies and Their Relationships with Assessment Scores in Mathematics, Science, and Reading
This study used mixed methods to investigate the relationships between parental leave policy components and academic achievement measured by TIMSS and PIRLS. Qualitative document analysis was used to analyze the policy documents and...
Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM) is the process of using assessment data to determine instruction in class. Contemporary use of DDDM has grown from the No Child Left Behind’s emphasis on using standardized testing results to measure...
Problem of Practice: School principals have a powerful effect on student achievement, school culture, and teacher turnover. According to the National Association of Secondary School Principals (2020), the average career of a school...
This evaluation assessed the Curving Cliffs Program (a pseudonym) and how well it reflected the framework for Effective Everyday Practice Supporting School Readiness for All Children in the domain of pre-literacy. The program was a...
Most proponents of flexible online learning, and critics alike, have little more than anecdotal evidence to support their claims about the benefits or drawbacks of flexibility (Houlden & Veletsianos, 2019; Veletsianos & Houlden, 2019)....
This study takes a look at the many effects having an incarcerated household member has on students during the school day. In order to gain a better understanding of these effects, twelve middle school teachers were interviewed about...
The increasing shift for higher education institutions to recognize career readiness as an institutional priority (Cruzvergara et al., 2018) is leading the need to identify ways to scale student engagement in at least one high-impact...
Intrusive Advising and Its Influence on First and Second Year Students: A Formative Evaluation of a Pilot Intrusive Advisng Initiative at a HBCU in the South
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have granted educational opportunities to students with a diverse aptitude of scholastic success. As a result, many of these students require additional academic support and assistance...
Understanding the Relationship among School Conditions, Job Satisfaction, and Teacher Intention to Stay in Charter Schools versus Traditional Public Schools
The purpose of this research is to understand the relationship among school conditions, teacher job satisfaction, intention to stay, and school type (charter versus traditional public schools) and to determine if school conditions, and...
Public-school choice programs have multiplied over the past decades. Previous researchers have analyzed the significant roles that parents play when deciding what they think is best for their children’s futures. Though research has shown...
For colleges and universities, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) presents a significant set of challenges in pursuit of campus safety. The namesake of this law followed the...
Constructing School Organization Through Metaphor: Making Sense of School Reform is an in-depth case study of a K-12 laboratory school affiliated with a major state university. The school was undergoing a series of significant changes, ...
This paper reports on the results of a study on the information and information sources that parents use when choosing a school under the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. Surveys were sent to parents of...
Many researchers will comment on how vital parent engagement and participation is for student achievement, but there is limited research on this field in the online realm (Borup et al., 2019). This dissertation examined parent engagement...
The primary goal of this dissertation is to theoretically propose an indicator that captures the effectiveness of Christian, both conservative Christian and Catholic, schooling on students' religious socialization in the academic domain...
This mixed-methods outcomes study investigated the number of in-school and out-of-school suspension reports before and after the implementation of a preventative-based discipline method, classroom circles. The study was guided by five...
The internationalization of academic institutions is a comprehensive approach to higher education that helps prepare students for professional work in the globally interconnected society of the twenty-first century. Previous research has...
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