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The Every Student Succeeds Act (Essa): What It Means For Educators Of Students At Risk, Cordelia D. Zinskie, Dan W. Rea

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

This editorial perspective examines some ways that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which becomes operational in the 2017–2018 school year, may enhance the capacity of educators to help students and schools at risk of underperforming. It also addresses some of the challenges that educators will face under ESSA in ensuring success for all students. We highlight aspects of ESSA that may be of most interest to our readers including the broadened definition of academic success, expansion of subgroups for data reporting, emphasis on evidence-based research and practice, focus on continuous improvement, and need for increased educator understanding of research …

Empowering Impoverished Youth Through Autonomous Community Outreach Strategies To Improve Learning And Academic Success, Michael S. Mucedola

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

Millions of students in the U.S. continue to live in varying degrees of poverty and the impact it has on learning and academic achievement cannot be understated. These students have specific learning needs as well as emotional and social challenges, and these must be accounted for by educators. Bridging the school system with the surrounding community through outreach strategies for students living in poverty has the potential to not only improve academic success, but the community in which they reside. The aim of this article was to examine the literature to ascertain specific needs of students living in poverty, identify …

Preparing Latino Students For Life After High School: The Important Role Of School Counselors And School Psychologists, Desiree Vega, Erik M. Hines, Renae D. Mayes, Paul C. Harris

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

Latinos represent a significant percentage of the U.S. population; yet, they continue to experience substantial educational challenges in society. The purpose of this paper is to explore the barriers Latino students face in pursuit of educational opportunity and the important role school counselors and school psychologists can play in preparing them for life after high school, whether it be participation in the workforce or attendance at a postsecondary institution. Policy recommendations are provided for educators and policymakers at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Moreover, practice recommendations are offered for school counselors and school psychologists at the secondary level.

Transforming Educashun To Educasun: Replacing Iron Bars With Sunbeams, Rajni Shankar-Brown

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

Rajni Shankar-Brown, an internationally recognized scholar in the areas of poverty and homelessness, diversity and inclusion, and social justice education, is featured in our Art Corner. She is an associate professor and the Jessie Ball DuPont chair of social justice education at Stetson University. Through her research, scholarship and service, Shankar-Brown is committed to transforming education and positively impacting the lives of marginalized students, particularly children experiencing poverty and homelessness in the United States. She is also an accomplished multi-media artist, and, in this issue, she shares her spoken word poem that depicts her concern and anguish regarding schooling …

Interview With Bettina Love: Creating Spaces That Matter, Meca Williams-Johnson

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

This is an interview with Dr. Bettina Love on her work with the Kindezi Schools, a small, high-performing charter group in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Love’s thought provoking responses provide insight into the dynamics that make Kindezi Schools successful at reaching their students. Additionally, she shares concerns about the dilemma of Opportunity School Districts (OSD) and the schism OSD’s create in minority communities. Lastly, she shares how Kindezi became an opportunity school for Atlanta youth. This interview will be beneficial for parents, principals, teachers, and stakeholders who are interested in understanding how and why creating spaces to nurture student learning matters.

Cyberbullying And Self-Perceptions Of Students Associated With Their Academic Performance, Maham Muzamil, Gulzar H. Shah

Department of Health Policy and Community Health Faculty Publications

The aim of this study is to explore the factors influencing students’ academic achievements in secondary school level (grades 09 and 10). Those factors include students’ self-reported psychological and issues (e.g. being bullied through social media) as well as socioeconomic status. Study participants included610 students at senior secondary level (237 male and 363 female) randomly selected from ten different government schools. The schools were randomly selected from the lists provided by their respective Education District Officer (EDO). The data were collected by researchers with the help of teachers. Participants’ were offered as incentives a drawing for a gift certificate. Bivariate …

Possibilities And Challenges Of Teaching Integrated Math And Social Studies For Social Justice: Two Teacher Educators' Collaborative Self-Study, Paula P. Guerra, Sohyun An

Georgia Educational Researcher

In this paper, we—one mathematics teacher educator and one social studies teacher educator—describe a project where we collaborated to model teaching integrated mathematics and social studies for social justice in our methods courses. We encountered varied challenges in our efforts to prepare teacher candidates for social-justice-oriented lessons. These challenges included teacher candidates’ perception of authority/credibility of their professors who were foreign females from the “Third World”, teacher candidates’ deficit views on minoritized students, and the limited time and resources for teacher collaboration in teacher education. Despite these challenges, we believe this kind of project is necessary to move forward in …

Supporting Metacognitive Awareness And Strategy Use Through Digital Photography In A Rural Title I School, Antonio P. Gutierrez De Blume, Mete Akcaoglu, Wendy L. Chambers

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

The Photography and Media Literacy Project (PMLP) was an after-school program designed to teach fourth and fifth grade children about the science and art of photography in a Title I school in rural southeast Georgia. Through the completion of a problem-based applied project, we endeavored to further enhance and develop students’ media literacy, critical thinking, and metacognitive skills. The project involved having students consider some aspect of their environment (i.e., a problem from the natural, physical, school or social environment) and develop a media presentation about the topic (e.g., a movie), which included images that they took (with iPods that …

Crisis Events In K-12 Online Learning: Educator Perceptions And Preparedness, Dawn Tysinger, Jeffrey A. Tysinger, Terry D. Diamanduros

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

Although K–12 online learning institutions may be protected from certain school safety concerns (i.e., physical violence on a student or a teacher), physical distance does not offer protection from all potential crises that may impact individual students or the online school environment. The current survey research explored educators’ perceptions of and preparedness for the following crisis frequencies in the online learning environment: suspected child/adolescent neglect, suspected child/adolescent abuse, suspected student suicidal ideation, suspected student homicidal ideation, unexpected death of a student, unexpected death of a teacher, emotional aftermath of natural disasters, and emotional aftermath of terrorist incidents. Across the sample, …

School Counselor Use Of Narrative Therapy To Support Students Of Color Transitioning From An Alternative School Setting, Natoya Hill Haskins, Leonissa Johnson, Lee E. Grimes, Autumn Joy Moore, Candice Norris-Brown

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal

The authors propose a collaborative application of narrative therapy utilizing the school counselor, teachers, and parents to support students of color transitioning from an alternative school setting. Research indicates that students of color transitioning from alternative settings often face stigma and marginalization by teachers and peers. The authors contend that school counselors can use this collaborative narrative approach to support students to create new narratives within a supportive environment. Included is an illustration demonstrating the application of the collaborative narrative therapy process.

Promoting Student Buy-In: Using Writing To Develop Mathematical Understanding, Barbara King, Denise Raposo, Mercedes Gimenez

Georgia Educational Researcher

Writing in mathematics provides students with the opportunity to think critically about and reflect on their experiences while solving problems. While many studies have documented the benefit of writing in math, it is not clear which instructional methods should be used to help students learn how to use writing to support learning. In this study, we take a constructivist approach to building students understanding of effective writing by developing a series of active, student-centered lessons. The findings indicate that students wrote more effectively after the instructional sequence; in particular, they were better able to explain their reasoning and to make …

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African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Men's Basketball Races Past Point, 108-80, On Friday, Armstrong State University Collections, Armstrong Athletics, Armstrong Men's Basketball Archives, Armstrong Men's Basketball News Archives

Armstrong Men's Basketball News Archives

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Minimization And Eulerian Formulation Of Differential Geometry Based Nonpolar Multiscale Solvation Models, Zhan Chen

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

In this work, the existence of a global minimizer for the previous Lagrangian formulation of nonpolar solvation model proposed in [1] has been proved. One of the proofs involves a construction of a phase field model that converges to the Lagrangian formulation. Moreover, an Eulerian formulation of nonpolar solvation model is proposed and implemented under a similar parameterization scheme to that in [1]. By doing so, the connection, similarity and difference between the Eulerian formulation and its Lagrangian counterpart can be analyzed. It turns out that both of them have a great potential in solvation prediction for nonpolar molecules, while …

Troy Downs Armstrong State Women's Basketball, 118-72, In Exhibition Thursday, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Women's Basketball News Archives

Troy Downs Armstrong State Women's Basketball, 118-72, In Exhibition Thursday. The Troy University women's basketball team defeated visiting Armstrong State University, 118-72, in an exhibition contest on Thursday evening in Troy, Ala.

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African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Jimmie Lee Smith

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Daniel Lamar Joseph

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Health Policy & Management News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Management Department News (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern Examines Urgent Challenges for Local Public Health Informatics

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health News (2011-2023)

• Georgia Southern Examines urgent Challenges for Local Public Health Informatics
• Dr.Karl E. Peace Receives Notable Book Reviews

Biostatistics News, Georgia Southern University

Biostatistics News (2011-2018)

• Dr. Karl E. Peace Receives Notable Book Reviews

Electrical & Computer Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

Electrical & Computer Engineering News (2014-2023)

• Lim receives Biomedical Seed Grant with Augusta University to Improve Sleep Quality Monitoring for Patients with Parkinson's Disease

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education News (2011-2023)

• College of Education faculty invited to educational technology summit at the White House

Library Department Head Meeting Essence Notes, Alva Britt

GS Libraries Department Heads Meetings Essence Notes

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Gulf South Summit Program [2016], Gulf-South Summit

Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning 2016

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December 2016 Digital Commons Readership Snapshot, Digital Commons Dashboard

Digital Commons Readership Snapshots

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Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom

• University receives grant for more than $8,500 through Governor's office of Highway Safety
• WebMAcc ranked among best for an Online Masters in Accounting

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater News (2008-2021)

• Flatbed Picture Planes opens at the Contemporary Gallery in January
• Lee Renninger’s ceramics show ‘Botanica’ opens at the University Gallery in January

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts and Humanities News (2012-2023)

• Flatbed Picture Planes opens at the Center for Art & Theatre in January

My News

My News (2014-2020)

• College of Education awards use of 3D printer to Bulloch County elementary school
• His True Blue spirit is out of this world
• Third time’s the charm: Triple Eagle earns doctorate in psychology
• Nikki Giovanni is 2017 MLK Celebration speaker at Georgia Southern
• Georgia Southern Athletics announces Hoops Holiday Getaway