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Full-Text Articles in Education
From Exclusion To Restoration: Implementation Successes And Barriers, Chris White
From Exclusion To Restoration: Implementation Successes And Barriers, Chris White
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Exclusionary suspensions have been used extensively to handle student discipline and promote a perception of a safer environment in schools. However, an increasing number of school administrators have begun seeking alternative methods, such as restorative practices, in an effort to change the approach towards handling misbehaviors, conflict, and damaged relationships. This study occurred in a Grade 9 campus in northern Texas. The goal of the researcher was to better understand the challenges and successes of implementing restorative practices at the school during the 2018–2019 school year from multiple perspectives. Utilizing the principles of a program evaluation approach—deliberatively democratic evaluation—the researcher …
Organizational Conditions That Promote And Impede Research Engagement: The Principal’S Perspective, Renee Treat
Organizational Conditions That Promote And Impede Research Engagement: The Principal’S Perspective, Renee Treat
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The researcher explored perceptions of the research-practice gap in education, the process through which central actors make decisions related to teacher retention and development, and the organizational conditions that promote and impede research-engagement in this qualitative study. The researcher limited the study to the role of the campus principal and used purposive sampling to select participants from 3 diverse districts in the state of Texas. Because there may be discrepancies between leaders’ perceptions and behaviors, the researcher conducted interview sessions with principals and principal supervisors and conducted observation sessions in principals’ natural work environments. The study results showed that good …
Principal Retention: Why Leaders Stay, Carrie Parker
Principal Retention: Why Leaders Stay, Carrie Parker
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This study addressed the problem of principal retention. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influenced elementary principals to remain in the position and the factors that influenced incumbent principals to leave the elementary principalship. This qualitative case study used data from one-on-one interviews, focus group discussions, and student demographic data from the campuses represented to determine the factors that best influence retention. The sample population was 10 principals from 3 districts in Central Texas; 6 elementary school principals that continued to serve for 5 or more years and 4 incumbent principals that left the elementary …
Culturally Responsive Training For Secondary English Language Teachers, Tina Mccorkle
Culturally Responsive Training For Secondary English Language Teachers, Tina Mccorkle
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In this quantitative study, I investigated the effectiveness of a training intervention program to positively impact secondary teacher attitudes and perceptions of culturally responsive teaching (CRT). The study is relevant in Alvin Independent School District given the demographic shift resulting in an increase in Hispanic students and students learning English as a second language. The purpose of the study was to investigate teacher attitudes and perceptions of CRT to determine if there was a statistically significant difference according to pre- and post-survey data in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the CRT program intervention. The CRT research from Ladson-Billings (1992) …
Theophilus Brown Larimore Papers, 1907-1935, Theophilus Brown Larimore
Theophilus Brown Larimore Papers, 1907-1935, Theophilus Brown Larimore
Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids
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Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records, 1924-1961, Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives
Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records, 1924-1961, Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives
Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids
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