1968 haben sich Teile der Politikwissenschaft radikal-reformerisch engagiert. Gestützt auf biographische Erfahrungen sucht der Autor den Grundgedanken dieser Revolte in einem Verständnis von Demokratie, das sich auf die niemals endende Aufgabe der Herstellung demokratischerer Ve…
How did a country birthed in individual liberty and voluntary associations create just the opposite in its inflexible, layered, government-controlled public education system? Here, using public choice theory, I explain how near-sighted and unrelated reforms, often based in priva…
Jesuit universities provide a means of preparing students to advocate for social justice and the common good through an educational method known as Ignatian pedagogy. Rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ignatian pedagogy is a teaching practice rich in co…
This dissertation examines negative perceptions that cause negative outcomes of American K-12 public schools through a literary and cultural analysis that identifies conflicting behaviors and traditions between American cultural history and the American institution for K-12 publ…
Cosmopolitanism is a normative philosophy that suggests a global community of responsibility. This study further develops cosmopolitanism in conflict-related education settings through a historical examination of the United States' imperial expansion into the Philippines, the su…
Despite extensive research documenting the negative outcomes of teaching students in segregated settings, research and national statistics have continued to demonstrate the persistent segregated placement rates for students with disabilities who require extensive support needs (…
Students from low socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds often have extenuating circumstances that impede their academic achievement. While many of the factors affecting these students have been concentrated in urban cities, in recent decades, the nation's suburbs have become home to m…
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to ascertain how educational leaders create successful learning spaces for English learners (ELs) based on a principal and teachers’ perceptions about transformative leadership at their campus. The campus research site, a public…
This dissertation employs the use of primary research, oral history, and narrative and auto-ethnography of my own experiences as a hybrid educator across both systems, and the extant gaps in educational technology, or ed tech, implementation across two of the largest urban publi…
Arizona’s K-12 education system touts expansive choice options for its families using a statewide open enrollment policy, numerous charter school options, and state-sponsored private school funding. Meanwhile, Arizona continues to rank low in public education when compared to ot…
School choice is a contentious issue in the United States. Based on a free market system where competition drives performance, supporters believe that underperforming schools should be forced to close if they are unable to keep up with the higher performing districts. However, s…
This dissertation analyzes practitioner implementation of values-laden policy in the organizational setting. Its primary focus is on understanding the processes of learning and change that take place when practitioners’ deeply held beliefs come into conflict with values-laden po…
The underrepresentation of minority male teachers in the K-12 education system is a serious concern within the education sector. With the rising number of minority students, the low retention rate among minority male teachers has created concern among scholars. This research exp…
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a consumer-protection law solely applicable to higher education institutions participating in student financial aid programs. This study addressed the perceived lack of sustainable instituti…
Charitable giving has been a critical resource for higher education dating back to the Academy of Socrates and Plato. It continued through the establishment of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale, and in 2020, American higher education institutions received 49.6 billion of priv…
The imagination of the Chinese nation is a process continuing up to the present. As the Ethnic Classification Project was significant in the initial construction of the Chinese nation, education played an essential role in the latter part of the story. This paper focuses on the …
Although decades of quantitative research has demonstrated the over-representation of Black students (ORB) in special education (SPED), some recent quantitative researchers created controversy in the field by declaring that Black students were under-represented in SPED. Since th…