One of the great failures, so far, of the United States experiment with democracy is the failure to ensure that every child receives an equitable educational experience. This study was conducted to contribute both to scholarship and to educational practices aimed at correcting y…
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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the study abroad experiences of minoritized first-generation, low-income students who are largely absent in literature, and whose lives are shaped by historical, institutional, systematic, and societal dynamics that require unpackin…
Truancy, the chronic intentional missing of school by a school-age child or adolescent without a legitimate excuse, has been an issue since the beginning of mandatory and compulsory education in the 1800s (Gleich-Bope, 2014; Maynard et al., 2017; Mazerolle, Antrobus, Bennett, & …
There is considerable literature documenting the need to diversify leadership in higher education. When data tracking diversity is reported, representation is most often given in binary terms such as people of color versus White population. Although diversity has recently increa…
The U.S.-led invasion in 2003 has created opportunities for Iraq to reconnect with the international academic community, adopt some internationalization activities and establish American-style universities. Drawing on policy borrowing and educational transfer theory, this study …
The purpose of this study was to: (1) describe the perceptions of County Office of Education Court and Community School administrators on the accuracy of the CaliforniaDashboard/Dashboard Alternative School Status; (2) describe the perceptions of County Office of Education Court…
The research study was conducted to analyze effect of an attendance support team in urban middle schools. The study utilized a six-month time window using students in three middle schools that accumulated five unexcused absences. The attendance support team was comprised of a sc…
In this dissertation I defend the thesis that consumer education should be an essential component of public education on the basis of civic, economic, and environmental ethical frameworks. The first task of the dissertation is to define what is meant by the concept of consumer e…
This thesis explores the (dis)encounters between youths’ lived experiences and understandings of conflict and violence and the curricular intentions and practices in their schools. Participating youth attend two schools in marginalized urban areas of Colombia that are differentl…
Higher education has become connected to the political debate around independence in Scotland, playing a significant role in both regular elections for the Scottish Parliament and in the debate around the 2014 Independence Referendum. Using the nationalism-social policy nexus as…
Educators have discussed multiculturalism and its iterations such as inclusion and cultural competency for several decades, yet Black and Brown students still have worse educational outcomes than white students and those from some Asian populations. These include lower graduatio…
The team identified a problem of practice in education concerning student discipline. The problem was school leaders are following the local Board of Education adopted discipline policy which does not align with currently recommended discipline methods or research-based best pra…
The team identified a problem of practice in education concerning student discipline. The problem was school leaders are following the local Board of Education adopted discipline policy which does not align with currently recommended discipline methods or research-based best pra…
The team identified a problem of practice in education concerning student discipline. The problem was school leaders are following the local Board of Education adopted discipline policy which does not align with currently recommended discipline methods or research-based best pra…
University administrators, boards of trustees, and state and federal legislators spend significant time and effort focused on retention and graduation rates at American colleges and universities. The California State University (CSU) is no exception with its systemwide focus on …
This dissertation explores how equal opportunities for women in higher education, an improbable concept in the 1950s, became a reality in the 1970s with the passage of Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. Unlike other historical accounts of Title IX which indicate it devel…
An institution of higher education holds certain beliefs about the personal growth of students while they are enrolled. The behavior prohibited within the student misconduct policies reflect the norms within the larger society as well as the expectations specific to the learning…
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between intra-district per-pupil expenditures in five middle schools in within the same school division using an equity audit. Broadly, the distribution of resources was examined. Specifically, how intradistrict per-pupil…
This historical case study examined inequity by design of the Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Florida, between 1954 and 1964. Duval County’s response to the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 highlighted the historical influence of White su…