During the last two decades, there has been an increase in the implementation of school-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS). Schools implement this multi-tiered system of support to organize the school environment by creating improved tools and procedures f…
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Academic placement in high school classes is an important decision that can have long-term effects on student success. Research indicates that students most often remain in high or low tracks year after year. However, the precision of placements relative to real achievement disp…
In this study I use Foucauldian theory to illuminate and analyze the use of surveillance, observation, hierarchical observation, normalizing judgment, and examination by federal and state governments’ education departments in Illinois’ ESSA policy. I conduct a discourse analysis…
The relationship between families and schools, and the importance of parents and families to a child’s academic success is well documented internationally. However, the development of frameworks, theories, policies, and programs has not resulted in an increase in parent or famil…
The education system of the western world is a tool of hegemony used to command replication of an ontology rooted in oppression. Teachers interested in combating oppression must work toward decolonizing their praxis, a nuanced task accomplished with the help of critical inquiry …
While every public school in the United States has to accommodate the bathroom needs of those who work and learn there, the bathroom spaces themselves are understudied in education research. Simultaneously, school bathrooms occupy a distinct place in the social consciousness. Ne…
Social policies that criminalize students can create a school environment that pushes immigrant students out of school and into immigration enforcement agencies' crosshairs. The school-to-prison pipeline is a well-documented phenomenon rooted in institutional racism and affects …
College students report high rates of mental health problems. Even as help-seeking behaviors have increased over the years and college mental health services report increased utilization, untreated mental disorders are prevalent among college students. The unmet mental health ne…
The purpose of this study is to discover how flattening the educational hierarchy by creating career ladders for teachers as teacher leaders can help elevate teachers to a professional status and elevate their professional self-perceptions. A historical look at education yields …
This dissertation sought to answer questions about the sensemaking processes of teacher leaders in a middle school that was part of a state-wide improvement process called the Ohio Improvement Process ( OIP). The context of the research was a historically under-performing school…
This research investigates how several school districts are working to transform school lunch programming by offering plant-based or plant-forward lunch options as one alternative to the current food regime. My research illuminates the environmental, nutritional, and economic be…
Obesity is a million-dollar health problem in the United States today. Over 1.5 billion Americans have been diagnosed with obesity. Over 43 million children have been diagnosed with childhood obesity. Being overweight or obese was not always a problem in the US, in the 17-1800's…
The manner and method used to evaluate teachers has evolved over time. The methods employed often reflect the historical events and politics regarding education. Effective teachers versus a poor performing teacher can have implications on students’ lifetime earnings (Hanushek, 2…
The present study assessed teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness and equitability of, and policy alternatives to, zero tolerance policies, as well as how teachers perceived the consideration of higher levels of governance to implement their recommendations regarding policy …
The education field has long wrestled with how to best handle students who behave badly. Specifically, students who behave in an unsafe manner towards other students present a special conundrum and the traditional response has been to suspend them (Adams, 2000; Black, 2016; Cerr…
Globalization affects our careers and education, and now more than ever interacting effectively with people from other cultures is of the utmost importance. In today’s classroom, cultivating intercultural sensitivity has become a necessity due to the pervasiveness of intercultur…
Las pruebas estandarizadas de selección múltiple han jugado un rol importante en la admisión universitaria de muchos países del mundo. Una práctica común de este tipo de pruebas es la regla de penalizar las respuestas incorrectas con el fin de evitar que quienes rindan el test r…
This historic case study studied the development of the Boston Opportunity Agenda (BOA), a public-private educational partnership, from 2007–2019. Despite significant prominence, influence, and investment from the partners involved, public-private educational partnerships in Bos…
La tesis aborda al movimiento CMHNTM, sistematizando información acerca de sus ejes de acción, los paradigmas que sostienen sus reivindicaciones, las características de sus referentes y de las personas que conforman el grupo, la dinámica interna, como así también acerca de sus a…