Canada is a multicultural country, and its classrooms and teachers reflect this reality. However, many immigrant teachers struggle when adjusting to Canada’s cultural and pedagogical environment. This is especially true of Nigerian-trained teachers in Southwestern Ontario’s seco…
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Gender equity remains an evolving issue within the United States, in spite of the long history of women’s rights legislation, including the 1986 ruling by the Supreme Court that a work environment can be declared hostile or abusive because of discrimination based on sex. In the …
Given the historical trend in segregation across New York State that is profoundly and systematically rooted within the fabric of the state’s education system, it is no surprise the education system had been viewed as having two separate systems, for example, Title I versus non-…
In this study, I explored the problem of disproportionate representation of Filipino American female educational leaders. The purpose of this study was to explore how cultural backgrounds and identity development shaped Filipino women’s perceptions of acculturation. I collected …
In this paper, the researcher presents the findings of this original qualitative study on the human experience of the participants of The Purkal Project, change-makers in social innovation that provide free, world-class education and vocational development in an economically cha…
At what point will educational actors recognize the limitations and utilize the possibilities of policy implementation processes to actualize long overdue reform measures for students—particularly those from historically marginalized backgrounds? Previous literature has attended…
Systemic racism in America is not an event but rather a chronic and longitudinal historical phenomenon of oppression on people of color. Systemic racism is rooted in every facet of American society: economic, housing, health, employment, and education. Public schools remain fert…
Retention of Called teachers within the Lutheran school system is becoming increasingly more difficult with each passing year. With the retirement of baby-boomer teachers and the limited amount of Called workers already in the field or qualified new graduates, the purpose of thi…
Training tutors has historically been and continues to be one of the most important, as well as the most labor- and time-intensive needs that directors of writing centers are called to address. As technological advancements have been made, those needs have continued to grow into…
The notion that principals' actions create distinct working environments in schools and that these environments are associated with teacher satisfaction is well established in the United States (Johnson, Kraft & Papay, 2011; Moore, 2012; Grissom, 2011). As part of the process of…
The purpose of this study was focused on the various perceived impacts created by the expansion to a four-tier teacher performance evaluation rating model which would inform educational leaders in the State of Illinois. By studying the experiences of principals in two other stat…
Since the beginning of American education in the U.S., women often have been left out of educational prosperity. First, by excluding females from learning and working, and later by disregarding their capacity for educational leadership. The superintendency of American Schools is…
Educational policy changes in the U.S. have contributed to a shift in more students with special needs being educated in inclusive classrooms alongside their general education peers. While this technical change in location is a promising move toward a more socially just experien…
In the 21st century, a vast majority of students who enter college will not graduate. Traditionally marginalized, students of color are the largest population not being retained. This study was conducted to understand the life experiences of racially marginalized students who ha…
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine the impact and influence of school-wide missions on the operations, curricula, pedagogy, practices, and students of faith-based K-12 institutions. Three research questions were examined: (1) How does a faith-based mis…
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have shown significant growth in supporting their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students. However, a number of these institutions do not see a need to implement specialized resources and support for their LGBT…
People who serve in the dual role of superintendent and principal are very unique, typically serving as the lone leader in the smallest of rural school districts. Research on rural school district leadership tends to be lacking when compared to suburban or urban school leadershi…
Interviews were conducted with 15 faculty members across 3 Christian U.S. university campuses in seeking to identify the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of these individuals who had been identified by institutional leaders in the area of calling and vocation as prioritizing th…
The Catholic school exists to educate the mind and form the spirit so that discerning wisdom may better lead individuals to come to a life in God (Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, 1977). This dual nature of the Catholic school, spiritual and academic, requires now pre…