Focus on instructional leadership for school principals continues to be prominent in educational research and reform, as accountability for student achievement increases. The relationship between instructional leadership and special education needs more representation in researc…
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This article examines the history of music and arts integration on childhood-age learning processes, with emphases on the cognitive and educational benefits of music. The researcher proposes the question, “What role does music play in a typical elementary classroom?” and investi…
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attainment of social justice through the teaching of sexual diversity education in Life Skills in Namibia. In many cases inclusivity is claimed to be applied but social justice is not served. Therefore, access and equity as provided…
Teacher efficacy has been studied by researchers since 1976. As researchers discovered the breadth of impact of teacher efficacy, the study of the topic increased, and researchers identified positive effects of teacher self-efficacy. Considering these influences on the education…
When mathematics language is defined narrowly, emergent bilinguals in classrooms could be systematically positioned as “learners of deficiency.” Recent scholarships in the field of learning sciences call for expanding the notion of mathematics language and scrutinising learning …
This study explored the impact of an urban school district's implementation of positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) and the subsequent effects on exclusionary discipline practices for students with disabilities. Exclusionary discipline practices are those that r…
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of school-level factors (physical resources, teachers' and schools' characteristics) and system-level factors (delegation of financial authority to public primary schools through Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs)) on two education…
This study was an action research study that examined how second grade bilingual children defined "the word and their world" (Freire & Macedo, 1987) during literature discussions; that world is structured by societal, school, and classroom constructions of race, culture and lang…
The purpose of this study is to introduce and explore the five-year generalist teaching cycle in Turkey from the elementary teachers' perspectives. The five-year generalist teaching cycle is the model in which a generalist teacher teaches the same group of students from 1st grad…
This action research project investigated fourth grade students¡¦ motivation to learn science using a digital science techbook. Participants in the study included 29 fourth grade students in two different classrooms. One classroom of 16 students used a digital science techbook t…
International community's commitment to achieve universal primary education triggered an increase in primary school enrollment in the developing world. Unfortunately, this increase in quantity (the number of students) led to the emergence of very big class sizes, multigrade, and…
This multi-case dissertation describes a qualitative inquiry into the experiences of Ethiopian immigrant parents and elementary school teachers with respect to their perspectives on their relationship for serving the educational needs of select Ethiopian children. Data obtained …
The present study examined students' difficulties in Modern Greek (reading fluency, comprehension, and dictation) related to their gender, and the socioeconomic status (SES) of their family. It was conducted with fourth grade students who attended three elementary public schools…
This dissertation describes an action research study that was designed to improve the communication channels among K-2 and specialized educators in a specific learning culture regarding the learning needs of students. The action research intervention plan included professional o…
Does closing public schools affect student outcomes of displaced students? This study examines the effect of closing schools on student academic achievement of displaced students. The approach used is difference-in-differences (DiD) by differencing before the regression, otherwi…
Education reform and improvement in K-12 public education continues to be a national priority. Research within the past half century has brought to the forefront the brutal truth that American public education needs improvement (Tyack & Cuban, 1995). The call for improvement inc…
The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of teachers' beliefs about the role of technology in their literacy instruction in the context of one elementary school with a technology-rich environment by investigating those beliefs about instructional technology a…
Negligence in the school setting is one legal issue that exists and, if case law is any reflection, is a pervasive problem in the educational system. Although negligence affects students, parents, teachers, and staff, the issue has the most impact on administrators’ legal respon…
This dissertation focuses on two areas: 1) the effect of labor market opportunities for women on household decision-making structures, domestic violence and children's education and 2) the impact of early childhood health shocks on later life health and human capital accumulatio…