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Reversing underachievement among gifted secondary students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The lack of integration between the unique academic needs of gifted students and their public school experiences continues to be a source of concern among students, parents, teachers, and administrators nationwide. This ...
Restructuring for collaboration: a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Isolation can deprive teachers of meaningful learning opportunities and feedback (Fullan & Hargreaves, 1996; Lieberman, 2008; Putnam & Borko, 2000; Schmoker, 2006). My qualitative case study aimed to explore and interpret ...
Developing agents of change : a case study on preservice teacher leaders' conceptualizations of social justice teacher leadership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to investigate how a set of preservice teachers who have been identified as leaders in their teacher education programs conceptualize social justice teacher leadership. A collective, qualitative ...
An examination of feedback given to teachers in schools within the network for Educator Effectiveness system in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The current study examined the frequency of face-to-face feedback, type of feedback, and content of feedback given in schools participating in the Network for Educator Effectiveness (NEE) system in Missouri. The primary ...
Grassroots community organizing in the wake of a public school closure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Urban school districts across the country are responding to poor performance, declining enrollments, and budget shortfalls by closing public schools ...
Black families as embodied policy : politics of dignity transforming colonized policy procedures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Family involvement in U.S. public schools continues to value functional strategies (e.g., homework help, financial contribution, time spent in the classroom) as supports for the school, denying differentiated involvement ...
Harnessing policy windows : using lessons from the post 9 11 GI Bill passage to garner congressional support for US military requirements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The goal of this dissertation is to examine how stakeholders adjusted their narrative strategies to develop support for transferability of veterans' educational benefits to their spouses and dependent children, which was ...
Understanding teacher perspectives about instructional technology from an ecology of resources frameworkUnderstanding teacher perspectives about instructional technology from an ecology of resources framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Technology spending for our K-12 schools continues to increase as schools transition from an emphasis on print resources towards an increasing amount of digital resources. Despite the permeation of technology in education, ...