generally believe and expect they should be and are in charge of their divorce process (rather than external legal system supports) will more likely experience a satisfactory divorce....

in an alternative high school build positive relationships with students who had previously experienced little success at school and often felt marginalized, and understanding how that relationship becomes the tool to allow students to experience success...

This qualitative study examined teacher leadership with the purpose of gaining knowledge and insight as well as adding to existing research about teacher leaders. Research was conducted in the form of surveys and interviews. ...

Newsletter published for University of Missouri faculty, staff and retirees by UM Office of Finance and Administration.

Adolescents sort their choices, discovering appeals, perils and payoffs.

, the study will examine how home-school parents and public school officials perceive the current state of regulation for home school students. This study was of mixed design. It was a quantitative study with a between subjects research design in which the ACT...

they influence conceptual change and perception of online problem solving and support in an online support group for practicing teachers. The purpose of this online professional development group is support and shared problem solving among practicing teachers...

high-poverty, high-performing public school in Missouri. A qualitative case-study model was implemented in this study, utilizing structured interviews of faculty and staff, parents of students, and the building leader. In addition, field notes...

Magazine of the College of Arts and Science. Subjects include Meet the Future, Whiz Kids, Zoo CEO, Murder and Mayhem, A Gift for Other People's Children, For All We Call Mizzou, A Life's Work for the Birds, Lively Class about Death, and Designer...

Women dominate public relations, making up 70 percent of its work force; however, women only fill 20 percent of the top leadership roles in major agencies. The issue of gender and leadership in public relations needs to shift toward those women who...

This is the Fall 2014 issue of the online journal "Archives".

This issue of Archives is vol. 7, no. 14, Summer 2011.

Privatization of traditional governmental functions has been extensively discussed in the United States for more than two decades, and states have chosen a wide range of programs for privatization and selected a variety ...

Approximately three years ago, MU began an exercise to define “strategic advantages” that could place the University within higher education in an extremely strong, competitive position. The idea was to identify MU's competitive advantages...

indicate a growing number of English language learners are enrolling in rural mid-west public schools. Many rural districts have very little experience or resources to meet the needs of this new diverse group of students. As a result teachers, especially...

Nationwide, pressures from outside influences such as politicians and educational policy makers are placing schools in precarious situations to make drastic changes in attendance policies to meet state accountability ...