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Balanced Calendar versus Traditional Calendar: Measuring the Difference in Reading Academic Achievement among Kindergarten through Third-Grade Students Who Have Been Identified as Reading Below or Well-Below Grade Level
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
School accountability is increasing with federal mandates. As public schools investigate
strategies to raise students’ achievement scores and graduation rates, some have implemented a
modified school calendar. Schools ...
The Experiences of Students Who Do Not Graduate with their Cohort
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
The purpose of this descriptive collective case study was to understand the stories of
students who did not graduate with their cohort. The participants represented two
comprehensive high schools in a large suburban ...
Alternatively certified and traditionally certified secondary school mathematics teachers' student success on the Missouri Assessment Program
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-14)
Since the 1980s, alternative certification programs, with the goals of improving the
quality and quantity of teachers, have been preparing teachers through streamlined
coursework tailored to the individual teachers' ...
Reciprocal exchange: understanding the community partner perspective in higher education service-learning
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-27)
This study investigates service-learning from the community partners' perspective,
especially in terms of reciprocity. As a central construct in the theory of service-learning,
reciprocity for community partners is ...
Women's aspirations for the high school principalship: a heuristic phenomenological inquiry
(2019)
In the United States the teaching profession is primarily comprised of female teachers. However, men continually hold a disproportionality large percentage of the high school principalships. This qualitative study explores ...
What Makes Us Human? A Grounded Theory Study Examining Educators’ Emotional Evolution in the Classroom
(2022)
-talk, and educational leadership. The central research question was: What theories can be generated regarding the ways in which educators approach, process, and practice emotions in the classroom? My hope was to develop new theories around teachers’ use of emotions...