Browsing Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations (ELPF) Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2013 Spring"
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The effects of a culturally responsive professional development series on the attitudes and beliefs of teachers of diverse students in a Missouri suburban school district
(2013)Contrary to what supporters of the “No Child Left Behind” Act (P.L. 107-110, 2001) would have us believe about the effects of this legislation, the academic achievement gap between students of color and White students, and ... -
The impact of spending cuts on Missouri student achievement
(2013)Since the Coleman Report in 1966, researchers have been analyzing educational resource inputs with respect to district, school, and student level outputs. There has been an increase in federal and state control of local ... -
Local decision making: the relationship between federal educational legislation and educational practices
(2013)The purpose of this heuristic, social constructivist, phenomenological study was to understand the perceptions of teachers, school administrators and state legislators on the relationship between federal legislation, ...