Browsing Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Department "Educational Leadership, Policy, and Foundations (UMKC)"
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A 100-Year Historical Study of East High School in Kansas City, Missouri
(2023)East High School was opened in 1926 to over nine hundred students from the surrounding neighborhoods. At that time, East High School was an all-White suburban school in comparison to its identity today as the most diverse ... -
A Narrative Case Study Exploring The Preparation Experiences of Novice Teachers In Urban Elementary Schools
(2023)Literature has shown that qualified, effective, and confident teachers are the number one predictor of student success inside the classroom. Students in urban schools experience a greater number of inexperienced or qualified ... -
An Educational History of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Kansas City
(2023)This is an educational historiography of immigrant and refugee children who resettled with their families in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. The dissertation concludes with a ... -
El Centro, Inc.: An Historical Research Study
(2022)This historical research study examined the history of El Centro, Inc. in Wyandotte County, Kansas, from its origins in 1972 until 2019. The social, political, legal, and economic contexts surrounding the organization’s ... -
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Students who have Overcome Academic Probation
(2023)Students placed on academic probation are at a greater risk of not completing a four-year degree in higher education. This qualitative study applied Schlossberg’s Adult Transition Theory to understand the experience of ... -
Turkic Educators and Students Breaking Their Silence: An Oral History of a Tangled Web of Political Power
(2023)The social genocide of the Hizmet people by the Erdoğan regime has left an indelible mark on Turkic educators and students worldwide. The practice of genocide as a form of political control is steeped in the history of the ...