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Predicting Juvenile Delinquency in Texas Public Schools: Response to a Texas Legislator's Challenge
(2019-12-03)
The purpose of this study is to engage in a systematic inquiry of juvenile delinquency in Texas public schools and respond to the statement made by a member of the Texas Legislature who challenged public school officials ...
High School Principal Transformational Leadership Behaviors And Teacher Extra Effort During Educational Reform: The Mediating Role Of Teacher Agency Beliefs
(Education, 2013-10-23)
Transformational leadership has been shown to affect organizational commitment, capacity development, and performance. However, these relationships have received very little attention in schools, especially high schools ...
Exploring Principals' Perceptions Of Characteristics, Practices, And Programs That Influence College Readiness For Low Socioeconomic Students In Smaller Texas High Schools: A Delphi Study
(Education, 2013-10-23)
The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics, practices, programs, and other factors of smaller Texas high schools that are successful at producing college-ready low-SES graduates. The analysis of the data ...
Teacher Self-efficacy In A Project-based Learning (PBL) Classroom
(Education, 2014-09-17)
Preparing students, in the K-12 pipeline and in higher education institutions, will require new skills, soft skills, to ensure success in a 21st century workforce (Wagner, 2008). Soft skills, defined as being able to ...
Teachers' Orientation To Teaching And Their Perceived Readiness For 21st Century Learners
(Education, 2013-03-20)
In a 21st century world where students will need mastery of both core subjects and applied skills, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the congruence of teachers' orientations to education and the 21st ...
Transformational Leaders Wanted: Dallas Independent School District's Aspiring Principals Program
(Education, 2013-03-20)
The purpose of this research was to explore and describe the development, implementation, andimpact of the Dallas Independent School District's (ISD) Aspiring Principals Program. This study of principal preparation has ...
An Analysis Of The Professional Self-esteem Of Texas Teacher Educators
(Education, 2014-03-12)
Increased pressures from a multitude of sources have directly impacted all educational institutions. A predicted shortage of qualified teachers over the next decade means it is crucial that new teachers remain in the ...
A Qualitative Analysis Of Mexican-immigrant Mothers' Involvement In A High-performing Low-income Elementary School
(Education, 2014-03-12)
This qualitative study explores how low-income first- and second-generation Mexican-immigrant mothers, the largest sub-group of the Latino population, support the academic success of their children who are in a low-income ...
Teacher Attitudes And Perceptions Of The Influence Of Professional Development On Minority Student Achievement In Reading
(Education, 2014-03-12)
This qualitative study is written from a phenomenological standpoint using Van Manen's (1990 ) hermeneutic lived experiences of the participants. Fourth grade teachers from a large urban school district in the southwestern ...
Capturing the Impact of Career and Technical Education Participation on Graduation Likelihood
(2017-05-03)
Graduation rate is a common measure of public school system productivity. Previous literature indicates some of the characteristics known to be associated with disparities in graduation rates include associations of race ...