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Author:: Butler, Craig Brian
Title:: Examining High Performing Advocacy Groups in a Large Public School
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: School Climate
Mentor
Advocate
Advocacy Group
Variability
File:: Download Craig_Butler_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
Shannon Patrick, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member

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Author:: Kurelja, John Michael
Title:: Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Charter Schools: The Responses of Three Pennsylvania School Districts
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: Charter Schools
Case Studies
Competition
File:: Download Kurelja_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Emily Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member

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Author:: Cho, Je Ik
Title:: AN EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY STUDY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT” IN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: EFFICIENCY
PRODUCTIVITY
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS
File:: Download Dissertation_7.17.pdf
Committee Members:: William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member

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Author:: REITZ, MATTHEW
Title:: THE COST OF PROFICIENCY: ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF NCLB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: Ingredients Model
School Finance
Accountability
NCLB
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_-_Reitz_11-11-07.pdf
Committee Members:: William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily Boyd, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Hatten, Jr., Norman E.
Title:: Responses by Small, Rural, Low Income School Districts to Fiscal Pressures
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: fiscal pressure
school finance
revenues
expenditures
rural schools
small schools
File:: Download Norman_Hatten_Dissertation_11.11.11.pdf
Committee Members:: William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Brunner, Rhonda Aileen
Title:: The Perceived Impact of Professional Development on Attitudes and Beliefs and Actions and Behavior: A Comparative Case Study in an Urban District
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: professional development
literacy
File:: Download Rhonda_Brunner_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic Iii, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member

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Author:: Hughes, Teresa Kay Shehan
Title:: Program Persistence: Instructional Support Teams in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: prereferral intervention
Instructional Support Teams
program persistence
File:: Download Hughes-Final-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr William T, Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
David Lee, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic, Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Miller, Norman Jacob
Title:: The Perceptions of District Leaders of Cyber Charter Schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: cyber school
virtual learning
charter school
21st century learning
technology in the classrom
cyber charter school
school district leaders' perceptions on cyber charters
cyber charter case study
cyber charter challenge
File:: Download N_MillerFINALDISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:: Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Member
Dr Susan Faircloth, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Dr Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Moore, Erica Rae
Title:: A case study of rural elementary principals' conceptualization of the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: rural elementary principals' philosophies and beliefs
students with disabilities
least restrictive environment
File:: Download Erica_Moore-Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Susan Faircloth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Susan Faircloth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Special Member

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Author:: Stout, Wilbur L
Title:: School Level Factors Associated With Pennsylvania High Schools That Exceed PVAAS Growth Projections In Reading
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: PVAAS
Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment
Value-Added
Reading Growth
File:: Download W_Stout_Final_Dissertaton_.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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