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Start Over Graduate Program Educational Leadership Degree PHD Year 2007

1. Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Taylor, Catherine Freiday
Title:
Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools
File:
Download CFTaylor-Dissertation-ThesisOffice.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

2. Why Are African American Parents Choosing Charter Schools: New Evidence from North Carolina

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Open Access
Author:
Crary, Foy Matthews
Title:
Why Are African American Parents Choosing Charter Schools: New Evidence from North Carolina
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
charter schools
choice in education
minority choice
African American choice in education
File:
Download FoyCrary.pdf
Committee Members:
Emily Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
George Farkas, Committee Member

3. Public Employment-Free Speech Jurisprudence: Proposal of a New Constitutional Test for Disciplined Whistleblowing Teachers.

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Open Access
Author:
Oluwole, Joseph
Title:
Public Employment-Free Speech Jurisprudence: Proposal of a New Constitutional Test for Disciplined Whistleblowing Teachers.
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
public schools; public employment; whistleblowing;
File:
Download Joseph_Oluwole.pdf
Committee Members:
Preston C Green, Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic, Committee Member
Daniel Robert Cahoy, Committee Member

4. EDUCATION VOUCHER PROPOSALS: A COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT LEGISLATION IN COLORADO AND PENNSYLVANIA

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Open Access
Author:
Reese, Jillian P
Title:
EDUCATION VOUCHER PROPOSALS: A COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT LEGISLATION IN COLORADO AND PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
school choice
vouchers
voucher proposals
policy analysis
Kingdon
policy agenda setting
File:
Download JillianReese_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr William L Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Dr John W Tippeconnic, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

5. The Relationship of Personal Characteristics of Educational Leaders On Their Interpretation of Policy And Decision Making Regarding Zero Tolerance Weapons Violations In K-12 Environments

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Open Access
Author:
Moore, Laura Josie
Title:
The Relationship of Personal Characteristics of Educational Leaders On Their Interpretation of Policy And Decision Making Regarding Zero Tolerance Weapons Violations In K-12 Environments
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
Educational Leaders
Zero Tolerance Policy
Locus of Control
Trait Anxiety
Decision Making
File:
Download LauraMoore.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

7. Boarding Schools and Capital Benefits: A Comparative Analysis of Student Experience in North American and South African Schools

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Open Access
Author:
Bass, Lisa Renee
Title:
Boarding Schools and Capital Benefits: A Comparative Analysis of Student Experience in North American and South African Schools
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
bourdieu's capitals
boarding schools
social capital
cultural
education capital
at risk students
alternative education
File:
Download Lisa_Bass_Thesis_1_.pdf
Committee Members:
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Faircloth, Ph D, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

8. How The No Child Left Behind Act Impacted Bilingual Education In A Rural School With Navajo Children

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Open Access
Author:
Haskan, Melanie Lee
Title:
How The No Child Left Behind Act Impacted Bilingual Education In A Rural School With Navajo Children
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
Bilingual Education
No Child Left Behind Act
Navajo children
File:
Download HaskanThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Tippeconnic, Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member

9. A Legal Analysis of the Legitimate Pedagogical Interest of Teaching Alternatives to Evolution in Public Schools

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Open Access
Author:
Potter, Robert Lance
Title:
A Legal Analysis of the Legitimate Pedagogical Interest of Teaching Alternatives to Evolution in Public Schools
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership
Keywords:
evolution
intelligent design
creationism
teaching science
public school
Establishment Clause
freedom of speech
File:
Download R_L_Potter.pdf
Committee Members:
Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member