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Author:

Beabout, Brian Robert

Title:

Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina New Orleans

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

educational leadership
school reform
urban education
chaos theory

File:

Download Brian_Beabout_diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member

Author:

Remley, Christine M.

Title:

Using the Fullan Leadership Model to Determine the Meaning of Leadership for Four Teacher Leaders

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

school reform
standards-based
teacher leadership
K-12
professional development

File:

Download cmr2.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jill L Lane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Brzycki, Henry G

Title:

Teacher Beliefs and Practices That Impart Self System and Positive Psychology Attributes

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

self in teaching and learning
self theory
positive psychology
cognitive psychology
teacher effectiveness
teacher beliefs
Adolescent Development
school reform
purpose of schooling

File:

Download Dissertation.Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Frederick Martin Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Mishook, Jacob Joseph

Title:

How do schools and teachers mediate the influence of state testing policies on arts education? The case in Virginia

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

school reform
assessment
arts education
NCLB

File:

Download MishookDis7-19-06.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Dr Christine Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Torregano, Michelle Early

Title:

Clean Slate: Making Sense of Public Education in the "NEW" New Orleans

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

social equity
school reform
public education
race
Rebuilding and Transforming
privatization
politics
Bring New Orleans Back Education committee
charter schools
critical policy analysis
discourse
educational equity
greenfield
history of public education in New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina
interviewing
National Coalition for Quality Education in New Or
natural disaster
neoliberalism
teacher unions
United Teachers of New Orleans

File:

Download METDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
Emilie Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Catherine G

Title:

Bringing Autonomy Back to the School Level: A Descriptive Analysis of the Philadelphia School Redesign Initiative

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

school reform
redesign
elementary school
middle school
Philadelphia
school autonomy

File:

Download CJohnson_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grove, Doris Ann

Title:

The Impact of a Professional Development School on Professional Development in the Partner School District: A Case Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional development
partnerships
teacher leadership
school renewal
school reform

File:

Download _DorisDissertationFinal2.2.pdf

Committee Members:

James F. Nolan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Nolan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard J. Badiali, Committee Member
Roger Shouse, Committee Member
P. Karen Murphy, Outside Member

Author:

Archer, Jill Alexis

Title:

Negative Perceptions of American Public Education: How the Absences of Core American Values in K-12 Public Schools Can Cause Perceptions of Failure

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

core American values
education
school reform
negative perceptions of public school
individualism
equality
competition
change
digital age
technology

File:

Download Jill_Archer_-_Dissertation__Final_Submission_.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair
Charles Kupfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Amlie, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member