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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:

Walsh, Rachael M.

Title:

BREAKING BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

adolescent intervention programs
Higher Education Act
postsecondary education
educational equity
propensity score matching

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katerina Bodovski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member

Author:

Worthington, Stephen Staley

Title:

Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

civil rights
education
discrimination
Pennsylvania
Office for Civil Rights
public schools
Title VI
Title IX
Section 504
race
disability
charter schools
educational equity
binary logistic regression
special education funding
special education disputes
dispute resolution

File:

Download Worthington_Thesis_-_Gaps_in_the_Armor.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria M Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thomas, Tina

Title:

Investigating Helping and Hindering Factors that Influenced Black/African American Women's Decision to Pursue Mathematics Degrees in the United States

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Black women in STEM
Black women in mathematics
educational equity
disparities in mathmatics

File:

Download T.Thomas_WFED_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
William Rothwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hyung Joon Yoon, Major Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Outside Unit Member
Uju Anya, Outside Field Member