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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"public education system"”.
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Black Certified Educators' Lived Experiences Seeking Employment In Connecticut's Public Education System
… increase the number of Black educators in school systems. In the State of Connecticut, legislators implemented initiatives in 2012 and 2015 to increase the number of minority (Black and Hispanic) school teachers and administrators. To date, these initiatives have not been successful. In fact, …
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An Examination of Post-Pandemic Enrollment Declines in California’s Public Education System
… persistent decline in enrollment in California public schools presents complex and far-reaching challenges, impacting budgets, staffing, and student outcomes. These challenges have been further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted K-12 education nationwide. As students were sent …
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Unraveling the Geographies of the U.S. Public Education System: An Analysis of Scale, Segregation, and Hegemony
… or two studies that focus on specific state-wide systems of public education, there has been no accounting for how the U.S. public education system came about in relation to space and scale. My dissertation research seeks to fill in this gap. Through focusing on the development of public education …
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The R/Evolution of South Africa's Public Education System Post-1994 in an Era of Privatisation
… this study is to investigate how the concept of education as a public good in South Africa has been affected by privatisation since 1994. This study locates itself within a human rights framework, which is premised upon South Africa's (seemingly progressive) Constitution of 1996 and seeks to …
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Re-conceptualising How We Respond to Secondary Gifted Learners' Needs: A Critical Narrative and ANT Approach Investigating Programming and Placement Within Ontario's Current Public Education System
… students, programming and placement practices in publicly funded educational institutions in North America have remained stagnant in the 21st Century (Gallagher, 2015; see also Borders, Woodley, & Moore, 2014; Brown & Stambaugh, 2014; Gallagher, 2000). Critical disability theorists have made …
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The children of the concrete : Jewish immigrants in the New York public school system at the turn of the 20th century
… It examines, in particular, the role of the public education system in this process. Jews used the public education system for their socialization and advancement in New York society by introducing community participation through innovation, adult education programs and transition curricula …
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Emerging 21st-Century Educational Challenges and Opportunities: An Appreciative Inquiry of Public Education In The U.S. Virgin Islands
… critical challenges and opportunities in K–12 public education in the U.S. Virgins Islands (USVI). Specifically, this study sought to understand the USVI education leaders’ experiences in their public education system as a whole, the challenges and opportunities they faced, their perceptions of …
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The Impact of Resources on Education: A Position Paper on How Theories of Social Capital Provide Insight on the Achievement Gap in the United States Education System
<p>Research has shown that there is a gap in educational achievement between socioeconomic and racial groups in the public education system in the United States. This paper identifies the link between resources and academic achievement. Through examining educational resources, from in-school …
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Community Development Through Career And Technical Education In The U.S. Education System For A Higher American Standard Of Living
<p>The evolution of the public education system to include more career and life readiness skills should be a central matter of focus to education policymakers across the United States by improving the planning, implementation, and evaluation of Career and Technical Education programs. This is …
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Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies for ELL SLIFE
Abstract The dynamic of the United States public education system is always changing and a response to those changes is always required. Recent trends highlight a rise in ELL SLIFE students, with a response by teachers that often reflects frustration and confusion. Teachers are unaware of who this …
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A documentary analysis of the popular view of public education
… have seen increasing interest and criticism of public education on the part of the American people. This growth of interest in public education indicates a need for analysis of the nature and extent of popular concern so that it may be used as a positive force to improve the service of the …
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Media Literacy in the Hungarian Educational Policy Arena (1995-2012) = A médiaműveltség a magyar oktatáspolitikában (1995-2012)
… the position of media literacy in Hungarian education policy, the historical path of media literacy education in Hungary, and the roles of various actors in the development of media literacy education. The research project had three major questions: How and why did media literacy education in …
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The architecture of learning environments and community integration
… social interaction between people. The current public education system and its related standards, requirements and policies, with regards to physical learning spaces, does not address the present needs of children as it ought to. Many schools in South Africa are not built and designed to …
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Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource]
… this field. South Africa’s primary and secondary public education system is continuously under scrutiny, as it continues to perform poorly in international benchmarking assessments. The need to understand what is happening in our classrooms, especially in science and mathematics, is now more …
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An alternate approach to educational reform in the United Arab Emirates : exploring students' motivation through PISA 2012
… AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] For over a decade, the public education system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has engaged in educational reform with varying degrees of success. The reform initiatives mainly targeted administrative, curricular and instructional areas. However, student-centered factors …
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Measuring Educational Gains and Setting Consequences: Charter Schooling and the No Child Left Behind Policy
… and students can opt out of the established public education system. This thesis is an in-depth study of one Pittsburgh charter school within the context of a critique of public education in American history. Empirical data was collected through a triangulated research design, which included …
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The Curriculum of Capitalism: Schooled to Profit or Schooled to Educate
… framework for analysis of the United States public school education, the research suggests the United States public education system perpetuates a curriculum of Capitalism linking with democracy; yet social Capitalism remains remarkably undemocratic as the experience of race, class, and …
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Linguistic diversity in a monolingual education system : a case study of Texas school districts and their support for English learning students.
The passing of influential education policy at the federal, state, and local levels of government directly impacts students within the American public education system. Despite a growing population of bilingual students across the U.S., the government has maintained a monolinguistic perspective on …
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A study of parental information seeking and implications for school choice
… are unable to choose schools within the public education system. A total of forty parents from two middle schools were randomly selected and interviewed by phone or in person to collect data which would answer pre-designed hypothetical questions including: (1) What factors would influence …
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Noah Webster spelled out
… nation through his writings and through its public education system. Relying primarily on Webster's early works and his dictionary (1828), I discovered his strong convictions against slavery, his promotion of formal education for women, his moral biases, his political character, and his …
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