21st Century Learning Frameworks, Education Reform, Missions Of Public Education
This study examined the relationship between the missions of public education in the United States and selected 21st century reform frameworks published by think tank organizations. This was conducted through the process of an integrative review.
African American slavery, Bible knowledge, biblical illiteracy, biblical literacy, Black church, Christian education
Although the Bible is the world's best-selling book, the magnitude and scope of biblical illiteracy among Americans has been observed and documented by pastors, researchers, and Christian educators. This general decline in biblical literacy in...
Peirce College did not offer a universally available "leadership course or program" that strictly focused on student leadership development. This applied dissertation was designed to develop an intentional leadership program for application to...
Community Living Arrangements, Intellectual Disability, Medication Administration, Medication Administration Training, Medication Errors, Unlicensed Medication Administrators
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Office of Developmental Disabilities has designed a medication administration "Train the Trainer Program" that certifies non-medical personnel to administer oral medications in designated regulated programs...
Adolescents, Improvement, Middle, Motivation, School
Effectively addressing the unique developmental and academic needs of adolescents is a challenge that educators have been grappling with since the mid-1960's when school systems began to convert junior high schools into middle schools. While...
This non-experimental study attempted to determine how the different prescribed mathematic tracks offered at a comprehensive technical high school influenced the mathematics performance of low-achieving students on standardized assessments of...
Challenges of Military Leadership, Leadership, leadership challenges with global conflict, Military Leadership
The post 911 military challenges threaten Army leadership. Traditional leadership that governed a cold war military has made current policies and practices detrimental to effective leadership and, therefore, demands change. This paper examines the...
This Executive Position Paper is a one-to-one laptop implementation plan for Pittsgrove Township Schools that can be used as a template for other districts with similar interests. Each of the three chapters fulfills a major purpose. In Chapter...
Sibling relational breakdown continually afflicts African American families. The effects of social inequality and its adverse impact continue to upset family adjustment in the lives of African Americans as evidenced by social conditions such as...
Based upon the author's review of empirical research and recall of personal experiences with small professional service businesses, one can conclude many small professional service businesses are unfamiliar with techniques designed to assist with...
Black Scholes Merton, Covered Call, Derivative, Dollar Strike, Great Recession, Penny Pilot
Options on equities valued below $50.00 have traditionally traded in $2.50 strike price increments. The SEC, in cooperation with options exchanges, has completed a pilot program of $1.00 strike price increments for options on equities valued...
There are many advantages supporting the use of computers as an alternate mode of delivery for high stakes testing: cost savings, increased test security, flexibility in test administrations, innovations in items, and reduced scoring time. The...
Educational Policy, Public School Teachers, Social Media
Social Media networking is the next frontier in educational policy. A plethora of issues has arisen in regard to social media practices on the part of educators in public school systems. There is a lack of regulation for use of social media across...
criminal justice, law enforcement, mental illness, police, probation officer, website
Probation and parole officers supervise a disproportionate amount of offenders with mental illness. Many causes contribute to this over-representation ranging from deinstitutionalization, to co-occurring disorders, to homelessness. It appears...
Charter schools performance, Competitive effect, Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results, School effectiveness, Traditional public school performance
This study is relevant to parents, private organizations, and the educational
system interested in discovering whether charter school students perform better
academically than traditional public elementary school students. The Pennsylvania
System...
My capstone experience involved participation in the Eastern Shore Faculty Academy and Mentorship initiative (ES-FAMI) sponsored by Salisbury University, Chesapeake College, and Sojourner-Douglas College. The program included meetings and...
community college, knowledge transfer, leadership skills, succession planning
Delaware Technical Community College employees possess critical knowledge and expertise that could be lost should they leave College employment. This paper investigates best practices in knowledge transfer and high-level staff and administrator...
career and technical, hispanic, k-12, undocumented
This executive position paper proposes a legal process by which undocumented students enrolled in career and technical schools can obtain cooperative employment and pursue post-secondary opportunities. The recommended process is based on the...
China, Chinese, Community College, Global, Higher Education, Language
Public education reform designed for K-12 and higher education exists to transform teaching and learning within the United States in order to graduate today's student. One specific initiative on the federal, state, and local levels is the...
