This study analyzes the experiences of community college faculty, staff, and administrators managing reactive change to comply with Assembly Bill (AB) 705. The bill is California legislation chaptered in October 2017 that fundamentally reforms assessment practices used to determine college readiness and place students into English and math…

In this study, I explored selected elementary school principals in Texas regarding their perceptions toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Principals today serve as educational leaders who are responsible for leading all educational activities in their school, including specialized programs designed…

We explore the role of defaults and choice architecture on student loan decision-making, experimentally testing the impact pre-populating either decline or accept decisions compared to an active choice, no pre-population, decision. We demonstrate that the default choice presented does influence student loan borrowing decisions. Specifically,…

We study sibling spillover effects on the school performance of the elder sibling from the younger sibling using data on multi-children households in rural China. We use the variation in the younger sibling's schooling status to parse out the spillover effects and exploit the arbitrary school enrollment eligibility cutoff dates imposed by the…

In the United States, college attrition is a problem affecting the outcomes of our educational and labor market pipelines. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Education reported that only 65% of students who enrolled in post-secondary institutions from the graduating class of 2009 persisted or attained a diploma within six years of initial enrollment…

The community college is an institution where constant change is needed to keep up with technology, student needs, and industry standards. The evolution of developmental subjects, especially developmental math, is a needed change within the community college system. This research examined the impact of the new Reinforced Instruction for Student…

Exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has critical health implications for developing fetuses and subsequently for infants and young children. Research has suggested that this ambient air pollutant can be found indoors in quantities that may be hazardous to human health. In low-income neighborhoods in New York City such as northern…

Access to high quality curriculum through acceleration/college preparatory programs is essential to student success in their post-secondary education and opportunities. However, African-American and Hispanic minority students are disproportionately underrepresented in these programs. These lower rates of participation have the potential to impact…

Teacher burnout has become a growing concern within the field of education. Research in intervention strategies and resources that can be employed by schools and districts to reduce the level of burnout many teachers of students with emotional and behavior disorders are experiencing has been limited. This qualitative study examined teacher and…

The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explain how middle school, grade sixth-eighth, ELA teachers describe their preparedness for and attitudes toward the inclusion classroom model. The conceptual framework for this study was the social learning theory that was developed by Bandura. There were a total of 17 participants and data…

Well-rounded school education is the foundation for better college education and future career success. In order to improve the standard of school education, parents, administrators, and school boards around the nation are modifying the curriculum with advanced content materials. College Board is making use of this opportunity to introduce…

Research has shown that parental involvement serves as a protective factor for students whose families lack financial and educational resources. Hispanic parents often find barriers at school that prevent them from participating in school-based activities such as communication problems, lack of time to go to the school at prescribed times, and…

Career and technical education (CTE) has long endured public scrutiny and bias, but unfortunately, the extent to which varying opinions have permeated secondary schools remains elusive. Therefore, this study examined secondary administrator, counselor, and subject-specific teacher opinions in three areas: (a) student secondary and postsecondary…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether social work educators are conversant with spiritual assessment tools (FICA, HOPE, FAITH, SPIRIT, and CSI-MEMO), whether these tools are taught as part of the social work curriculum, and whether religious and spiritual courses are offered online and face-to-face in religious and non-religious…

The purpose of this study was to understand the possible effects that participation in a culturally relevant reading intervention program had on students' reading growth and reading self-perception, when compared to students who did not participate in the program but demonstrated similar prior academic achievement. To assess the relationship…