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ESPACIO SANO: HOW SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL LEADERS CULTIVATE CARING AND SHARING
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-04)
Healthy equitable schools need healthy social justice leaders. The study is the story of how we innovated structures and pedagogies to better support educational leaders who actively work for equity, excellence, and social ...
CULTIVATING BRAVE SPACE: HOW NETWORKS FORTIFY SCHOOL LEADERS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR BLACK YOUTH
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-28)
School leaders regularly receive district mandates with little support or opportunities to engage the community that the policy is meant to serve. In a participatory action research (PAR) project and study, I analyzed how ...
Family Stories Matter: Critical Pedagogy of Storytelling in Fifth-Grade Classrooms
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)
Critical race pedagogues and culturally responsive educators advocate for greater emphasis on the voices of Students of Color that invoke their lived experiences, cultural knowledge, ancestral wisdom, and supportive familial ...
VOICES OF HOPE: YOUTH OF COLOR IN CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-04)
Youth of Color sit at the intersection of multiple systems of oppression--classism, racism, and sexism. Too often, Youth of Color are pushed out of traditional schools and are further marginalized by being assigned to ...
CONNECTING THE DOTS: THE INTERSECTION OF TEACHER READINESS AND PRINCIPAL ACTIONS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)
The goal of the participatory action research study was to improve the conditions in which students have equitable access to and increased rigor in learning by focusing on teacher practices. However, as an effective ...
A DIGITAL STORYTELLING INTERVENTION: HOW IT AFFECTS PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)
Research indicates that physical activity can increase health benefits in a variety of ways (Plotnikoff et al., 2015), including maintenance of overall body function, mental well-being, increased attention span, cognitive ...
Teacher Readiness, Belonging, and Cultural Awareness: A Model for International Teacher Induction
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-27)
Attrition rates at international schools are often high, requiring annual rounds of new teacher hiring. Although many of the teachers possess prior experience, they require personal and professional supports to be ready ...
THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STAFF
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-27)
Recent research has indicated that employee engagement is low among America's workforce. It has also indicated that higher education as an industry is no exception to this trend. The purpose of this study was to explore ...
Portraits of Relentless Progressives: Equity Work in Complex Educational Organizations
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)
This study used portraiture to examine relentless progressives: three administrators who work for complex educational organizations. Portraiture is an ethnographic, qualitative study method that blends art and science, in ...
Increasing minority enrollment in advanced classes in a rural North Carolina high school
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-28)
Does allowing all students equal access to advanced classes have a direct impact on student achievement? The answer is one that can only be provided by engaging in the appropriate research that will allow the scholarly ...