Central to this study is the Kankakee, Illinois School District 111 magnet school program, including a comparison of the magnet program to the regular or nonmagnet curriculum program in Kankakee. Findings indicated that ...

In a six-month qualitative study, science learning in a group of five- and six-year-old children was investigated in the context of "minds-on" science activities. The concept of "intellectual alertness," originally articulated ...

Across the nation the teacher evaluation process has significantly changed to incorporate a model for measuring student growth (Doherty & Jacob, 2015). The Student Learning Objective (SLO) process is a commonly used student ...

In spite of demands for employee education and training relevant to business requirements, no available research literature concerned the use of planning and control or management control systems in private sector training. ...

This dissertation explores the historical development of the Holocaust as an event essentially unknown to a signification portion of people living in the U.S. to an event that presently is a mandatory subject in several ...

At present parents are not credited with these more invisible types of involvement by program staff and funding sources. A broader view of involvement needs to be adopted in considering parental involvement.

Institutions of higher education in the United States operate within a climate of accountability and transparency where they are constantly asked to provide evidence of institutional effectiveness and quality assurance to ...