Dissertations from 2017
Professional Learning Communities and Teacher Decision-Making, Michael C. Barr
The Influence of Traditional vs. Balanced School Calendars on Middle School Mathematics Achievement, Doug Callahan
An Exploration of One School Leader's Experience of Creating a School Culture that Fosters Inclusion for Students in Special Education, Stephanie L. Chattman
Residual Normality Assumption and the Estimation of Multiple Membership Random Effects Models, Jieru Chen
1:1 Computing Initiatives: How They Can Be Sustained, Bobby Virgil Cole Jr.
Online Learning in a Rural School Setting, Peter Coombe
Lost Ground: Neoliberalism, Charter Schools, and the End of Desegregation in St. Louis, Missouri, Nicholas J. Eastman
(Bad) Girls: Black Girls' and School Administrators' Perceptions of Re-Entry after Exclusionary Discipline through a Womanist Approach to Narrative Inquiry, Erica B. Edwards
Central Office Leadership: An Exploration of Principal Supervisor Professional Development, Michelle C. Farmer
Leadership Characteristics, School Climate, and Employee Engagement in High Performing, High-Needs Schools, Erin A. Hahn
A Nodal Ethnography of a (Be)coming Tattooed Body, Krista Hilton
The Variation of a Teacher's Classroom Observation Ratings across Multiple Classrooms, Xiaoxuan Lei
They, Too, Sing America: A Critical Analysis of USG Policy 4.1.6 and Its Perceived Impacts on DACA Students in the State of Georgia, Ryan Z. Maltese
Pedagogical Dialogue: A Study of Pedagogical Dialogue in a Multicultural Education Theory Course., Jeffrey Morrison
How Principals Manage Time, Mindsets, and Communities to Benefit Children of Poverty, Tameka L. Osabutey-Aguedje
Twitter and School Leaders: Examining Practices in a Twitter Chat, Lesley Y. Pendleton
Leadership Practices that Support Parental Involvement in One High Needs Elementary School, Brett C. Savage
Comparison of IRTPRO 3 and Mplus 7 for multidimensional item response item parameter and examinee ability estimation, Tianna Sims
The Common Core to Common Folks: An Exploration of the Perceptions of High School Mathematics Teachers of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, Alfred J. Taylor
Dissertations from 2016
Rhetorically Constructing Immigrants in French and U.S. History Textbooks: A Burkean Analysis, David Alexander
Describing Healthcare Service Delivery in a Ryan White Funded HIV Clinic: A Bayesian Mixed Method Case Study, Stephanie Beane
The Influence of Leadership Practices on Parental Involvement within Schools with English Language Learners, Tamara J. Candis
Men of Color Evading the School to Prison Pipeline: A Phenomenological Study Championing Justice, Dionne Cowan
How School-Delivered, Non-Instructional Services Become Formalized:One School System's History, Mary Elizabeth A. Davis
An Empowering YPAR Project: Black Girls' Examination Of The Educational Pathway To STEM Fields And School-Based Issues, Shadonna Davis
The Impact of Math Innovations in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms in Georgia Vision Project Districts, Karen Dozier
Bayesian Networks with Expert Elicitation as Applicable to Student Retention in Institutional Research, Jessamine Corey Dunn
Teacher Reflective Practice As A Response To Technical Rationalism, Xylecia Fynn-Aikins
A Road Less Traveled: Learning With And From Contemporary Black Secondary School Leaders, Demetricia L. Hodges
Enhancing Workforce Development in Rural Communities: The Georgia Mountains Manufacturing Initiative, Jason Kaup
One Hundred and Sixteenth: One Family's Education, Kelly Limes Taylor Henderson
Characteristics of Exemplary Teachers as Part of Georgia's Vision for Public Education, Kimberly A. McDermon
Unsilenced: Black Girls' Stories, LaToya Owens
Addressing Bullying: A Case Study Investigating School Personnel's Perceptions of Policeis and Practices at Three Private Christian Middle Schools, Jennifer L. Pinkett Smith
Leadership in High Poverty, High English Language Learner Schools, As Part of Georgia's Vision for Public Education, Kelly Scarborough
An Examination of Student Achievement Differences Between Charter System Schools and Start-Up Charter Schools, Namik Sercan
Teacher Retention: Behaviors of Principals Influencing Teachers in Schools as part of Georgia?s Vision for Public Education, Sharissa Y. Seymour
School Culture, School Climate, and the Role of the Principal, Felecia V. Spicer
Spiritual Blues: A Blues Methodological Investigation of a Black Community's Culturally Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Citizenship Praxis, Melissa Vaughn
Dissertations from 2015
Addressing Gifted Identification Equity through Alternatives: Assessing Creativity using an Authentic Performance Task, Charles Alvarez
Modeling Public Satisfaction with School Quality: A Test of the American Customer Satisfaction Index Model, Anita Berryman
Arts and Academics: How teachers perceive school climate relating to subject area (homerooom or special area) in an elementary school., Tracie Welborn Brack Ed.D.
The Power and Peril of Global Professionalization: The Global Knowledge Economy, The World Bank, and Higher Education, Jeremy Cole
The Self-Reported Impact of Instructional Coaching on Middle School Teachers' Practices in an Urban Georgia School District, Jeffrey D. Dillard
The Effects Of Unexcused Absences And Excused Absences On Mathematics And Reading Performance Of Eighth Grade Students, RaNae L. Fendley
Addressing Bullying in Schools: The Perceptions, Thoughts and Beliefs of Middle-School Principals, Quentin Fretwell
The Underrepresentation of Black Students in Advanced Placement Courses: Student Perceptions of Peers, Teachers and School, Camille Havis
A Comprehensive Examination of the Arrowsmith Program At One Private School in Atlanta, Rhonda Hawkins
How Do Teachers Utilize iPads to Enhance the Quantity and Quality of Inquiry-Based Pedagogy within STEM Classrooms?, Aleigha Houston Henderson-Rosser
Band on the Brain: Instrumental Music and Student Achievement, Edward Lindekugel
The Rural School Project of the Rosenwald Fund, 1934-1946, Rebecca Ryckeley
A Multilevel Analysis of Institutional Factors Affecting Student Success at Community Colleges, Aaron Thomason
Exploring Gifted Pedagogy: Evaluating Teacher Knowledge and Implementation of Common Core Professional Learning, Gyimah I. Whitaker
Student Affairs Educators' Efforts to Teach Undergraduates to Be Engaged Civically: Conceptualization, Practices, and Influences at Six Independent Colleges, Laura Whitaker-Lea
Dissertations from 2014
Deciphering Franklin D. Roosevelt's Educational Policies During the Great Depression (1933-1940), Permeil Dass
Push Back on Push Out: Parent Organizing for School Discipline Reform, Adrienne C. Goss
Examination of Parameter Estimation Using Recursive Bayesian Analysis in Simulated Item Response Theory Applications, Robert Hendrick
Finding Ourselves Abroad: How African American Women Successfully Navigate The Study Abroad Process, Sonya S. Henry
Using a Computer-adaptive Test Simulation to Investigate Test Coordinators' Perceptions of a High-stakes Computer-based Testing Program, Tiffany Hogan
A Simulation Study Comparing Two Methods Of Evaluating Differential Test Functioning (DTF): DFIT and the Mantel-Haenszel/Liu-Agresti Variance, Charles Hunter
Building Community in Schools: Narratives of Possibilities and Limitations in Critical Friends Groups, Shannon Kersey
The Teacher Cadet Program: Qualitative Insights in Sequence and Scope, Patsy Lewis
Beyond Your Perception: An Exploratory Study of Black Parent-Daughter Relationships and Hip Hop Influences on Adolescent Girls, Sherell A. McArthur
Requisite Parental Involvement: Perceived Impact Upon Student Achievement and School Climate in a Magnet MiddleSchool, Elizabeth Rosner
A meta-analysis of Type I error rates for detecting differential item functioning with logistic regression and Mantel-Haenszel in Monte Carlo studies, Eva Van De Water
Dissertations from 2013
Examining the Relationship Between Participation in Cross Career Learning Communities and Teacher Retention, Comfort Y. Afolabi
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme and its Effect on Students in Poverty, Margaret J. Kobylinski-Fehrman
Dissertations from 2012
Working Beyond 9 to 5: The Impact of a University-wide Alternative Work Arrangements Policy on Student Affairs Employees, Pamela D. Anthony
What is the Lived Experience of Laywomen Who Serve as Catholic Elementary School Principals in their Roles as Faith Leaders?, Jamie Faser Arthur
Investigating novice White Teachers in African American Classrooms: A Phenomenological Investigation of Cultural Responsiveness, Debra J. Barrineau
Gentrification and school choice: Where goes the neighborhood?, Amy Childers Roberts
Women's Experiences of the Tenure Process: A Case Study at a Small Public Southeastern University, Debra J. Cody
Practicing Gender: A Feminist Ethnography of an All Girls' After-School Club, Alison A. Happel
A Foucauldian Analysis of NCLB: Student Data as Panoptic Surveillance, Chris King
Gender and Leadership: Female ROTC Cadets' Perceptions of Gender and Military Leadership, Darbra J. Mahoney
Effectiveness of a Computer-Based Program for Improving the Reading Performance of Deaf Students, Kenneth L. Moore
Analysis of Background Check Policy in Higher Education, Gregory T. Owen
Exploring College Readiness: Self-Perceptions of Early College Students, Kim Renee Ramsey-White
Through the Eyes of Gay and Male Bisexual College Students: A Critical Visual Qualitative Study of their Experiences, Matthew K. Robison
Academic Culture, Business Culture, and Measuring Achievement Differences: Internal Auditing Views, Benjamin S. Roth
Decision Making in Intercollegiate Athletics: One Institution's Journey to Maintain Title IX Compliance, John W. Rowland
Students' Perception of Engagement in a Third-Grade Writing Classroom, James D. Spinks Jr.
Dissertations from 2011
Response-to-Intervention: Understanding General Education Teacher Knowledge and Implementation, Elissa M. Benjamin
Life After Disability Diagnosis: The Impact of Special Education Labeling in Higher Education, Nathan Joshua Camara
The Persistence of Policy: A Tropological Analysis of Contemporary Education Policy Discourse in the United States, Frank A. Carusi Jr.
A Study of the Learning-Focused School Improvement Model and its Effects on Third Grade Reading Scores in a Suburban, Metropolitan School System, Douglas A. Daugherty
Tipping Point: The Diversity Threshold for White Student (Dis) Engagement in Traditional Student Organizations, Dhanfu E. Elston
Title I Elementary School Principals' Perspectives on Teacher Preparedness: University-Based Alternative Teacher Preparation for Urban Schools, Pamela L. Gayles
The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Transformational Leadership, and Effectiveness in School Principals, Elizabeth B. Hebert
Teacher's and Teacher Leaders' Perceptions of the Formal Role of Teacher Leadership, Jerry D. Kelley
Soundings: Musical Aesthetics in Music Education Discourse from 1907 to 1958, Jeremy M. Kopkas
Re-imagining Arts-centered Inquiry as Pragmatic Instrumentalism, Leann F. Logsdon