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Liberatory Praxis with Latinx Students Through the Synthesis of Humanizing Pedagogies and Curricula
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018)
The Latinx population is the second-fastest growing in the U.S., accounting for 18% of the population, or nearly 58 million people as of 2016. This should be of particular interest to educators who work with youth in urban ...
A School Based Evaluation of the McKinney-Vento Act
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-06-15)
Student homelessness accounts for 40% of the homeless population and affects 30% of students in the U.S. at some point in their schooling careers (Canfield et al., 2016; Bassuk et al., 2014). It disproportionally affects ...
The Liminality of Being: The Obfuscation of Race on Scholarship of Undocumented Students in Public Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-06-15)
Plyer v. Doe (1982) provided undocumented youth access to public education, and in delivering the opinion of the court, Justice William Brennan quoted the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, saying, “Today, education ...
Charting Progress toward Outcomes: Analyzing the Role of Professional Development in Early Implementation of Tennessee's Mathematics Standard
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)
Tennessee has set ambitious student achievement goals for itself that include increasing students' levels of achievement and decreasing achievement gaps. A strategic plan, Tennessee Succeeds, codified these goals in October ...
California State University, East Bay: A Strengths-based Examination of First-Year Student Retention at the Most Ethnically Diverse University in the Country
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)
California State University, East Bay (CSUEB) is one of twenty-three universities in the California State University (CSU) system and is a highly diverse, four-year, public university located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Improving Improvement: A Multi-Case Study of Turnaround Efforts in JCPS High Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)
Under the terms of the NCLB Waiver, each state was required to identify and label the lowest-performing five percent of schools for "priority" status. Districts were offered four models from which they could choose: external ...
Eastern Mennonite University: Promoting Community for a Diverse Student Population
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018)
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA. The institution enrolls 1,880 students; approximately ...
Reconnecting to Dyersburg State Community College: A Renewed Hope for Adult Learners in Tennessee
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)
Regarding adult learners Kasworm (2008) aptly stated, "learning is an act of hopeÓ (p. 27). Adult learners" (those classified as students over the age of 24) motivation for pursuing higher education is a story of hope in ...
Sterling Ranch, Colorado: Fostering a Culture of Lifelong Learning through Strategic Partnership Development
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-04)
This study explores the most effective approach for designing an educational ecosystem for a fledgling master-planned community that is grounded in an array of industry, community, and higher education partnerships. More ...
Motivation in Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Game Based Learning: Why Am I Learning This?
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-15)
This paper discusses how Game Based Learning (GBL) provides a more collaborative learning experience while integrating Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) features. First the paper discussion of the advantages of collaborative ...