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Direct linkRichard James Muth – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The first goal of this study was to better understand the differences between rural and urban students' selection of academic program upon entering a public university in Pennsylvania. The second goal of this study was to better understand if particular academic programs impacted rural to urban migrations after graduating from the university. The…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Rural Urban Differences, Decision Making, Public Colleges
William L. Clements – ProQuest LLC, 2022
When schools across the United States suspended in-person instruction in an attempt to mitigate the spread of what would become the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts implemented continuity of education plans that relied on the use of technology. This sudden shift in the method of delivering education has the potential to have lasting…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Educational Technology
Hoban, Lisa S. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this research study was to explore trends in student test performance since the Common Core implementation in 8th and 11th grades in Pennsylvania. After receiving failing grades for the Pennsylvania State Standards when compared with other states, legislators adopted the Pennsylvania Common Core Standards in 2013. Much of this…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Grade 11, Standardized Tests
Balbach, Amy Beth Mackie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Throughout the 1980's, the notion of standards came to the forefront throughout the education world. Groups questioned how to define quality teaching. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was developed to meet this need providing a voluntary national certification to identify accomplished teachers. Since its inception,…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Board of Education Policy, Principals, Teacher Certification
Shuman, Aaron L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Educational leadership has been the focus of many studies; however, leadership does not occur in a vacuum. Understanding the context in which it occurs will in turn help to explain the phenomenon itself. Rural communities in the United States have many differences when compared to urban and suburban areas. Twenty-eight percent of schools in the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Gender Discrimination
Bowman, W. David – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The primary purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the GROW program on the intrinsic, extrinsic, and the general job satisfaction of principals and assistant principals in Pennsylvania. The impact of the variables of year in position, age, gender, level of work, location of school, and present degree was examined; the impact of…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Mentors, Job Satisfaction, Program Effectiveness
