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Mason, Richard W.; Schroeder, Mark P. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2010
Principals aim to hire outstanding teachers. But how do they do this? How do they reduce the large number of applicants to a workable number? What process do principals use to hire and to what extent does variation exist among hiring practices? This article investigates the current hiring practices of K-12 principals. Principals were examined on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices, Teacher Selection, Teacher Recruitment
Enser, Tracey L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The problem identified in this quantitative descriptive study is that many Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Lutheran Elementary Schools (WELS LES) are not adequately prepared to teach all students with special needs. The purpose of the study was to identify principals' perceptions of, and potential barriers to, the successful implementation of…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Elementary Schools, Religious Education, Protestants
Wise, Greg – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2009
Research on entrepreneurship in rural areas has increasingly stressed the importance of a supportive environment and social networks in enhancing innovation. This report examines a novel approach to promoting entrepreneurship using regional Inventor & Entrepreneur (I&E) Clubs. A telephone survey of 21 I&E Clubs was completed to collect…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Entrepreneurship, Clubs, Social Networks
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Snider, Vicki E.; Battalio, Rosemary – Beyond Behavior, 2011
Public schools are replete with children and adolescents like Billy, Reid, and Rowdy whom teachers describe as rude, disruptive, and obnoxious, and not all of them are in special education. Asher (1990) estimated that 10% of school-age children have social skills deficits severe enough to be rejected by their peers and up to 75% of children with…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Behavior Disorders, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
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Drame, Elizabeth R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Over the past 10 years increasing numbers of charter schools have been considered a viable option for many students seeking to obtain a quality education. Public charter schools and their administrators and teachers are obligated to follow the principles enshrined in federal mandates, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Disabilities, Educational Quality, Content Analysis
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Bond, Vanessa L. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2015
Renowned around the world, schools within the municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, have inspired North American early childhood educators for over 25 years. Despite the popularity and usage of the Reggio Emilia approach in the United States, music educators may find it unfamiliar. There is a lack of research that has discussed the use of music or…
Descriptors: Music Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Reggio Emilia Approach
Skolaski, Jennifer Pauline – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to better understand the identity and work of academic and extension staff who have boundary spanning responsibilities. The results will help universities, especially public land-grant universities with an outreach mission, to create stronger policies and systems to support boundary spanning staff members…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Success, Teacher Responsibility
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Eckerd, Lizabeth M. – Death Studies, 2009
The certainty of facing death and bereavement and the complex personal and societal issues involved argue for the importance of death education. The current study addresses a gap in knowledge by beginning to assess the extent of dying, death, and bereavement (DD&B) course offerings by U.S. psychology departments. This article reports on data…
Descriptors: Death, Intellectual Disciplines, Psychology, Grief
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Cronje, Ruth; Rohlinger, Spencer; Crall, Alycia; Newman, Greg – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
This study investigated the use of a contextually sensitive instrument to assess the effect of invasive species monitoring training on the scientific literacy of citizen volunteers. The authors measured scientific literacy scores before and after 57 citizens participated in a 2-day event to learn to monitor invasive species with an instrument…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Scientific Literacy
Stevens, Nancy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There is a lack of research on how Wisconsin's high schools are addressing the literacy needs of their students. State Statute 118.015 requires a district reading specialist, but there has been very little research done on compliance; therefore, the first phase of the study was to collect and analyze both demographic and descriptive data via a…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, High Schools, Reading Consultants, Specialists
Million, Laura – Public Policy Forum, 2010
Despite near-record unemployment rates in the region, southeast Wisconsin's healthcare sector faces a distinctive challenge: finding sufficient numbers of qualified and trained workers to fill current and future job openings. A May 2009 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee analysis found that one out of every four full-time job openings and one out…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Allied Health Personnel, Employment Opportunities, Occupational Surveys
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Kozub, Robert M. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
This study examines undergraduate business students' attitude towards and use of Powerpoint[R] slides provided as a supplement to class attendance, textbook reading, and other traditional course resources. A survey of students with six majors (accounting, finance, marketing, management, international business and management information systems)…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Accounting
Mills, Sandra R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Reform of public schooling has been at the forefront of the national debate over education for more than 25 years. One prominent reform initiative, school chartering, was selected for the study that examined whether a selected school district allocated comparable resources for charter and non-charter schools. The study used the Odden et al.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Resource Allocation, Public Schools, Comparative Analysis
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Hoeft, Mary E. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article reports findings from two studies assessing reading compliance among first semester freshmen at a small Midwestern two-year liberal arts university. The first study assessed reading compliance of students enrolled in two sections of First Year Seminar, finding that 46% of students reported that they read assignments, yet only 55% of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Reading Habits, Compliance (Psychology), Reading Assignments
Downs, Donald Alexander; Murtazashvili, Ilia – Cambridge University Press, 2012
Alienation between the U.S. military and society has grown in recent decades. Such alienation is unhealthy, as it threatens both sufficient civilian control of the military and the long-standing ideal of the "citizen soldier." Nowhere is this issue more predominant than at many major universities, which began turning their backs on the…
Descriptors: National Security, War, College Curriculum, Armed Forces
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