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Lang, Clayton, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the extent of success and the challenges faced by community college presidents in creating an entrepreneurial culture. Fourteen American community colleges, identified by Roueche and Jones (2005), were surveyed for this study. These fourteen community colleges are located in Texas, Florida,…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Community Colleges, College Presidents, Administrator Attitudes
Paradise, Shamarick Yvonne Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The sample of this study consisted of 1,077 eighth grade students and 442 eighth grade teachers from nine states--Alabama, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina during the TIMSS 2011 study. The instrument used to measure student and teacher self-efficacy, student task value, and teacher…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Bullis, Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was focused on the various perceived impacts created by the expansion to a four-tier teacher performance evaluation rating model which would inform educational leaders in the State of Illinois. By studying the experiences of principals in two other states who previously underwent the same change, Florida and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Models
Wilson, Jeanine L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the extent to which differences in student performance were present between Black males in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Texas on selected AP examinations from the 2001 through the 2012 exam years. Specific AP exams included in this study were the English Language and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Student Placement, Scores, African American Students
Jones, Calvin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this historical/descriptive study was to determine the status of lottery revenue generation and allocations to education across the United States that had lotteries. More specifically, the study profiled the number of states which used lottery revenue for education during the year 2004, the types of these lotteries, levels of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Income, Budgets, Public Education
Finn, Chester E., Ed., Jr.; Fairchild, Daniela R., Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2012
Will the digital-learning movement repeat the mistakes of the charter-school movement? How much more successful might today's charter universe look if yesterday's proponents had focused on the policies and practices needed to ensure its quality, freedom, and resources over the long term? What mistakes might have been avoided? Damaging scandals…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Quality Control, Educational Change, Educational Technology