| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| Standardized distraction : why the emphasis on high-stakes testing can't resolve educational inequality |
2012 |
797 |
Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially for ... |
| Experiencing the double-edged sword of desegregation: Charlotte-Mecklenburg school graduates from 1995--1998 |
2010 |
2536 |
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the long-term effects of desegregated schooling within a firmly established K-12th grade desegregated school system. Long-term outcomes include: educational and occupational attainment, comfort with d... |
| FAMILY MATTERS: FAMILIAL SUPPORT AND SCIENCE IDENTITY FORMATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE STEM MAJORS |
2013 |
1350 |
This research seeks to understand the experiences of African American female undergraduates in STEM. It investigates how familial factors and science identity formation characteristics influence persistence in STEM while considering the duality of Af... |
| EXPERIENCING THE CRUX OF AGENCY AND STRUCTURE IN URBAN EDUCATION: ON BECOMING A TEACHER EDUCATOR |
2011 |
496 |
This research seeks to understand the experience of agency among those being prepared to be teacher educators and education scholars. It investigates how doctoral students negotiate their agency when they discover a difference between the promise and... |