A Model for Promoting Newly Licensed Nurse Success, grounded theory, incivililty, issues in the nursing workforce, nursing satisfaction, qualitative study
A qualitative study of newly licensed nurses in their first five years of practice, this study looked at twelve participants' receptions into the nursing workforce, and their intent to stay or leave their first nursing positions were examined....
assessment, constructed response, high school assessment, Maryland, multiple choice
A quantitative study was conducted to determine whether the elimination of constructed response questions from the Maryland Algebra/Data Analysis High School Assessment (HSA) adversely affected students' mean scale scores. The scale scores of 656...
90-90-90, Administration, African American, High Performing, Poverty, Urban
Accountability is at an all-time high in education. High-stakes testing and the pressure of being an exemplary school put a considerable strain on school districts, schools, and their stakeholders. Many schools that are labeled as high-poverty,...
Professional development, technology, vocational school
Although extensive efforts have been made to provide staff with the technology tools and professional development to support technology integration into daily classroom learning activities at the Vocational Technical High School, it was unclear...
Although it is assumed that increasing the institutionalization (or maturity) of project management in an organization leads to greater project success, the literature has diverse views. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the...
African American slavery, Bible knowledge, biblical illiteracy, biblical literacy, Black church, Christian education
Although the Bible is the world's best-selling book, the magnitude and scope of biblical illiteracy among Americans has been observed and documented by pastors, researchers, and Christian educators. This general decline in biblical literacy in...
Academic Achievement, Elementary School, English Language Learners, Instruction, Limited English Proficient Students, Teacher Professional Development
America's public schools are required to provide equal access to an education for all students. This study, in the form of an executive position paper, focused on how a large suburban school district having a small but diverse English language...
As principals explore various professional development approaches, they must be aware that many initiatives often fail due to ineffective implementation. This paper focuses on a change process that gradually changed a school culture that believes...
Based upon the author's review of empirical research and recall of personal experiences with small professional service businesses, one can conclude many small professional service businesses are unfamiliar with techniques designed to assist with...
Collective Efficacy, Feedback, Instructional Leadership, Professional Learning Communities, School Culture, Walkthroughs
Collective teacher efficacy is a social construct in schools defined as teachers' sense of group effectiveness. This is a powerful construct whereby teachers' perceptions are a driving force for school culture and student achievement. This...
Controversy over the 150-hour educational requirement for CPA (Certified Public Accountant) candidates has been fermenting for decades. As expected then, in 2011 no clear consensus prevails about the requirements for entry into the accounting...
Creating an optimal learning environment has become a necessity with the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind and the Race to the Top challenge. This qualitative study was conducted to develop an understanding of the perceptions of stakeholders...
Corrections, Learning Communities, New Jersey, Prison
Currently, the United States of America incarcerates 2.3 million people--more than at any time in its history. In the 1980s, due to a political shift toward support for punitive criminal justice policies, which included an expensive and expansive...
community college, knowledge transfer, leadership skills, succession planning
Delaware Technical Community College employees possess critical knowledge and expertise that could be lost should they leave College employment. This paper investigates best practices in knowledge transfer and high-level staff and administrator...
