This Executive Position Paper is a one-to-one laptop implementation plan for Pittsgrove Township Schools that can be used as a template for other districts with similar interests. Each of the three chapters fulfills a major purpose. In Chapter...
Sibling relational breakdown continually afflicts African American families. The effects of social inequality and its adverse impact continue to upset family adjustment in the lives of African Americans as evidenced by social conditions such as...
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...
High quality preschool programs, Preschool curriculum
This executive position paper proposes recommendations for changes to the Mount Ephraim preschool program based on research-based best strategies for high quality preschool programming using developmentally appropriate practices. A narrative of...
Black Scholes Merton, Covered Call, Derivative, Dollar Strike, Great Recession, Penny Pilot
Options on equities valued below $50.00 have traditionally traded in $2.50 strike price increments. The SEC, in cooperation with options exchanges, has completed a pilot program of $1.00 strike price increments for options on equities valued...
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...
There are many advantages supporting the use of computers as an alternate mode of delivery for high stakes testing: cost savings, increased test security, flexibility in test administrations, innovations in items, and reduced scoring time. The...
Educational Policy, Public School Teachers, Social Media
Social Media networking is the next frontier in educational policy. A plethora of issues has arisen in regard to social media practices on the part of educators in public school systems. There is a lack of regulation for use of social media across...
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the alignment of the written, enacted, and tested Algebra I curricula in the Cherry Hill (NJ) Public School District. Furthermore, this QUAN-QUAL study sought to determine the impact of course...
acceleration, autoethnography, creativity, gifted, policy, social and emotional
Delving into the field of gifted education from an autoethnographic perspective is the premise of this research. Through introspection coupled with study of themes, personal stories are interwoven with current research. Though aspects of giftedness...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the current educational level of police chiefs in Delaware as well as the educational requirements to become a Delaware police officer. It also was used to establish the extent these police...
criminal justice, law enforcement, mental illness, police, probation officer, website
Probation and parole officers supervise a disproportionate amount of offenders with mental illness. Many causes contribute to this over-representation ranging from deinstitutionalization, to co-occurring disorders, to homelessness. It appears...
Direct Support, Distance Education, Distance Learning, Staff Development, Staff Training
This quasi-experiment utilized three groups of direct service staff to explore the effectiveness of three methods of training and an optional survey was offered after the study. The researcher used a counterbalance design. Three courses developed...
Charter schools performance, Competitive effect, Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results, School effectiveness, Traditional public school performance
This study is relevant to parents, private organizations, and the educational
system interested in discovering whether charter school students perform better
academically than traditional public elementary school students. The Pennsylvania
System...
This dissertation as an executive position paper (EPP) will provide a thorough literature review and the most current and reliable data on Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) prevalence, show the high...
direct instruction, middle school, note-taking skills, performing arts, SMALSI
The purpose of this quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group research study was to provide evidence of the effectiveness of direct instruction of note-taking skills for 84 eighth grade math students enrolled at a performing arts middle...
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...
career and technical, hispanic, k-12, undocumented
This executive position paper proposes a legal process by which undocumented students enrolled in career and technical schools can obtain cooperative employment and pursue post-secondary opportunities. The recommended process is based on the...