This study explores the idea of strengthening relationships between art teachers and classroom teachers through the implementation of an arts integration curriculum and through frequent collaboration. This qualitative study consisted of data from questionnaires sent to classroom teachers, art...
This research investigates grades kindergarten - 5 English as a Second Language (ESL) and General Education (GE) co-teachers' perceptions of one another's roles, strengths, and areas for improvement in co-teaching academic language and content to English language learners (ELLs) in the GE...
The three papers presented here set out to explore network structures and collaboration in metropolitan regions in the Rust Belt, to attempt to both understand what the network structures look like relative to the extant literature and currently popular economic development policies and to...
In the 21st century, increased school accountability has sharpened the focus of school and district leaders on improving instructional practice to raise student achievement. The implementation of professional leaning communities (PLCs) is one improvement effort in which schools establish...
AbstractTransnational, Trans-Sectarian Engagement: A Revised Approach toU.S. Public Diplomacy toward Lebanon Broadly, public diplomacy is governmental engagement directly with global publics in pursuit of national interests. Public diplomacy engagement involves outreach, listening, informing,...
Abstract of the DissertationContributing Factors to Successfully Maintaining School Partnerships with External PartnersHuman capital, financial support, and other resources are often provided to schools by private organizations such as corporations, community organizations, universities, and...