The city of Exeter is in a rural area of Tulare County near the center of the San Joaquin Valley, California. The economy is agriculturally oriented with an emphasis on citrus. Exeter Union High School, located in the city of Exeter, is a single hi . . .

In the history of American education, patterns of pedagogy have always reflected the values and self-assessments of the larger society which fostered and sustained them. Though initially rooted and set in theocratic values, by the end of the eight . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of additional time allotment in a remedial reading class on a selected group of students in grades two through five in Wasco, California. The study was designed to find the effect of the additi . . .

Since the main focus of this study is on parentchild relationships as portrayed in the folktales of East and West Africa, Germany, Scandinavia, Turkey and Japan, this introduction will be divided into three parts. The first section will explore som . . .

"Vocational education" is a term which has long been an integral part of education's vocabulary. When mentioned, the words frequently bring to mind such things as a "dumping ground" in the school for those students who are less academically incline . . .

The purpose of this paper is to study selected aspects of the use of educational television in early childhood education. In order to understand the need and purpose for such a study, it is necessary to have some background information about early . . .

It was the purpose of this investigation to study the development of relational position concepts of four-year- old disadvantaged children as influenced by opportunities for block manipulation with verbal naming of the position by an experimenter. . . .

Project Follow-Through is a federally-funded five year effort to sustain and supplement in the early grades the gains made by low-income children who have had a full year's experience in a Head Start or Preschool program. In Fresno, California, th . . .

The question of how best to provide an environment which enhances the probability of a superior education for children in the schools has plagued educational leaders for decades. Governing boards and their administrative agents have long pondered . . .

Mexican Americans are a segment of the rural poor. These low income people face uniquely complex problems. Often they do not speak English; their children are virtually un- touched by existing school programs; their lack of job skills and the incr . . .

On September 1, 1924, F. J. Lee, General Overseer of the Church of God,"'" wrote: "In making up the program for the Assembly, I thought it would be well to have something concerning the young people . . . This is what Charles W. Conn, a former Gen . . .

Since 2007, the California State University (CSU) system has partaken in two initiatives in the past: Access to Success and the Graduation Initiative 2015. These initiatives laid the foundation for the most recent initiative, the Graduation Initiati . . .

During the years until World War II public school education retained many of the moral and spiritual teachings which were found in the earlier private schools. There was much leniency toward prayer and Bible reading in the classroom, as well as towa . . .

There are various ideas concerning what role guidance should play within the school organisation. One point of view* which stresses the individual in his uniqueness, is concerned with helping youth develop self-concepts involving realistic self-und . . .

Since the early 1950's much research has been carried on relative to creativity demonstrated by human subjects. The work of" many behavioral scientists has opened new avenues of thinking regarding the make-up of human intelligence. J. Paul Guilfor . . .

A few years ago a college degree was the key to a wide variety of career positions. Today, it is not uncommon to hear of the glutted job market in fields such as teaching, social welfare and engineering. Students are looking for positions which wi . . .

In recent years mankind has been involved in major social problems. In the United States involvement with social problems has existed within persons and within groups, and between persons and between groups. The energies of our populace, whether m . . .

The assumption is generally made that through re-staffing of teachers, re-grcuping of children and utilization of a variety of teaching techniques, there will result an improvement in pupil achievement, professional performance, and attitudes of b . . .

The assumption is generally made that through re-staffing of teachers, re-grcuping of children and utilization of a variety of teaching techniques, there will result an improvement in pupil achievement, professional performance, and attitudes of b . . .

The process of bringing work and laborer together goes back in man's history beyond the records of civiliza- tion. The first large-scale "employment" of people was probably through the institution of slavery. The first source of labor supply . . .

Before an educator can teach any subject successfully he must have some theory as to how his students learn. This theory can be developed from a study of the psychologies of learning that are applicable in education. After carefully considering th . . .

The assumption is generally made that through re-staffing of teachers, re-grcuping of children and utilization of a variety of teaching techniques, there will result an improvement in pupil achievement, professional performance, and attitudes of b . . .

This study was undertaken to determine the validity of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) for the prediction of success or failure while on probation. The subjects for this study consisted of 32 male adult probationers in San Francisco Count . . .

Improvement of what goes on in the classroom has been the eternal goal of teacher training institutions and inservice programs for teachers working in the classroom. The Stull Bill and all its implications for goal setting, writing the objectives, . . .

With the tightening of the job market it is becoming increasingly apparent that prospective employees must become diversified in order to qualify within selected job areas to provide increased opportunities for employment. One specific job area wh . . .

The main focus of study in this paper was the actual use and practice of games in the teaching of kindergarten children. One way to assess the practical use of games is an analysis of the actual use in kindergarten programs of games as a method of . . .

"Teachers struck in Minneapolis, Minn., Muskogee, Okla. , and Butte, Mont., as Los Angeles teachers voted over- whelmingly to quit their classrooms This quotation is the first sentence of an article in the April 20, 1970, U, S. News and World . . .

The importance of a positive self concept and the relationship between self concept and academic success is being widely discussed in the field of education. The idea of implementing programs that will foster positive self concepts into the yearly . . .

The Board of Trustees of the Selma (California) Unified School District in September of 1973 authorized a Community Congress on Education. The Community Congress was constituted to involve a broad cross section of the people of the Selma area. Invitat . . .

This is a comparative study of the roles of the secondary school principal in Thailand and in the United States. This investigator serves in Thailand as a school principal and manager. Sithammarat Suksa is the name of that school. It is one of the . . .

One of the most important and characteristic forms of human behavior is language; its importance in human affairs has been recognized since the beginning of history.When each of the social sciences developed, it encountered language problems within . . .

We in this country currently live at a time and in a land that rings of a strange paradox. Tulare County, California, could be considered a prime example of this present day contradiction. On the one hand, it is a county that has been consistently am . . .

"The application of knowledge for socially useful ends often is preceded by the theoretical development of a science." Successful theoretical development in the sci- ences has led academic psychologists to search for the basic laws governing l . . .

The acquisition of verbal strength starts long before the child begins his formal education, and the schools have little or no control over individuals or institutions who influence his language development. In the home, for example, a child learns . . .

With the growing emphasis being placed upon the creatively gifted student and the field of creativity in general, teachers are increasingly being asked to help their students realize their creative potential. Considerable research has been publish . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop a home intervention program for preschool developmentally disabled children. The importance of early intervention, and procedures being followed to provide inter- vention and their effectiveness were inves . . .

The identification and assessment of the self concept is a subject that has received considerable attention in theoretical writings and related research. Attention to this specific subject has not been limited to contemporary studies. Behavioral s . . .

American education must accept the professional task of recognizing and accepting culturally different students who enter our schools and promote an appreciation for these diverse cultures in this culturally diverse and complex society. Wayson (19 . . .

This study was predicated upon the assumption that a better understanding of teacher and student attitudes toward elementary school subjects would assist educators in viewing more realistically the complexity of the educational experience in which . . .

This is an era of accountability, and science is an enigma to the general populace. Beginning with the first Sputnik in 1957, there was an almost overwhelming stress on science education. However, starting about 1968, the glow began to fade, and it . . .

The culture of the United States today puts a great amount of importance on sex. Contained in this society are people who buy, via sexualization, be it a new car or a type of deodorant, and at the same time "clear-cut information on typical contem . . .

The pattern of attendance in American higher education is undergoing significant changes. Each year fewer students who graduate from high school in the spring enter college immediately in the fall and continue their enrollment on an uninterrupted . . .

Education today is being held accountable for its many programs and activities it is using to educate its students. Community colleges' educational and vocational programs are constantly evaluated by using their graduates' successes as a measuring . . .

As early as 1925, Frederick Maurice Hunter, Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, California, indicated that principles of good school administration require the building principal to be the officer-in-chief of his school. The principal was to be rec . . .

The need for counselors to justify their existence in today's (1974) secondary school programs is for the most part unnecessary. School counselors have become accepted and integral members of the school staff. Evidence of this acceptance can be fou . . .

The past decade has seen tremendous progress in the understanding of mental retardation, early identification and diagnosis, education and training, prevention and treat- ment, and research. However, most mentally retarded persons are said to . . .

Open education, the integrated day, the develop- mental classroom, informal education: these phrases refer to an educational movement that began in England and that is now growing in the United States. The traditional classrooms which exist in . . .

Vocational placement is a necessary goal for our modern educational system. Placing the right person on the right job is a matter of coordinating educational and vocational planning carefully and accurately. Personality characteristics are impor . . .

This nation, thousands of miles in width and breadth, attempts offer an education to children and youth of every economic, ethnic, and cultural background. The enormity of the task to provide quality educational opportunity for every child in Am . . .

A major area of interest to today's educator is the influence of early environment on the child's school achievement. Literature in early childhood education is involved in the debate over assumptions about the relationship between various stages of d . . .

Though education is defined as a function of the state, the bulk of the decisions and policies that govern the operation of schools are made on the school district level. The quality of the educational offering that results is as varied as the dis . . .

There is an apparent need for effective and realistic vocational rehabilitation services for the handicapped and disabled. In the development and promotion of these services, there is a growing concern for establishment of effective "In-Service Traini . . .

Each year, high school students across the nation enroll in first-year shorthand, generally with the thought of becoming a secre- tary. Unfortunately, most of these high schools do not provide a formal procedure for counselors to follow in plac . . .

The early concept of the school principal did not develop from this little red schoolhouse setting for there was little need for administration in the sense that we know it today. The local school board would hire one teacher who would usually have t . . .

The education of America's children has been a concern of educators and lay people since our nation was created. It has been an ongoing concern which has tried to focus on meeting the needs of each child. And yet, even though the concern for ind . . .

The use of standardized achievement tests flourishes in the American educational landscape. First developed in the United States by Joseph Mayer Rice in the 1880's, the standardized test has one primary function, to compare the efforts of an exa . . .

The purpose of this research study is to identify how being an undocumented student has affected the undergraduate academic experiences of current graduate students. This study exhibits narratives from four students who have earned a bachelor’s degree . . .

The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 led to a reliance on virtual instruction. The virtual model entails a daily attendance, graded learning and assessments, an emphasis on live instruction, in- person individualized instruction, service, and assessment, an . . .

The purpose of this project is to examine how the implementation of a silent reading program within a reading intervention class impacts adolescents’ reading habits and attitudes towards reading. Over the course of a high school semester, a 45-minute . . .

The purpose of this study is to investigate how educators can support the mental health needs of students with developmental disabilities and what role an educator can play in the identification of a student’s mental illness. This study was conducted . . .

When California published a new set of Visual and Performing Arts standards in 2019, art teachers were tasked with reexamining their current practices, and to consider ways in which students could broaden their understanding of the arts as a whole. Th . . .

Individuals that are on the Autism Spectrum have difficulties with daily life skills, especially those that fall in the social skills category. Some areas of difficulty are collaboration, problem solving, taking turns, controlling emotions and communi . . .

This study investigates the relationship between teacher observation as well as feedback and future lesson plan design. A single case study was utilized in order to survey teachers at one suburban high school in southern California. The purpose of the . . .

The California ELA/ELD Framework places a clear emphasis on the importance of developing written communication skills as an inherent necessity to prepare fifth graders for their next phase of their educational career. While the framework goes on to e . . .

Since distance learning models of education are growing in number and popularity, there is a need to explore leadership in a remote setting because effective school leadership is directly tied to higher student achievement in schools. The researcher p . . .

Every day, over 400,000 paraeducators are supporting students with mild to moderate learning disabilities in the United States. The purpose of this project was to create a paraeducator’s guide to academic and behavior supports, as well as concrete exa . . .

A persistent and significant equity gap exists between the academic achievement of English Language Learners and their peers in English Language Arts. Research has demonstrated the negative effects of bias on achievement within marginalized student gr . . .

A qualitative case study rich in details regarding the lived experiences of middle school boys with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) participating in a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Tier-II Intervention, Check-in Check-out, . . .

The following research project explored the relationship of text-to-speech technology (TTST) and students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in education. Topics investigated included how TTST supports the educational goals of students with SLD . . .

Many parents struggle discussing sexuality education with their child/children with disabilities and are typically not given the right resources to help them openly discuss this touchy topic. This project reviewed research in the areas of sexual . . .

The research case study presented aims to determine if the perceptions of students and teachers on a flipped mathematics classroom support student success. For a flipped classroom model, teachers assign lectures for students to watch as homework and c . . .

Integrating technology into the curriculum can be challenging, particularly for educators who teach the lower K-2nd grades. Educators must understand what Digital Literacies are and understand the technological pedagogies to integrate into their curr . . .

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we live our lives. Schools are shut across California and students are required to learn from home. Teachers are teaching everything they can, but more can be done. If parents and teachers work together the CO . . .

Students who are of Low-Socioeconomic status continue to achieve at a lower rate than their classmates. There are many factors that contribute to this achievement gap. Contributing factors can be found in the students’ home, school or neighborhood. Fo . . .

For the past three decades, the African American suspension rates have far outpaced Caucasian suspension rates. This is a trend which has been observed throughout various community and school settings in the United States. These facts are what leads t . . .

Exclusionary disciplinary practices used throughout the United States contribute to equity gaps, overwhelmingly affecting the achievement and trajectories of students of color, since they are disproportionately disciplined in schools. Academic achieve . . .

The over-representation of English Language Learners (ELLs) in special education continues to be an issue of inequity. Research demonstrates that when teachers use high leverage practices and are given examples of how to implement them to assist ELLs, . . .

This research project is based upon the equity gap experienced by Hispanic students in high school. It studied a high school serving adults with a high Hispanic population. While seeking to answer the question. “To what extent does a teacher’ . . .

This study is an analysis on ways Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs and services support student achievement. The purpose of this study is to create a synthesis of nine SEL curricula studied from three existing SEL programs to provide positive . . .

The astounding percentages of Alaska Native American Yup’ik students performing at below, or far below proficient levels, continues to be a concern of schools and districts throughout the Southwest region of Alaska. The researcher chose to conduct a . . .

For more than a decade, English Language Learners have performed below grade level in all areas tested for federal and state accountability, and drastically lower than their English-speaking peers. Closing the achievement gap has become a major priori . . .

This qualitative case study grounded in Stevens (1993) Opportunity to Learn theoretical framework and a Cultural Proficiency lens provided the structure to analyze teacher values and behaviors as well as institutional factors affecting English Languag . . .

Paraeducators are an essential component of special education programs as they serve to support students during classroom instruction, reteach and review concepts with students, provide accommodations, support behavior improvement, and assist in class . . .

The purpose of this project is to create a Spanish Mathematic curriculum to use in a fifth grade Dual Language One-Way Immersion program. As Common Core State Standards (CCSS) exceed the cognitive demands of listening, speaking, reading and writing in . . .

As sixth graders begin to navigate the academic and social challenges of middle school, it is important for teachers to offer guidance and resources for parents and caregivers to continue to support their child’s literacy development. A partnership be . . .

Educators know that supporting all learners' motivation and engagement is both a fulfilling and challenging process as students come with unique personalities, interests, experiences, strengths, and needs. This is particularly true at the middle level . . .

By way of qualitative data, the researcher looked at the experiences of a community of educators during a series of professional development offerings. The purpose of the sessions was to unpack the ways in which the intersectional identities of indivi . . .

Success for students begins for students in kindergarten, where they must acquire strong literacy skills. These literacy skills are inclusive of the foundational skills students require for reading and writing. Research supports reading failure is hig . . .

All students need their teachers to implement culturally sustaining curricula specifically targeted to their needs. Unfortunately, this need is not always met, especially with minority students. This project seeks to address the needs of Spanish heri . . .

Purpose of the Study: This research study hopes to address the negotiation of important aspects in teaching such as how to foster inquiry and literacy while adhering to standards, specifically the Next Generation Science Standards, and if those standa . . .