Alternative education schools are meant to meet specific needs of students who are not successful in a traditional comprehensive school environment. The purpose of this study was to determine if alternative education is meeting the emotional, social, . . .

This study focused on the perceptions and opinions of teachers regarding the effectiveness of online education. Five teachers, all familiar with online education agreed to participate in this study. This researcher interviewed five teachers from an on . . .

Critical thinking dispositions are the habits of mind developed from real-life experiences and deliberate practice of specialized thinking routines. Students must learn to independently employ the appropriate thinking dispositions to specific critical . . .

This study examined the use of interactive response systems and their effect on student achievement in a 6th grade elementary school mathematics class. The interactive response systems, or “clickers†, were used as a differentiation tool by identif . . .

During the Great Recession, which began in 2008, many school districts had to make significant cuts to their operating budgets. Some of these cuts such as eliminating after school programs, extracurricular activities, and summer school made it challen . . .

This study focused on perceptions of K-6 elementary school teachers regarding instructional coaching. One-on-one digitally recorded interviews included three teachers from the Central Valley of California. The collected data were used to determine the . . .

Parent involvement or parent engagement? Do they mean the same thing? Are parents a necessity in a child's educational journey? What are some strategies teachers can develop to help increase parent engagement? School to home partnerships are everchang . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the social and educational factors impacting attitudes about technology for female students in the fifth and eighth grade. The survey was given to fifth grade students and eighth grade students in the same dist . . .

As academic expectations of students become more rigorous, school readiness has become crucial in the achievement of young students entering formal education. The Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 changed the date for admission to kindergarten in Cal . . .

This study examined the impact of the flipped classroom on mathematics achievement and self-efficacy. The participants consisted of 60 11th-12th grade high school math students from four separate classes. Thirty-four students from the two classes serv . . .