• The Negro at Jefferson High School: A Historical Study of Racial Change 

  La Plante, Bernard Raymond (University of Oregon, 1970-09)

  In this study no attempt will be made to offer a solution to the complexities of the inner city, or even to the problem of educating the culturally disadvantaged. The researcher's purpose is to describe the historical ...
• Teacher Characteristics, Teacher-Student Relationships, and Student Academic Outcomes in Chinese Junior High Schools 

  Zhang, Congli (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  Experimental evidence of the effects of teacher characteristics and teacher-student relationships on student performance is limited and even more scarce in education contexts outside of the United States. In this dissertation, ...
• Nuances of Attrition: A Comparison of Factors Influencing Turnover of BIPOC Teachers and their White Peers 

  Swartz, Nazia (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  This study examines K-12 public school teacher turnover, with a particular focus on teachers of color. Recruiting and retaining well-qualified teaching staff is a challenge in the United States, where annually roughly 16% ...
• Suicide Prevention at the Intersection of Health Education, Social Emotional Learning, and Mental Health Literacy in Elementary Education 

  Hanson, Erin (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  The rates of death by suicide and the prevalence of mental health conditions in children and youth are a world-wide crisis. Education and school health promotion have a key role in supporting children, however initiatives ...
• Effects of Race Matching on Students' Sense of Belonging and Academic Achievement 

  Cochrane, Cherice (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  Race matching has positive effects on students’ academic achievement and self-rated sense of belonging. However, when most public-school teachers identify as White, race matching is not always possible at the individual ...
• Data-Based Decision Making and the SWIS Facilitator Program: Exploring the Realities of Practice 

  Cook, Alan (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  Collecting data for the purpose of decision making has become an integral part of the landscape of education in the United States over the past decade. Many educators are swamped with such an overwhelming amount of information ...
• The Necessity of Nuance in Education: Exploring the Need for the Explicit Teaching of Soft Skills at the High School Level 

  North, Stephen (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  High school students depend on school to provide the skills needed to attend a post-secondary institution or enter the work force directly upon graduation. However, high school curriculum standards may not align with the ...
• The Development of an Award Plan for a Junior High School 

  King, Luther Andrew (University of Oregon, 1936-08)

  The practice of granting rewards or honors in schools has not only been almost universal but also has had the sanction of long established precedent. Special recognition for outstanding scholarship has been given in a ...
• The Selection and Development of Superior Children 

  Almack, James L. (University of Oregon, 1920-07-19)

  The rise of every system of universal public education has compelled the development of a system of grading and grouping shereby relatively large numbers of children of approximately the same pedagogical status may be ...
• Characteristics, Training, and Performance of Houseparents in Residential Schools for the Blind 

  Wilcox, Everett E. (University of Oregon, 1958-06)

  The majority of all blind children in the United States continue to be educated in residential schools for the blind despite the growth of a movement to educate these children and the public school classes nearest their ...
• Public School Fire Insurance Practices and Procedures as Related to Oregon School Districts 

  Ditto, Charles Edwin (University of Oregon, 1955-06)

  The problem undertaken in this study is to identify and evaluate fire insurance practices in the school districts of the state of Oregon, as a basis for making recommendations for their improvement. The purpose of this ...
• The Basic Factors Involved in Space Arts Curriculum 

  Schulderman, Marie (University of Oregon, 1935-10)

  In cooperation with the Carnegie foundation, the University of Oregon is making a study of the social values involved in appreciation of the arts. By art appreciation is meant more particularly the appreciations involved ...
• A Club Program for the Small High School 

  Edwards, Delbert Reeves (University of Oregon, 1939-06)

  A large amount of attention is being given by leading educators at the present time looking towards betterment of secondary education in the United states. All phases of the high school --administration, supervision, ...
• A History of Vocational Education in Oregon Since 1917 

  Urlaub, John S. (University of Oregon, 1939-06)

  There has long been a need of an adequate history of vocational education in Oregon. The compilation of this history I am attempting to do in a manner which will not be too detailed, but which will nevertheless trace the ...
• Personnel Work in Sororities Through Trained Housemothers at the University of Oregon 

  Schwering, Hazel Prutsman (University of Oregon, 1935-09)

  This thesis deals with a plan for the partial solution of personnel problems in sororities at the University of Oregon as it was evolved by the Personnel department and established and directed by the Dean of Women. The ...
• The Status of Janitorial Service in the Smaller Oregon School Systems 

  Schepman, Marvin Leroy (University of Oregon, 1938-06)

  The problem of janitorial service in the smaller school systems of the country is one to which little direct investigation has been given. It is true that there are many excellent studies explaining the peculiarly important ...
• Oregon Teacher Credit Unions 

  Nicholson, George Miller (University of Oregon, 1941-06)

  It is the purpose of this study to make a descriptive survey of the teacher credit union in Oregon. For some time the writer has been interested in the cooperative movement as a whole, and especially in teacher credit ...
• Examining Educational Opportunities and Outcomes for Students Classified as English Learners 

  Porter, Lorna (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Students classified as English learners (EL) are a protected class of students with core legal rights. There are clear opportunities to strengthen education policies and practices to improve opportunities and outcomes for ...
• Typology of Oregon Charter High Schools: Differences That Make a Difference 

  Zeller, Karen (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Two decades after Oregon authorized public charter schools, effects of this policy need evaluation. Comparison of performance of public charter school students to performance of other students is complicated by systematic ...
• Perceived Teacher-Principal Value Consonance and Teacher Commitment: An Exploratory Study of K-12 and English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers' Values, Perceptions of Their Principals’ Values, COVID-19, and Their Impact on Teachers’ Professional Commitment 

  Staggs, Julie (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Student achievement and teacher morale have been closely linked to teacher retention and of concern for administrators seeking to promote teacher commitment. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to further concerns about ...

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