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Description:: Recently, much public attention has been focused on racial inequalities in who is subjected to exclusionary school disciplinary policies, and consequently, forced to miss hours of instruction. Over the past two decades, researchers have documented the disparate impacts that zero-tolerance policies have had on students of color, low-income students, and...
Keyword:: mixed methods, School suspensions, and causal inference
Subject:: Human Development and Social Policy
Creator:: Ijun Lai
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/28/2019
Date Modified:: 10/28/2019
Date Created:: 2018-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Evidence suggests both that teacher quality matters for students' outcomes and that principals might not hire the "best" teachers. However, relatively little is known about what characteristics principals value in teachers or how they make hiring decisions. In my dissertation, I use a diverse array of data sources to examine...
Keyword:: mixed methods, teacher labor market, demand for teachers, education policy, and principals' hiring practices
Subject:: Education and Social Policy - Learning Sciences
Creator:: Mimi Engel
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/01/2018
Date Modified:: 10/01/2018
Date Created:: 2008-08-06
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: The purpose of this mixed methods study was to learn about the ways that instrumental music teachers in Chicago navigate the urban landscape. The design of the study most closely resembles Creswell and Plano Clark's (2007) two-part Triangulation Convergence Mixed Methods Design, with the addition of an initial exploratory focus...
Keyword:: mixed methods, urban, music education, Chicago, music teaching, and instrumental music
Subject:: Music Education
Creator:: Kate R. Fitzpatrick
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/07/2018
Date Modified:: 09/07/2018
Date Created:: 2008-05-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This dissertation presents the results of three studies examining the determinants and consequences of employment among single mothers with infants and toddlers. In the first study, I use nationally-representative survey data to identify the effect of age-of-youngest-child welfare-to-work exemptions on the employment of single mothers with no more than a...
Keyword:: quantitative methods, mixed methods, maternal employment, infants and toddlers,, and welfare policy
Subject:: Social Policy to Education and Social Policy - Human Development and Social Policy
Creator:: Heather D Hill
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 08/27/2018
Date Modified:: 08/27/2018
Date Created:: 2007-07-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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