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Description:: This dissertation aims to understand the contribution of schools to reducing bullying behaviors and, in turn, to examine the benefits for students of attending a school that effectively reduces bullying. In doing so, this dissertation contributes to the literature on bullying by a) locating the school as a key environment...
Keyword:: Bullying
Subject:: Education policy and Secondary education
Creator:: Kiguel, Sebastian
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_986319 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16588

Description:: Lackluster BA completion rates have made it clear that improving postsecondary outcomes in the U.S. is not simply a matter of raising college enrollment rates. In addition to increasing the number of people who attend college, it is also important to increase the number of people who graduate. Over the...
Keyword:: college choice, college affordability, college completion, student engagement, social inequality, and college selectivity
Subject:: Education policy and Higher education
Creator:: Cook, Amanda Marie
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_980138 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16483

Description:: ABSTRACT This dissertation moves work on school discipline into the digital era by filling a gap in the literature which has largely ignored how data from digital student ecosystems are mined and processed by school authority. My dissertation interrogates the role youth of youth online behavior in school discipline decision-making....
Keyword:: School Discipline, Social Media, Digital Discipline, and Education Policy
Subject:: Education policy
Creator:: Leggero, Meghan Jo
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16005 and etdadmin_upload_897755

Description:: Recognizing the significance of social interactions in shaping human behavior and development, policies and programs often rely on peers and social relationships as mechanisms for inducing positive change. Yet, even in randomized control trials, social spillover can make an effective program appear ineffective, and measuring peer effects poses identification...
Subject:: Education policy and Economics
Creator:: Turner, Mary Clair Clair
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_780212 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15387

Description:: Standard-based accountability policies have profoundly shaped the landscape of public education in the United States. At the heart of these policies are standardized assessments, administered annually, which are used to evaluate schools and, at times, teachers. While always controversial, opposition to these policies increased following the widespread adoption of the...
Keyword:: Education policy, Social Movements, Network Analysis, Econometric Analysis, Accountability, and Framing
Subject:: Education policy, Educational sociology, and Sociology
Creator:: Paquin Morel, Richard
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_680128 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14773

Description:: As national, state, and local educational leaders grapple with how to effectively address the needs of gender-expansive students, more research is needed to inform policy. Gender-expansive youth experience high rates of chronic social stressors such as victimization, discrimination, and rejection. These stressors have academic, mental and physical health consequences; however,...
Keyword:: Educational Policy, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender-expansive, Gender Expression, and Transgender
Subject:: Education policy, Educational leadership, and Developmental psychology
Creator:: McQuillan, Mollie T
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14774 and etdadmin_upload_680340

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