First year college students have the lowest retention rate of all students enrolled according to the National Survey of students. Social interaction is the key to improve retention rates. The amount of federal funding is linked to student enrollment. It is a major concern of all colleges. Educational institutions lose thousands of dollars a year…

In this article I aim to establish a relevant connection between John Dewey's educational philosophy and the hippie communes of the United States during the nineteen sixties and seventies. After an assessment of Dewey's philosophy against the background of the countercultural sixties, I summarize and organize Dewey's philosophical thought around…

School climate reform has been recognized as a positive school improvement strategy. Even though a positive school climate has been shown to increase student achievement and school performance, little research has been done to provide school principals with strategies and practices they can implement in order to create and maintain a positive…

Teacher shortages caused by decreasing enrollment in teacher preparation programs, and teacher turnover, negatively impact student outcomes. Improving teacher job satisfaction has the ability to positively influence teacher recruitment and retention (Aldridge & Fraser, 2016; Barkley, 2013; Gulsen & Gulenay, 2014). There are a growing…

Comprehenders encounter a variety of syntactic structures through reading or spoken conversation. In some cases, sentences can be ambiguous and have more than one meaning. In "The spy saw the cop with the binoculars," one interpretation is that the spy is looking through the binoculars, while an alternative is that the cop has the…

Billions of dollars are spent each year on athletic teams and the education of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes. Successful athletic programs require teams that are excelling in the classroom and also within their sports. Stakeholders are continually searching for factors that impact the academic success of the…

This study seeks to identify the specific challenges that female high school principals in Mississippi State face in their leadership roles. It will use four main domains: organizational challenges, physical challenges, social challenges, and personal challenges to unearth the problem. The primary research question, "What are the barriers and…

The role and performance of a teacher is central to the teaching and learning process in any educational system, but they are often misinterpreted in the context of educational monitoring and quality assurance. Although efforts to relate teacher quality to educational quality are rarely challenged, establishing linkages between teacher quality and…

This qualitative study examined the role and determinants of motivational beliefs and self-perceptions among six academically successful undergraduates with learning disabilities at private 4-year colleges who serve as mentors for middle-school students with similar learning challenges. Drawing on the expectancy-value theory of achievement-related…

Historical analyses of educational attainment trends have revealed disparities concerning Black males, particularly with respect to attainment of advanced degrees. The purpose of the present study was to identify critical factors that promoted educational attainment of advanced degrees among ten Black men who were leaders within educational…

Home is the first institution of a child that have significant relationships with students' overall life. Current study have investigated the relationship of home environment with secondary school students performances. The focus of the study was to find out the relationship of home interactions, physical facilities and students academic…

Edible verge gardens, which are cultivated sections of public footpaths created by residents for household and community use, have gradually become more common in some Australian cities. As an emergent form of urban agriculture, verge gardens uniquely provide opportunities for encountering and learning about food cultivation and consumption…

Prior research suggests that human children lack an aptitude for tool innovation. However, children's tool making must be explored across a broader range of tasks and across diverse cultural contexts before we can conclude that they are genuinely poor tool innovators. To this end, we investigated children's ability to independently construct 3 new…

Individuals' favorite subjects in school can predetermine their educational and occupational careers. If girls develop weaker preferences for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), it can contribute to macrolevel gender inequalities in income and status. Relying on large-scale panel data on adolescents from Sweden (218 classrooms,…

The teaching of sick children in hospital is an often overlooked aspect of Ireland's national education system. Prior to the 1970s, there was hardly any formal structure in place for this type of schooling in the country, despite the fact that many children could be inpatients for weeks or months at a time. In 1980, a report, published by the…