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Dissertations from 2023

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Challenging Perceptions of Voice, Agency, and Empowerment Through the Lens of Current and Former High School Students, Dana Marie Brown Cincis

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Impacts of Attribution Style on Academics, Personal Relationships, and Extracurricular Activities: A Mixed Methods Study of Learned Helplessness in Secondary Students, Joslyn Vendola

Dissertations from 2022

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Schooling With Racial Equity at the Center: A Case Study Exploration of One Elementary School-Based Leadership Team, Michael L. Baulier

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“Everything Is Gonna Be Alright:” An Examination of the Influence of Mentoring on Social Class Mobility for Black and Latino Males in Boston, Massachusetts, Samuel DePina

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Substantially Silent: Exploring the Variability of “Voice” at the Intersection of Race and Dis/Ability in a Restrictive Special Education Placement, Christopher N. Hall

Dissertations from 2021

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Education Inequity by Design: A Case Study of the Duval County Public School System, 1954–1964, Carolyn B. Edwards

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Daring to See: White Supremacy and Gatekeeping in Music Education, Brian A. Gellerstein

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Don’t Ignore My Voice: A Call to Action by and for Gender-Expansive Youth, Sam Hoyo

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The Boston Opportunity Agenda: A Historic Case Study of Public-Private Partnership in Education (2007-2019), Timothy M. Lavin

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A Case Study of Principal Leadership Behaviors that Lead to Urban Elementary Turnaround School Improvement, Sheneal Parker

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Valuing Experiences: How US High School Teachers’ Reflective Practices Support Chinese International Students’ Learning, Jin Zhao

Dissertations from 2020

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The Racial Challenges Facing Black Male School Leaders Enacting Social Justice Agendas in Environments of Privilege, Jamel Adkins-Sharif

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Her Seat at the Table: A Youth Participatory Examination of Food Insecurity Among Latina High School Students, Jessica Frances Arrendol-Kiely

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How Do Black Mothers Navigate the Structures and Spaces of Special Education Programs to Advocate for Their Sons?, Phanenca Babio-James

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Defining and Conceptualizing Disability: An Examination of How Culture Shapes the Understanding of Disability for Parents Who Immigrate to the United States, Lisa Langone Berard

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Where Do We Come From? A Quantitative Study of the Backgrounds and Professional Qualities of Special Education Transition Specialists in Massachusetts, Jennifer Carr Callison

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How do Emerging Bilinguals Learn Math?: The Role of Translanguaging in an English-Only Middle School Mathematics Classroom Setting, Mustapha K. Coker

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"I Can't Learn That Fast." The Exclusion of Women in College Algebra, Karen Crounse

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An Examination of the Factors Influencing High School Graduation Rates for Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education, Linda M. Flueckiger

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Public-Private Partnerships in Education: A Vertical Case Study of the Right to Education Act (2009), India, Sheetal Gowda

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Community College Non-Completion: Students' Voices and Embodiments of Stress and Healing, Tara Gully-Hightower

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Educator Perspectives on English Learner Identification: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study, Rachel E. Hoffman

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High School Teachers' Perceptions of Social Studies in the Context of Accountability, Kristina M. Kelleher-Bianchi

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Educators Bailan with Policy et le Pouvoir in the Educação of Multicultural and Multilingual Learners (WIDA ELD Standards and the Education of English Learners), Fernanda Marinho Kray

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The A/Effects of Implicit Bias on the Academic Success of Black Students Attending Urban Public Schools in the Northeastern Region of the United States, Nadine R. O'Garro

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Spokespeople or Gatekeepers? A Case Study of Teacher Engagement with the Data Privacy Policy Environment in U.S. Public Schools, Amanda Potasznik

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Critical Caste Theory in Education, Savitha Rajamani

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An Examination of English Learner Leadership in the Massachusetts English Only Context, Teresa De Jesus Schwarz

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Parents Pushing Back Against School Push Out, Erin Lindsey VandeVeer

Dissertations from 2019

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Black Family Engagement Through Communication Technology: A Phenomenological Study from the Perspective Of Urban Public High Schools Parents In The Greater Boston Area, Mariette Bien-Aime Ayala

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Suspending the Binary Logic of Inclusion and Disability: How Teachers Make Meaning of their Work with Students with Severe Multiple Disabilities in Substantially Separate Spaces, Avril C. Depagter

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Using Currere as a Form of Self-Writing among Urban Teens, Kimberly J. Frazier-Booth

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Policy Determination at the District Level: A Comparative Analysis of Community Schools in Boston and Baltimore City, Emily J. Woods

Dissertations from 2018

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Reimagining the Discourse: Media Representation of Women in Boston Public Schools' Superintendency, 1991 - 2016, Lisa M. Cullington

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Massachusetts Special Education Administrators: A Mixed Methods Study of Beliefs, Efficacy and Leadership Related to Students with Emotional Disturbance, Laura Lajewski

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Native Daughter: A Lived Experience of Desegregation, Kandice A. Sumner

Dissertations from 2017

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Teacher Beliefs and Practices Regarding Students' Mathematics Learning in a High-Performing U.S. Urban Public Elementary School, Tamara L. Blake-Canty

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A Case Study of an Exemplary Chinese Principal, Baifeng Sun Cadieux

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A Case Study of an Exemplary Chinese Principal, Baifeng Sun Cadieux

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The Educational Life Histories of Three 8th Grade African American Males at an Urban Alternative School, Stephanie Marson Lee

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New to America: Immigrant Girls and Bullying, Vittoria Pacifco

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A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Common Core State Standards: Investigating a Possibly Neoliberal Ideological Field, Erik Lars Smith

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Walking the Tightrope: The Tension in Math Teachers' Walk through Identity and Agency amidst Race to the Top in Cumberland County Schools, Cindy Smith Taylor

Dissertations from 2016

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Transmigration Experiences of Newcomers in the Context of an English-Only Education: Sense-Making by Former Newcomer ELLs, Elizabeth Paulsen Tonogbanua

Dissertations from 2015

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Analysis of English Language Learner Performance on the Biology Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System: The Impact of English Proficiency, First Language Characteristics, and Late-entry ELL Status, Mary A. Mitchell

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What Academic Grades Mean to Seventh Grade Students, Margo Joan Moore

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A Case Study of an Urban Elementary School Chinese Language and Culture Program at the Boston Renaissance Charter Public Schools (BRCPS), Jinhui Xu

Dissertations from 2014

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Multicultural Education and Teachers' Perceptions of and Intended Responses to Students' Behavior, Malcolm J. Bryant

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"We are a Democracy": Progressive-era Democratic Teaching in High School English Classrooms, 1912-1941, Nicholas J. Fitzgerald

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Transformational Leadership and Student Achievement: A Case Study of Catholic Elementary Schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, Chris Flieger

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How 11 Boston Transitional Bilingual Teachers Implemented and Resisted Sheltered English Immersion Following a Ballot Initiative Elimiinating Bilingual Education On Massachusetts, Thomas A. King

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The Influence of No Child Left Behind (2001) on the Leadership of Elementary School Principals in Massachusetts: Highlighted Responses from Asian American Principals, Wesley P. S. Manaday

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"True, She Has the Culture You Need": A White Teacher in an Urban School Critically Reflects on the Hidden, Social, and Academic Curriculum, Mathew Arlen McLean

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Beliefs and Attitudes Held By Assistant Principals in Massachusetts Public High Schools toward Student Suspensions, Samantha J. Meier

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An Examination of School Committee Municipal Representation in the City of Worcester, Massachusetts, Kerry E. Mulcahy

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Black Students' and Black Teachers' Self Identifications and Perceptions of One Another, Stacey Jones Mulligan

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Working to Sustain Change: An Examination of Teacher Leadership and its Role in Promoting Organizational Learning in Urban Turnaround Schools, Katherine E. Petta

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Does Increased Family Income Reduce Fade Out of Preschool Gains?, Colin C. Rose

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Toward Professional Learning: The Convergence of Planning, Experience, and Literature in an Urban High School, Kimberly A. Talbot

Dissertations from 2013

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Knowledge, Identity, & Professionalism: A Grounded Theory Analysis of How Urban Career Teachers Navigate Their Professional Lives, Lori Jean Brodeur

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Power from the Margins: The Professional Identities of Three English as a Second Language Teachers in Low Incidence Districts, Tina H. Chien

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From Legislation to Implementation: Distributing Leadership in Response to the Massachusetts Anti-Bullying Law of 2010, Alan H. Cron

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The Association Between Elementary Teacher Licensure Test Scores and Student Growth in Mathematics: An Analysis of Massachusetts MTEL and MCAS Tests, Life LeGeros

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Honoring Counterstories: Utilizing Digital Storytelling in the Culturally Responsive Classroom to Investigate the Community Cultural Wealth and Resiliency of Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE), Christina M. Porter

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Teacher Reported Job Satisfaction and Teacher Reported Understanding of the Evaluation Process: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Case Study of One Urban Public School District, Maura Walsh

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Reconceptualizing Cultural Competence: White Placeling De-/reterritorialization within Teacher Education, Melissa Winchell

Dissertations from 2012

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Synthesis of Research Studies from 1997-2008 Using Qualitative Meta-Analytic Techniques on the Identification, Placement, and Representation of K-6 Grade Students in Special Education in Targeted U.S. Schools, Teresa López

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A Critical Study of the National Institute for School Leadership in the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, John Michael Perella

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The Role of Self-Efficacy and the Effects of Situated Online Professional Development on the Competence of School-based Occupational Therapists, Yonnette Evelyn Semple-Dormer

Dissertations from 2011

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Beyond Resiliency: Using Youth Participatory Action Research to Examine Alternative Education and Identity in a High Poverty Town, Susan M. Espinosa

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In Students' Words: The Development of Student Attitudes toward Mathematics - A Social Perspective, Dianne Kathryn Kelly

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An Exploratory Survey of the Enrollment Decisions of Parents and Guardians in Four Catholic Urban Elementary Schools, Sheila Lombard Kukstis

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Inverse Operations: A Grade 8 Urban Mathematics Teacher's Response to the Achievement Gap, Kelly Ann Silva

Dissertations from 2010

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A Critical Consideration of Co-Teachers' Interpretation of 21st Century Skills/Global Education, Maura Marlaine Morse

Dissertations from 2009

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Bridging worlds: Advocacy stigma and the challenge of teaching writing to secondary ELL students, Laurie Zucker-Conde