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Journal for K-12 Educational Leadership 3 Neil Dugger, Ed.D. GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN Journal for K-12 Educational Leadership 2017, VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 http://www.dbu.edu/doctoral/edd Greetings, Thank you for reading the first edition of the DBU Journal for K-12 Educational Leadership, sponsored by DBU’s Center for K-12 Educational Leadership! It is our prayer that this journal will be of great service to the practitioners in the field of K-12 education, answer - ing many of the questions you may have in education. These articles are selected from the many outstanding treatises (dissertations) completed in the past year at Dallas Baptist University’s College of Education. This will become an annual publication and will be provided free of charge to our K-12 educational partners. The Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership K-12 program was established to provide a practitioner’s degree that would contribute to educational research. We now have over 130 doctoral students in thirteen cohorts and sixty graduates of the program. Our students are in leadership positions all over north Texas - and beyond - in our traditional public schools, public charter schools, and private schools. While their training is to provide skills in servant leadership and make an impact on students in their schools, another goal is to generate research to identify what truly works in our schools. Dallas Baptist University is an institution of higher education that serves over 5,000 students, with almost 1,000 identified as K-12 educators seeking a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree. In 2016, the National Council on Teacher Quality rated DBU’s elementary teacher preparation program in the top 1% of all programs in the United States! Our master’s programs serve future administrators, counselors, curriculum directors, special education educators, reading/ESL/bilingual educa - tors, and teachers - usually in a scholarship-aided cohort in their home district. The doctoral program focuses on develop- ing servant leaders. Highlights of each level of programs can be found in this publication. Thank you for your service as a K-12 educator, and a special thanks for being a great partner with Dallas Baptist University. You have a difficult job, but you produce outstanding graduates who make wonderful contributions to our American soci - ety. As we continue to partner with you in this mission, please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of service. Wishing you many blessings! Dr. Neil Dugger Dean, College of Education Director, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership K-12