Volume 4 - Issue 1 - DBU Journal of K-12 Educational Research - Page 3

Journal of K-12 Educational Research 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS GREETINGS FROM THE DIRECTOR..................................................................................................................................2 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR................................................................................................................................................3 LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION: THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT IN SUCCESSION PLANNING AT TEXAS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.......................................................................................................................................................5 Brent Wilson, EdD A CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMAND THE PERCEIVED EFFECTS IN A K-12 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. .....................................................................................................................................................................12 Angela McDonald, EdD IMPACT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PREPARATION PATHS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT..............................................................................................................................................................................19 Brenton Paul deRenn White, EdD AN EXPLORATION OF MISSION DRIFT IN TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS......................................................25 Scott Fuller, EdD PERCEPTIONS OF PRINCIPALS AND IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE ELEMENTS FOR CHARTER-SPECIFIC PRINCIPAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS.................................................................................................................................34 R. Cody Yocom, EdD PRINCIPALS’ PERSPECTIVES OF PREPARATION AND SUPPORT IN A TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY...................................................................................................................................................................................43 Troy Mooney, EdD CHARTER SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: A COMPARISON OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC-SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NORTH TEXAS.....................................................................................51 Deborah Garton, EdD CHARTER SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ASPIRATION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. ...............................................59 Arlyn Vergara-Unating, EdD IMPACT OF PRINCIPAL RETENTION ON TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT............................................65 Roy Watts, EdD CLASSICAL EDUCATION FOR CONTEMPORARY NEEDS: A GROUNDED THEORY..................................................71 Joylynn Blake, EdD A COMPARISON OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL DISPARITY AT TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.................................................................................................................................77 Weldon Huffman (Buddy) Bonner, EdD JOURNAL OF K-12 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH