4 Dallas Baptist University is proud to present the seventh issue of the Journal of K-12 Educational Research. The articles in this issue are presented by a selection of recent graduates of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership K-12, a practitioner’s degree which highlights skills needed to lead districts and campuses in North Texas and beyond. Each article is a summary of the data gathered for their individual research projects, and each provides answers to questions of local interest. Our students search for immediate, site-based solutions that could be easily applied to a variety of contexts. This edition contains four timely articles about an issue on the minds of many educational leaders – how to support and retain teachers. Dr. Bryan Calvert studied the costs of teacher attrition. Dr. Stephanie Colwell and Dr. Vonda Hayes studied teacher support, and Dr. Stephanie Leach studied effective practices to keep special education teachers. Julie Buckler Leslie, EdD A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Journal of K-12 Educational Research 2024, VOL. 7, ISSUE 1 www.dbu.edu/doctoral/edd Additionally, this edition includes an article by Dr. Stephanie Wolf in which she interviewed college professors, industry leaders, and military recruiters on the social and emotional skills high school graduates need to be college and career ready. Dr. Lisa Pedevilla studied women and the unique challenges they face in navigating their way to the superintendency and other top leadership positions. Dr. Erin Trantham studied the effects of personalized learning on student achievement after the COVID-19 pandemic. This edition also includes a study by Dr. Mariah Bailey about fastgrowth districts and how they can leverage stakeholder perceptions and expectations in decision making. DBU’s EdD K-12 program is based on the Biblical servant leader model of putting the needs of others first. Students explore problems that have immediate concern in their districts and are encouraged to share their findings with those districts. The articles included in this issue and the final dissertations upon which they were based have the potential to empower educational leaders and classroom educators and to make a positive difference for students throughout the North Texas region and beyond. Julie Buckler Leslie, EdD Director of Research in Educational Leadership K-12 juliel@dbu.edu (214) 333-5466
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