Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Meredith Mountford
Abstract
In this study, the researcher uses quantitative methods to examine the extent to which Title I funding helps public schools with large populations of economically-disadvantaged students increase student academic achievement in reading and math in grades 3–5, and whether the leaders of these schools utilize specific social justice actions identified through a review of literature. The researcher gathers grade level student proficiency data for students in grades 3–5 and performs a bivariate correlation and a simple regression analysis to determine the extent to which identified schools receiving Title I funds are able to increase student proficiency rates over a three-year period. The researcher further analyzes the data through a social justice lens to determine possible social justice solutions to the persistent problem of the income-achievement gap.
Extent
139 p.
Recommended Citation
Grasinger, Justin, "THE HANDCUFFS OF POVERTY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A LARGE URBAN DISTRICT" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present. 1512.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/1512
Identifier
FA00014411
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (PhD)--Florida Atlantic University, 2024.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.