Publication Date
Fall 2016
School
School of Education
Major
Integrated Studies: Special Education--Teacher Certification
Keywords
United State Government, Teacher Turnover, Educators, Education, Federal Government, State Government, Teachers, High Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing
Disciplines
Elementary Education and Teaching | State and Local Government Law
Recommended Citation
Zollinhofer, Jessica Marie, "The Effects of the United States Government on Educators" (2016). Senior Honors Theses. 627.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/627
Abstract
This thesis is an attempt to understand the correlation between the modern day United States government and current educators. The research founded the correlation to a reason, or several reasons, behind the deficit of educators in different fields of education, which included but is not limited to: teacher salary, leaving the field, dissatisfaction. The history of governmental involvement in education was pertinent in explaining where different responsibilities on educators originated from, such as Least Restrictive Environment, standardized testing, etc. The relationship between these two establishments reaches a critical point at teachers and directly affects teacher efficacy and turnover. In conclusion, based off the deficits in different aspects of educators, several problems will be identified and some resolutions as well.
