Green River Valley (Ky.)--History--19th century; Green River Valley (Ky.)--Economic conditions--19th century; Farms, Small--Kentucky--History
This study focuses on the expansion of the Green River's economic and political importance within Kentucky and how it impacted small farmers of the region. It challenges the idea that small farmers played an insignificant role in the agriculture...
Spirituality in literature; Religion in literature; Berry, Wendell, 1934---Criticism and interpretation; McCarthy, Cormac, 1933---Criticism and interpretation
This dissertation provides a reading of characters in the novels and short stories of two important contemporary American writers through the lens of spiritual theology. While spirituality has often been understood as necessitating a flight from...
Four boys stand in front of a sign reading "Creative Art for Rowan County Children / Sponsored by Morehead Kentucky Branch of the American Association of University Women and the P.T.A. Council." Two of the boys hold another sign reading...
This study explored the predictive relationships of teacher efficacy, teacher knowledge, and teacher practices with student achievement. More specifically, secondary mathematics teachers' efficacy beliefs, geometry knowledge for teaching, and the...
Drugs and crime are inextricably connected. Much of the growth in the prisoner population in America is attributable to the misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol. Offenders who abuse or are dependent on drugs are at high risk for substantial health...
The purpose of this study was to identify teachers' perceptions of the costs and benefits of participating in a school-based decision-making process. These costs to teachers are increased time demands, loss of autonomy, risk of collegial disfavor,...
The past decade has brought about major advances in the realms of both
healthcare and biometrics. New technologies and techniques in the field of biometrics
has allowed for the quick and efficient identification of people, while new...
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, is pictured sitting outside her log cabin with stone chimney in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County schools in 1906 and...
Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with three men (including her father, William Messer, second from right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leona...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand behind a chair outside their log cabin in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots. Alameda Sparks...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed with a saw leaning against it in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed with a saw leaning against it in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary...
Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with two men (including her father, William Messer, at right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leona Margaret Caudill,...
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, is pictured sitting on the porch of her log cabin in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County schools in 1906 and founded the...
Four boys stand in front of a log cabin beneath a sign reading "Creative Art for Rowan County Children / Sponsored by Morehead Kentucky Branch of the American Association of University Women and the P.T.A. Council." One of the boys...
Two-story dark brick building at the corner of Twentieth and Rowan, Louisville, Kentucky. Large wooden awning on the ground floor. Painted sign on the side of the building advertises Fritz Eberle Grocery and Saloon as well as Frank Fehr's F.F.X.L.
Two-story dark wood building at the corner of Twenty-Fourth and Rowan, Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor houses George Kruse Groceries, Meats & Vegetables. Signs in the windows and door advertise Mother's Bread and Ivory Soap. Painted signs on...
Educational tests and measurements--Social aspects--Kentucky; Test bias--Kentucky; Academic achievement--Social aspects--Kentucky
This study investigates the progress of standards-based accountability in eliminating the effects of student background and school composition factors on student achievement and school performance in a large, urban district in Kentucky. The factors...
