Dr. Jane Kester-Koppenaal was honored July 31 in Columbia, Mo., at the University of Missouri Reynolds Alumni Center for outstanding research. A 2011 graduate of the University of Missouri Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis doctoral program, Kester-Koppenaal's thesis, "The Impact of School Exclusion on Student Achievement," was chosen as a finalist for the Dan H. Cockrell 2011 EdD Dissertation of the Year Award. Finalists were selected through a "blind-read" process by professors outside the education department.
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