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Iheoma U. Iruka; Rachel Kaplan; Milton Suggs; Rosalind Kotz – FPG Child Development Institute, 2024
Despite increased attention to racial disparities in health, wellbeing, and academic outcomes--especially for Black, Latine, and Native American children and children from low-income households--little progress has been made in identifying the root causes of those disparities and, more importantly, identifying equitable policies and strategies to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Policy
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Weidner, C. Ken, II – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the visibility of economic inequality and the inadequacy of current minimum wage laws in the United States. Changes in the minimum wage, a living wage, or just employment practices may be compelled by law or voluntarily enacted by employers. A literature search failed to yield a concise and practical tool to…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Policy Formation, Human Resources, Higher Education
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Palacio, Fernando; Sadehvandi, Nikan – Texas Education Review, 2022
In 2018 the universities in the University Social Responsibility Network (USRN) embarked on the ambitious project of creating a collaborative Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), aiming to raise awareness of the concept of University Social Responsibility (USR), boost the visibility of the achievements and social impacts of its members, and promote…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Online Courses, Universities, Social Responsibility
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Pallett, Helen – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2020
Background: Debates about evidence-based policy (EBP) were revived in the UK in the 2010s in the context of civil service reform and changing practices of policy making, including institutionalisation of public participation in science policy making. Aims and objectives: This paper aims to explore this revival of interest in EBP in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Citizen Participation, Policy Formation
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Wolfe, Rebecca L.; Wang, Elaine Lin; Master, Benjamin K. – RAND Corporation, 2023
This report is one in a series of case studies RAND researchers are conducting as part of an independent evaluation of the BHP Foundation's Education Equity program. This case study traces the development of two efforts by UN Women's Second Chance Education Programme (SCE) in India to support policy changes that improve women's access to education…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Access to Education, International Organizations, Foreign Countries
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Reedy, Alison Kay; Wurm, Penelope A. S.; Janssen, Amanda; Lockley, Alison – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2021
Introduction: Academic integrity policy that is inaccessible, ambiguous or confusing is likely to result in inconsistent policy enactment. Additionally, policy analysis and development are often undertaken as top down processes requiring passive acceptance by users of policy that has been developed outside the context in which it is enacted. Both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Integrity, Educational Policy
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Guillot-Wright, Shannon; Oliver, Kathryn – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2023
Background: Despite the known need for empirical research-to-policy studies, little is known about the factors and conditions needed to support meaningful evidence use or how to intervene to promote quality evidence use. Aims and objectives: To study research-policy processes empirically and descriptively, we conducted an ethnography that focused…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Policy Formation, Theory Practice Relationship, Evidence Based Practice
Meghan Rens; Epke Vogel; Daniëlla van Uden; Willem Kleinendorst – European Training Foundation, 2023
The past years have witnessed a growing trend in applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET), which refers to investigative activities and services conducted by VET organisations which have a strong practical focus on solving real-life problems. Insights from applied research can be used to develop or improve products and services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Research, Program Evaluation
Eliot Levine – Aurora Institute, 2023
The Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative (MBLC) is a demonstration project taking place in 24 schools in Washington State. The schools receive funding and participate in professional learning and a statewide network to support implementation of mastery-based learning (MBL) and culturally responsive-sustaining education (CRSE). The initiative's…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, State Boards of Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Futures (of Society)
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Singer-Brodowski, Mandy; Brock, Antje; Grund, Julius; de Haan, Gerhard – Environmental Education Research, 2021
While science-policy interfaces (SPIs) are argued to be crucial in developing and implementing effective public policy programmes, what happens in a particular SPI policy-research relationship remains under-researched, particularly in relation to 'success criteria' for policy makers and researchers. In this article, we address this gap by…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Scientific Research, Policy Formation
Gates, Susan M.; Woo, Ashley; Xenakis, Lea; Wang, Elaine Lin; Herman, Rebecca; Andrew, Megan; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2020
State policymakers, including state leaders, districts, and professional associations, play a role in fostering an environment that supports the development of effective school principals, with the broad policy objective of achieving high principal quality across the state. This report examines how seven states use state policy levers to advance…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Principals, State Policy, Educational Policy
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Sinclair, Jeanne – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The U.S. Bilingual Education Act (BEA) of 1968 was born of grassroots efforts by linguistically diverse communities and their allies. Advocates' goal was to achieve self-determination in the education system and beyond. However, the BEA was implemented as a title under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which mandated annual program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Legislation, Second Language Learning, Program Evaluation
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Asada, Yuka; Lieberman, Lisa D.; Neubauer, Leah C.; Hanneke, Rosie; Fagen, Michael C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Structural change approaches--also known as policy and environmental changes--are becoming increasingly common in health promotion, yet our understanding of how to evaluate them is still limited. An exploratory scoping review of the literature was conducted to understand approaches and methods used to evaluate structural change interventions in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Literature Reviews, Public Health, Intervention
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Mohammadzadeh, Latif; Sadighi, Hassan; Abbasi, Enayat – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2017
Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of farmer-oriented policies as regards the Iranian agricultural extension system. Methodology: To fulfill this objective, a Delphi technique was utilized. The study used a series of three steps, engaging a panel of experts on farmer-oriented policies of agricultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Extension Education, Delphi Technique
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Prøitz, Tine S.; Havnes, Anton; Briggs, Mary; Scott, Ian – European Journal of Education, 2017
With the policy of developing a transparent and competitive European higher education sector, learning outcomes (LOs) are attributed a foundation stone role in policy and curriculum development. A premise for their implementation is that they bear fundamental similarities across national, institutional or professional/disciplinary contexts. In…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Professional Education, Program Evaluation, Case Studies
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