Although phonics knowledge and decoding skill are important for academic and life success, there is little research that examines the effects of home-based, family-implemented instruction on the development of these early literacy skills. The purpose of this multiple baseline across participants single case experimental design study was to…

Navigating campus and the surrounding community may pose barriers to matriculation, engagement, and quality of life for students with disabilities. This intervention uses the student's smartphone device and a university map application to guide students as they navigate to specific destinations around campus (e.g., library, classroom buildings,…

This article presents a quasi-experimental study evaluating Morocco's Agency for Adult Education "Literacy for Empowerment" program, using propensity score matching to compare data from participants and nonparticipants. Framed within a theory supporting an all-inclusive concept of literacy, the study was guided by two main questions, and…

The purpose of this study was to understand the implementation and impact of the New Teacher Center's (NTC) strategies for scaling its validated induction model to 301 schools in five school districts serving high proportions of students of color and students from low-income households. SRI's evaluation of the implementation and impact of NTC's i3…

This study aimed to investigate the perceived collective teacher efficacy, teacher attitudes to inclusion of students with special educational needs, and the relationship between the constructs in a sample of Swedish teachers. The participants were 930 teachers involved in the Inclusive Behavioural Support in Schools implementation programme. The…

The article provides a global comparison of IB World Schools in the lusophone space, including countries in three different world regions, in response to a lack of research on international education in Portuguese-speaking countries. Following an introduction to the literature on this topic, focusing on a widely known typology of international…

Morocco launched Vision 2015-2030 to make schooling fair and high quality, yet many goals remain unfinished ten years later. This study compares the promises of Vision 2030 with the real situation in 2024. It uses qualitative document review and secondary data from UNESCO, the World Bank, the Moroccan Ministry of Education, and the 2018 PISA file.…

My Vital Cycles® is a holistic ovulatory menstrual health literacy program for adolescent females. A whole school approach was used when trialled in one single-sex secondary school in Perth Australia. This study investigated the enablers and barriers for its future implementation from the perspective of the school's teachers, nurses and…

Since the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (EHA), Public Law (P.L.) 94-142 and its successor statute, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, or the Act), the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education and their predecessors, the Commissioners of Education at the U.S. Department of Health,…

A greater number of predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in the United States have focused their efforts on recruiting a more diverse faculty body to better reflect the students and surrounding communities they aspire to or currently serve. More of these institutions are actively moving beyond recruitment efforts and are seeking to explicitly…

Formative assessment is a crucial aspect of teaching and learning in the classroom, but there is evidence that there has been a lack of effective implementation of formative assessment in practice. In response, this article outlines the design and development of a formative assessment framework that can be implemented as a consistent whole-school…

This study presents empirical data on the best practice implementation of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Champion Model in schools at each of the three tiers of implementation. The purpose of this study was to identify PBIS best practice evidence indicators for each of the tiers. The design included a review of evidence…

This study explores best practices and roles of information and communication technology (ICT) in select professional development centers at 16 flagship universities. Through adopting a qualitative case study design, this study explores the strengths and weaknesses of current technology training initiatives in the selected professional development…

The purpose of the study reported on here was to investigate the implementation of the no-fee schools policy in quintile 1 schools in the Frances Baard district of the Northern Cape province. The South African schooling system categorises schools into quintile 1 to 5 schools, and, since 2006, disadvantaged learners in quintiles 1 to 3 have been…

Physical activity initiatives targeting the participation of all members of a school's community are proposed as partial solutions to getting children physically active for 60 minutes each day. Integrating whole-school programs can be a daunting task; however, in this article, we share tips from physical activity leaders at three schools and found…