Early childhood education settings provide opportunities for children to learn what it means to be social and consequently, what it means to be a friend. Friendship-making is multifaceted among peers of similar ages and perhaps even more complex between children with a significant age discrepancy. Mixed-age settings, where children socialise…

On August 9, 2022, the Denton Independent School District held a meeting to address complaints about its libraries. Like so many districts in Texas and across the country, Denton had been responding to accusations that children had access to inappropriate books at school. During the public comment session, a local man stood up to the podium and…

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) are overrepresented in the school population but often receive inconsistent and culturally irrelevant instruction. This paper reports on the results of a latent content analysis of extant literature to provide four main themes that can be used to better…

Background/purpose: The integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into education positions schools as central actors in promoting global sustainability. Islamic Education, rooted in values of stewardship, justice, and moderation, inherently aligns with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Yet, empirical evidence from Arab…

The K-12 Funding Equity Workgroup was established by the 2025 Legislature to analyze K-12 funding formulas and revenue sources, and explore options for revisions to the funding formula that are responsive to student needs, including economic, demographic, and geographic differences in student and community populations. This report presents the…

Purpose: This article examines the nature of parental frustrations and the conflicts they have fueled over the past several years that have pitted parents against school boards, administrators and sometimes teachers. It then offers a context for understanding parental demands for school choice through comparative analysis of the Irish educational…

While previous studies have established the importance of teacher support and grit in academic success, their combined influence on psychological wellbeing with gender as a moderator remains understudied. Using structural equation modelling (SEM) and mediation moderation analyses, this research analysed quantitative data obtained from various…

Understanding how learners interpret visual representations of invisible scientific phenomena is crucial for teaching and designing effective instructional materials. This study investigated which visualizations of infrared radiation, radiation absorption, and molecules are perceived as most intuitively comprehensible by students and adults.…

This study contributes empirical evidence on the predictors of service-learning and post-college volunteerism in a national longitudinal sample of college students. Precollege volunteerism was associated with service-learning participation. Students who participated in service-learning were nearly twice as likely to volunteer in the years after…

STEAM is an acronym of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, which focuses on developing the critical thinking and problem solving abilities in students and creates interest towards STEAM subjects. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of secondary school students towards STEAM education in Pakistan. Using…

Objective: Imposterism and academic self-handicapping (ASH) are related to negative outcomes in college students. We examined whether the relationship between imposterism and academic goal orientations is mediated by ASH across men and women and for students who are underrepresented on campus. Participants: Participants were 852 undergraduates…

Much of the existing research on gender wage gaps in China is focused on a singular perspective, such as education, sector, industry, and urban-rural difference. This paper, however, discusses both returns to education and gender wage gaps from a sector perspective. Using Urban Household Survey of 2004 and 2013, this paper presents that the…

Digital adoption has increasingly been seen as a key driver for accelerating human development. However, contextual factors affect digital adoption in a particular geographical setting. These factors have gendered differences due to systemic patriarchy and social stereotypes. There is limited scholarship on identifying such factors and gender…

This study aimed to identify the nature of counseling communication competencies among educational counselors in Jordanian schools and the extent to which these competencies are affected by gender and work organization variables. The study sample consisted of 115 male and female counselors in Jordanian schools. This study relied on the descriptive…

The current study examined the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI (psychometric properties and its performance among a sample of 2366 adolescents; 1037 (45.4%) males and 1289 (54.5%) females. Item Response Theory (IRT) was applied to identify which CTI items proficiently contribute to a single proper measurement of CTI. IRT evaluates the amount of…