The pursuit of higher education is a goal that is embedded in secondary education and often correlated with the American dream. This study concentrated on the barriers that women with a felony conviction face when pursuing higher education after incarceration. Based on the identified barriers, current best practices for admission to higher…

Elementary teachers are challenged to meet the needs of all types of learners within their classrooms; high ability, learning disabled, average ability, and students suffering from childhood trauma. Childhood trauma impacts the brain of a young person and may keep them in a state of fight, flight, or shutdown, making it difficult to learn. Many…

The use of evidence-based practices in the field of special education is still inconsistent practice with special education teachers during daily instruction. Special education teachers often have little knowledge of high-quality indicators of research that identify specific evidence-based practices proven for designated populations of students…

It is important for school leaders to understand how students who identify as belonging to specific races, ethnicities, or cultures experience school climate. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the perceptions of school leaders on their culturally responsive leadership (CRSL) practices and discipline actions. This study…

This qualitative study investigated the lived experiences of nine African American men who graduated from predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in the United States. Prior researchers have indicated that African American men enrolled in predominantly White colleges and universities exhibit lower graduation rates than other ethnic and gender…

Over the years, studies in language teacher cognition have predominantly focused on the cognitions and practices of teachers in English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts. Research into teacher cognition about teaching other languages, particularly African languages remains few. The purpose of this study…

Challenges to empowering secondary students toward engagement in addressing injustice persist in the United States education system. Likewise, teachers feel generally underprepared to support students through the process. A critical examination of literature in justice-based pedagogy and praxis revealed a gap in practical application of justice…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore what attributes of equity and social justice education are shared by equity or social justice trained K-5 teachers in high poverty elementary schools in Eastern United States when asked to describe their practices and educational philosophy. Critical theory is the theoretical…

Principal supervisors play a critical role in supporting school principals. However, historically, principal supervisors were ill prepared to address these challenges at either the district or school level. Since 2011, the role of the principal supervisors has been reexamined to provide better outcomes for students and increased support for…

This research focuses on leadership decisions by high school administrators in Maine in response to school closures and subsequent reopening plans due the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to learn the degree to which adaptive leadership was used as a leadership approach in response to a unique, complex and dynamic set of…

This mixed methods approach study examined the experiences and perceptions of educators--both certified and non-certified--in one Connecticut elementary school, which serves students from kindergarten through sixth grade. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire developed by the researcher to respond to a Likert Scale, as well as open…

Hundreds of community colleges are attempting transformational pathway reform, also known as guided pathways, to improve student outcomes. This qualitative case study explored sensemaking and organizational learning, early processes of transformational change, among administrators, faculty, and staff implementing pathway reform in a California…

The research problem explored elementary administrators in a southern school district in Georgia who experienced challenges supporting teachers' implementation of inclusion strategies to support the academic needs of students with disabilities (SWDs) in general education classrooms. The purpose of this basic qualitative study examined…

The relationship between practice-based teacher education (PBTE) and teacher education oriented toward social justice (SJTE) has been debated by teacher educators and researchers for some time, and still today the contention persists. Many teacher educators have a goal of supporting preservice teachers (PSTs) enact instructional practices that are…

This chapter discusses the issues and challenges of teacher professional development and education quality improvement initiatives in Indonesia. Indonesian education reform presents one exemplary case of global education reform and education transfer--its reform initiatives have been influenced by foreign educational theory, policy, and pedagogy.…