As a major component of leadership development, professional development (PD) support needs more researchers to focus on possible ways to build school leaders' instructional capacity. Despite the increasing use of virtual professional development (VPD) as venues for leadership development, little is known about the essential components of an…

Much of the literature indicates the importance and the need for the improvement of embedding Indigenous knowledge into the tertiary curriculum. However, not much empirical evidence is available to identify how Indigenous knowledges can be embedded in a sustained and respectful way within the Australian tertiary education sector. This article…

In Mississippi, 57% of job vacancies through 2022 will be middle-skill jobs, but only an estimated 50% of the state's workers will be trained to fill these jobs. The ACT WorkKeys assessment is the primary credentialing tool for high school students entering the middle-skill labor force. The problem addressed in this study is while Mississippi uses…

The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged on December 31, 2019 in the People's Republic of China, has been declared as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization. Countries primarily aimed to reduce the spread of the epidemic so that health services would not be disrupted and loss of life would be prevented. In addition to the health…

In 2018 the Department for Education published "Supporting excellent school resource management: strategy." This set out the Department's commitment to helping schools improve outcomes for pupils by making every pound count and getting the best value from their resources. This strategy underpins the School Resource Management (SRM)…

Research shows that desirable difficulties as achieved with spaced repetition, interleaving, and retrieval (SIR) have positive long-term impacts on student learning, because the learning sticks. This book guides you through these three techniques for a more brain-compatible classroom geared toward student success. Combing through research for…

This study addresses the gap in evidence on employability of people from disadvantaged groups in the context of the greening of the economy. We focus in particular on people with low qualifications (i.e. those with at most a lower secondary qualification (level 2 or below in the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)). However,…

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed severe challenges to health systems and economies around the world. While Australia has fared better than many countries in limiting collective and individual hardship, the impact of personal losses and lockdowns, along with a drastically changed global environment, has had a toll on young Australians especially. As…

This report is a response to congressional requests for the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to identify, synthesize, and explain the core components of the workforce skills gap discourse and, to the extent possible, explore and clarify evidence on the existence of skills gaps. The report acknowledges that the skills gap label is often applied…

This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. The Florida assessment policies and guidelines presented in this technical assessment paper are appropriate for state and federal reporting. Therefore, guidance and procedures regarding the selection…

This study examined the effects of using an online module to train in-service BCBAs and practitioners on practicing cultural humility, responsiveness, awareness, and self-reflection within the ABA field. In the online module intervention, participants were exposed to case scenarios, course materials, and individual cultural humility questions,…

With the rise in globalization, an increasing number of minoritized, multiracial, and cross-cultural students are enrolling in the U.S. PK-12 school systems. As the PK-12 student landscape becomes more diverse, teachers, staff, principals, and school counselors need to be aware of and able to address specific needs and provide support for students…

This study was an exploration of organizational culture in the remote work environment. A classical Delphi study was selected as the most appropriate research methodology available for this exploratory work. The subject matter, organizational culture and the remote work environment were identified as worthy of study given the well-recognized…

A revised version of a traditional physical chemistry laboratory experiment has been developed to enhance student discussion in the laboratory and to improve students' connections between physical chemistry concepts and real molecular systems. In this experiment, students explore the keto-enol tautomerization of 2,4-pentanedione. However, unlike…

In this exploratory mixed-methods case study, I examined 24 participating principals' perceptions of using implementation science to deploy Inclusive Learning Communities (ILC) in 33 Wisconsin schools participating in a Research-to-Practice Inclusive Communities (RPIC) project. I found evidence that ILC were supported by a majority of…