At the nexus of the global policy push for inclusion of refugees into national education systems, steady urbanization trends among refugee and migrant populations, and rising xenophobia toward refugees, our study examines how refugee, national security, and education policies intersect to help or hinder urban refugee children's access to education…

The processes of discrimination in society negatively influence the social climate and economic development of the country. Manifestations of discrimination in the modern world have many forms. To deal with them, governments develop and implement policies aimed at preventing their further development. Overcoming age discrimination, which is called…

In the 1970s, with the rise of the New Right and the acceptance of Neo-liberalism within the Conservative Party, some Conservatives advocated education vouchers to realise the ideal of "parental choice". Between 1981 and 1983, Keith Joseph, the Secretary of State, stated publicly that he was greatly attracted to education vouchers and…

This article analyzes, based on the formulation and implementation of the Special Program for Remote Activities (Reanp), the controversies of these processes, and the associations and translations of public, private, and technological actors during the COVID-19 pandemic. To track the actors and understand their connections, we considered…

In metropolitan areas across the United States, city and suburban public school students receive grossly unequal funding. Since funding is critical to student success, this means the primarily Black, Latinx, and low-income students attending city schools are being denied an equal education. So entrenched is this system, that it can feel normal, or…

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is in crisis. A major new inquiry has been launched to find solutions, in part exploring how educational settings can become more inclusive through the provision of 'high quality support'. This begs the question--what "is" high quality support? Revisiting how SEND is…

Extremism in special education has been an endemic feature for decades but its most recent iteration, the full inclusion movement (FIM), is pushing special education toward a radical ideology in which placement in mainstream schools, rather than providing effective instruction, is becoming the main focus of efforts to meet the needs of students…

Many rural teachers with small populations of students who are learning English lack resources, educational background, and experience in pedagogies of language development, and schools and districts often struggle to provide the necessary supports for a small percentage of students when budgets are already stretched thin. The qualitative research…

To better understand how transportation costs affect college persistence, this study examined the experiences of community college students enrolled at two City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges--Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) and Queensborough Community College (QCC). Treatment students were randomly assigned to…

Purpose: Immigrant-origin youth are placed at risk by large-scale upheavals that affect their contexts of reception, including disruptions to education caused by public health and natural disasters, as well as other crises. Here we examine how immigrant-serving districts were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and district leaders' responses.…

The role of AI in education is slowly growing. As a new technology, its uses and capabilities have not been fully realized or understood. AI provides many opportunities as well as challenges for supporting students, teachers, and skills development. However, from higher education faculty to preschool teachers, the ways in which AI can support…

This study addresses the ambiguity surrounding the third mission of universities, which stems from a lack of a unified definition. It provides a comprehensive investigation of this mission within agricultural faculties by employing a systematic review of 150 articles, culminating in the selection of 32 final articles for qualitative analysis. The…

This study sought to gain insights into how diverse contexts in which teachers interacted with, especially when the Tanzania's expansion policy was in progress shaped and reshaped their perceived professionalism. A qualitative case study was adopted to obtain a holistic overview of the phenomena under exploration. Thirty-six participants from four…

Purpose: As part of this larger project, this paper aims to understand the possible shortcomings of the university-level education system in skill development that may be the reason for low adult proficiency in the country. Design/methodology/approach: To answer the question, national policy document reviews and semi-structured interviews with…

Purpose: The vocational education-industry connection is crucial for students' professional competence development and employability. In the past decade, the Chinese government has issued numerous policies in this regard. This study reviews these policies concerning the context. Design/methodology/approach: This study screened 19 educational…