Purpose: This study examines the direct and indirect effects of distributed leadership on teacher self-efficacy in multicultural classrooms (TSMC) through school capacity building, specifically teacher team innovativeness and a feedback network. Research Design: Using data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018, this study…

This case study focuses on the journey and progress to date within the Irish education system to redevelop the national primary school curriculum. While the redevelopment process focuses on all aspects of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, a particular focus is placed on elements relating to whole-child development. Central to this is an…

Seaford School District has allocated significant resources and launched multiple initiatives to increase the achievement of Seaford Middle School mathematics students. These included adopting high quality instructional materials, hiring a school-based mathematics coach, purchasing curriculum materials, ensuring collaborative grade level planning…

In the United States teacher retention in K-3 classrooms has declined, and so has the retention rate for the charter elementary school located in the study state. The problem is teacher retention rates in K-3 schools have declined in the U.S. The purpose of this basic qualitative research study was to explore teachers' perspectives regarding…

Early childhood (EC) teachers are not receiving adequate professional development (PD) to support their development of capacities to improve EC program quality. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore EC teacher perspectives on PD to support their development of capacities to improve EC program quality. The conceptual framework…

Early childhood education leaders are dedicated, resilient, and caring professionals. They are master multitaskers, seamlessly transitioning from comforting crying children to managing a plumbing problem; from writing a facilities report to meeting with a family to help them better understand their child's development. But they are often not able…

This article explores a 9-month process of youth research capacity-building, beginning with the training of high school and college aged researchers in qualitative methodologies and concluding with both tentative and comprehensive policy recommendations, at the behest of the youth, for altering the landscape of a major Southeastern city to ensure…

This article outlines the impacts of COVID-19 on higher education and provides a contextual assessment of how higher education systems can provide support to institutions and stakeholders through a formulated planning process which helps identify, plan, and achieve strategic goals in response to fluctuating priorities.

Despite the dramatic traumas and enormous physical losses associated with many catastrophes, it is undeniable that catastrophes also function as dynamic powers that drive the development and transformation of society and individuals in unpredicted and unlimited ways. However, there is paucity of research on the agent aspect of catastrophe in the…

In this paper, we present findings from the Culturally Nourishing Schooling (CNS) project data, collected during and after a series of experiential and immersive Learning from Country (LFC) activities with teachers working in New South Wales (NSW) schools in Australia. LFC is positioned as the critical first step in the CNS whole-school reform…

Knowledge exchange in higher education is an emerging area delivered in multiple ways, including university-business collaboration, combining academic knowledge and business needs. Knowledge exchange can act as a vehicle for embedding sustainability in the curriculum and help address significant challenges we face as a society. Student knowledge…

Background/purpose: Master Teachers (MTs) in the Philippines are positioned at the Highly Proficient level of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST), expected to model exemplary practice, mentor peers, and drive school improvement. Their role is reinforced by Relational Development Learning (RDL), which emphasizes coaching,…

Continuing the success of Erasmus+, through improvement of the programme and increasing its budget under the EU's next long-term budget is of key importance for the goals set out in the Competitiveness Compass and Union of Skills. Doing so will also foster the global visibility and attractiveness of Europe's higher education and research sector.…

Background/purpose: This research examines the development potential of guidance and counselling services for early childhood with special needs through a SWOT analysis and the IFAS and EFAS frameworks. The study aims to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats influencing the effectiveness of these services. Materials/methods: A…

School improvement is complex and difficult, especially in comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) schools, which concurrently struggle with multiple challenges. To guide state education agencies (SEAs) in supporting schools, this report summarizes the resources that SEAs have identified and developed, insights from national technical…