Organizations, individuals, and students must be agile to thrive in a constantly changing culture. The problem addressed in this quantitative predictive correlational study was that there has been little research that determines the effects of stress and psychological flexibility on agile behavior despite the fact that 70% of change initiatives…

The focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields has noticeably increased in recent decades with the rapid growth in technology. Mathematical knowledge and competence is in many ways a gateway to scientific and technical development, and therefore careers (Prieto & Delgado, 2007). Unfortunately, national and international…

Education is influenced by a broad range of factors but there has been limited research into the role that early school enjoyment plays in pupil's educational achievement. Here we used data from a UK cohort to answer three research questions. What is the association between early school enjoyment and later academic achievement? To what extent do…

Sexuality education is a place where learners are able to build their knowledge, attitudes, and skills for promotive sexual health behaviors. However, teachers must be trained to meet the perceptions of learners and modify pedagogy to create an inclusive, affirming, and socially just learning experience. The purpose of this study was to examine…

Stuttering is a developmental speech disorder characterized by interruptions of fluency. A large body of research suggests that stuttering occurs due to a reduced ability to generate timing signals in order to sequence speech sounds. One piece of supporting evidence for this is that when speaking along with an external timing source like a…

The importance of highly qualified and effective school staff is unquestionable, but so is the problem of turnover schools. The nature and relation between burnout and turnover intentions in our nation's schools is unclear and interventions thus far ineffective. Thus, the current study aimed to examine this relation testing demoralization,…

The public school system is charged with the task of ensuring that every student reaches grade level standards. However, students enter the school system with varying levels of prerequisite skills and knowledge, which creates a challenge for educators in enriching high-performing students while providing additional support to the students who…

Teachers have been mandated to teach social-emotional learning (SEL) to elementary children using SEL programs. Teachers must rely on their own competencies to help develop these skills with their students. The purpose of this case study was to examine how teaching a social- emotional learning (SEL) program influences teachers' own social…

Education is the basic right of every child in any condition. Unfortunately, the conflict in Syria has denied 2 million students education and destroyed 7,000 schools (United Nations Children's Emergency Fund [UNICEF], 2021). Education during conflict is even more critical to promote strong social, emotional, and cognitive development in children.…

This study examined the ways in which White teachers talk about facilitating conversations about race in their classrooms. Through semistructured interviews of eight teachers in a suburban school district in Central California, information was gathered about how teachers talk about race or avoid talking about race in their classrooms and what…

This qualitative inquiry explored district-based educators' sensemaking of an ongoing, statewide professional learning series focused on special education eligibility for students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) using a response-to-intervention (RtI) approach within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). Specifically, the professional…

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify and explore how elementary principals of organizations who have achieved extraordinary results influence employees through personal motivation, personal ability, social motivation, social ability, structural motivation, and structural ability. Methodology: This phenomenological…

Teachers are reporting poor mental health at twice the rate of other workers, presenting with a high number of stress related health problems, and losing sleep (American Federation of Teachers, 2017; Buonomo, Fatigante and Fiorilli, 2017; Sutcher, Darling-Hammond and Carver-Thomas, 2016). Additionally, many are leaving the classroom soon after…

Research has shown that only some teachers use learner-centered approaches in their instruction. However, it is unclear why and how those teachers use such approaches in their instruction. The purpose of this study was to examine one program--feedback, feed up, and feed forward--to understand why and how teachers choose to use this…

This study explores the framework of racial literacy. The term "racial literacy" has been used with increasing frequency in recent years; however, there are varied ways that the term is conceptualized and utilized. In some educational research studies, the term is only briefly defined and/or conceived of as something to achieve once and…