The research presented in this article uses a community resilience framework to examine the lived experiences of Somali refugee Family Child Care providers in the United States who participated in the Steps to Family Child Care Success Program (STEPS), a year-long professional development program embedded in an ethnic community based organization…

This article illustrates how collaborative artistic creation in a world language class can offer multiple cognitive, social, cultural and professional benefits for language learners. An interdisciplinary mural project undertaken in a community college serves as a case study to examine these ideas. The class was co-taught by the authors, a teaching…

From the earliest edition in 1923 to this 2025 "Mid-Decade Update," the "American Superintendent" study serves to document and offer analyses of various facets of the position of Superintendent in America's public schools, including how contemporary superintendents across the United States perceive the roles and…

Professional learning communities (PLCs) actioned through collaborative action research (CAR) have been found in the literature to be beneficial for both teachers and students. However, previous studies mainly examined teachers' perceived effectiveness of CAR-based PLCs, as well as identified steps and elements involved in such PLCs, either…

Population aging and the migration of young people to urban regions have led to a decline in agricultural knowledge. Nevertheless, the community of practices serves as a social learning platform, enabling the informal exchange of experiences among farmers. This study aims to examine the factors that influence knowledge sharing (KS) in…

This case tells the story of how Superintendent Evelyn James supported her district's commitment to an equity-oriented leadership initiative while also navigating new anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion legislation targeted at schools and districts. This case focuses on the impact of district-level professional learning communities, the…

Within the field of emerging philosophical practices, this publication introduces a distinctive methodology in which creative artistic processes--both vocal and corporeal--intertwine with the play of thought.

Purpose: The research, carried out with three lesson study teams in two primary schools in Malta, focuses on teachers' changing perceptions of using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in teaching using lesson study. The study seeks to discern how teachers' interpretation and judgement towards the use of AI may lead them to its future…

This article explores the transformative potential of integrating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in adult and continuing higher education. By aligning UDL's principles with GenAI's capabilities in content generation, personalization, and accessibility, adult educators can design uniquely…

Editor's note: In assembling this issue, I sought to compile compelling stories of arts education cuts and the responses of local communities. I invited National Council on the Arts member Dr. Bruce Carter to share such a story. The following article begins with Carter's narrativized account of informal research on the arts partnership in the…

Since the opening of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's (UNO) Community Engagement Center in 2014, both university and community building partners have been guided by a set of core values. Established by a community/university task force after months of focus groups, community conversations, and other data gathering activities, these values…

Drexel University, a private university in Philadelphia, is expanding its campus to attract more students, faculty, and researchers. The current President, John Fry, envisions transforming West Philadelphia into an innovation district. The university is working with real estate developers on a $3.5 billion real estate project at Schuylkill Yards,…

This article explores how teachers can use the sentence stems "I notice" and "I wonder" to deepen professional conversations with colleagues, both in person and in online spaces.

The purpose of the current article was to compare the retrospective experiences of community partners with higher education (HE) qualifications, in community engagement (CE) in order to inform global citizenship as a HE agenda. Qualitative methodology was appropriate in this study as we were interested in gaining in-depth insight into the…

Manifest challenges to physical education teachers merit identification, analysis, and strategic action. New designs for schools, threats to the well-being of a growing number of children and families, and financial problems confronting school systems are among the external challenges. Meanwhile, too many physical education teachers confront…