This study was prompted by the scarcity of empirical investigation regarding the relationship between instructional leadership and teacher well-being through the mediating roles of professional learning communities and teacher self-efficacy in Chinese school settings. Data from 1158 primary and secondary school teachers in South China were…

The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of be(com)ing among faculty members who participated in educational development. It aims to contribute to our knowledge on be(com)ing, a portmanteau of becoming and being that emphasizes that these two processes are often interconnected. I generated data for this study using semi-…

This new volume of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Professional Book Series provides mathematics teacher educators practical ideas of how to build community to center conversations and action on equity and justice in mathematics teacher education. This 24-case collection of experiences from mathematics teacher educators…

Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are dedicated units that coordinate and nurture open source software adoption across the organization. Over the past decade, as the importance of software as a research output, essential component of reproducible science, and community infrastructure for open science has grown, several major funders of…

As of fall 2024, enrollment across Washington's community and technical colleges has increased for eight consecutive quarters. This brief explores how the enrollment recovery has affected select programs and demographic groups across the system.

The Moombaki study team's key objective is improving the well-being and educational success of Aboriginal children by fostering a deeper connection to their culture, land, and family. The current WA Department of Education Cultural Standards Framework (2015) is outdated and has not resulted in sustainable and audited meaningful changes to ways of…

Given the high risk of drowning among children with autism, there is a need for disseminating water safety education into mainstream settings. The current study explored the effectiveness of behavioral skills training (BST) in teaching water safety skills to 3 U.S. children with autism, when implemented by community-based swim instructors with no…

Introduction: This study explored relationships between compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and care behaviors in Memphis Police Department Crisis Intervention Team officers. Methods: A quantitative correlational cross-sectional approach was used. Results: Compassion satisfaction was a statistically significant predictor of care behaviors…

Engagement with research has long been recognized as a key driver of improved language teaching practices and teachers' professional growth. Yet, language teaching practitioners often remain distanced from research activities, thus perpetuating a well-documented gap between research and practice. While much of the existing scholarship has centered…

As a global trend, sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have increasingly received reforms from international organizations (IOs) to improve learning achievements for marginalized groups by promoting community involvement in school governance. The idea is to mobilize local resources and lessen the 'burden' on the central government. This paper…

Background: The burdens of student debt and financial instability have contributed to a significant number of students pausing or stopping out of their postsecondary education. Nationally, it is estimated that over 36 million Americans have some college credits but no degree, a reflection of this growing problem (National Student Clearinghouse…

Memorial Spaulding Elementary School is a public school in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a neighborhood school that serves around 400 students, grades kindergarten through fifth grade. In 2014, with the leadership of art teacher, Alexandra Etscovitz, a group of passionate teachers banded together to start a movement of integrating creativity and…

Supporting primary school teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) development for modeling-based instruction (MBI) remains a key challenge in science teacher education. Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) offer a promising context for this professional growth. This study examined the PCK development processes of three primary school…

Recent discourse has identified significant issues surrounding the lack of diversity in autism-related research. However, recent efforts have called for the regular use of diversity advisory boards (DAB) in autism-related research to improve the inclusivity of underrepresented and marginalized groups included in the growing autism scholarship.…

This paper presents a case study of homelands education in North East Arnhem Land. It explores how structural inequities in education systems mitigate against schools which do not align with mainstream norms. In particular, it looks at a hub-and-spoke system of micro schools--officially designated as homeland learning centres (HLCs)--serving some…