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Vu Huy Tran, Hoang – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2022
Foundational to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) was the influence of Marx's theory of historical materialism. Vygotsky's work radically rejected the traditional approaches of developmental psychology. The ZPD centralized the importance of potential development not only by measuring or testing what a child could perform, but a tool to…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Social Systems, Financial Support, Learning Theories
Alegría, Margarita; O'Malley, Isabel Shaheen – William T. Grant Foundation, 2022
Identifying causal mechanisms is an essential aspect of disparities research. Rigorous investigations of mechanisms can open the black box and clarify linkages in the causal chain, indicating how effects occur. Studies of mechanisms can also illuminate novel ways to reduce inequality when intervention at the root cause of unequal outcomes is not…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Causal Models, Equal Education, Financial Support
Hume, Sheila; Griffin, Tabatha – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2022
This interactive publication contributes to the growing body of work investigating online and blended training delivery in vocational education and training (VET). It presents the delivery mode of subject-level enrolments in VET for 2019 (pre-pandemic), 2020 and 2021. The aim is to examine whether, and how, training delivery has changed during the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Vocational Education, COVID-19
OECD Publishing, 2022
Governments vary greatly in the way they decide the level of funding for public primary schools, although typically it involves using a combination of rule-based and discretionary criteria. They also tend to place restrictions on how funding is used by earmarking it for particular categories of expenditure. This practice is not universal, however,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Schools, Educational Finance, Financial Support
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2022
Over the past several months, news headlines have been filled with stories that illustrate the realities of an underfunded public education system. All across British Columbia (BC), school districts are facing "tough budget decisions" and gaping budget shortfalls. BC continues to fall behind other provinces in funding. Funding for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Public Education, Inclusion
Data Quality Campaign, 2022
State legislators have the opportunity to create and support legislation that positions data as a tool to help decisionmakers at all levels take action to support student success. This checklist can serve as a guide to crafting legislation that addresses education data. It applies specifically to education data legislation which includes bills…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Policy
Jacob Jackson; Kevin Cook; Darriya Starr – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education in California, forcing students and institutions to adapt rapidly to the public health and economic crisis. Institutions' revenue streams were predicted to decline just as new and increased costs for health, safety, and online education burdened budgets. The federal government provided over $10…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Eric R. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Accrediting agencies assess higher education institutions using performance indicators that are outdated and assessed incorrectly. This research uses various quantitative methods including multiple regression to provide data to understand the financial impacts of these indicators on mission driven historically Black colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Universities, Influences, Accreditation (Institutions)
Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2022
Universities across the world have faced enormous disruption as a result of the pandemic, with those that can, forced to move their activities online. This rapid shift has particular significance in a Commonwealth context, where stark disparities in internet connectivity and infrastructure persist -- and for Association of Commonwealth…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Strategies, Lifelong Learning
Ian Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation utilizes performance-based funding for higher education in Europe as the mechanism through which to interrogate broader relationships between universities and their external resource environments. Structured as three distinct journal-length articles, I first explore the emergence of performance-based funding systems for higher…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities
Decker, David E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this mixed method study was to explore the philanthropic giving behaviors of international alumni to a state public university (University of Kansas) once they graduated from the university. The primary data sample consists of degree holders from 2006 to 2015 who attended the University of Kansas as an international student…
Descriptors: Alumni, Foreign Students, Private Financial Support, State Universities
Phoebe Harris; Keiyitho Omonuwa; Chrishana M. Lloyd; Julianna Carlson; Sage Caballero-Acosta; Michael Martinez; Dayne Ornelas Gonzalez; Andrea Vazzano; Lauren Kissela – Child Trends, 2025
In 2018, the District of Columbia ("the District") City Council passed the Birth-to-Three for All DC Act (B-3 Act), a groundbreaking policy package designed to strengthen early care and education (ECE) for infants and toddlers. A central component of the B-3 Act is the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund (the Fund), a groundbreaking…
Descriptors: City Government, Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Joana Cadima; Tiago Ferreira; Carolina Guedes; Diana Alves; Catarina Grande; Teresa Leal; Filipe Piedade; Ana Lemos; Andri Agathokleous; Vicky Charalambous; Charalambos Vrasidas; Demos Michael; Manuela Ciucurel; Georgeta Chirlesan; Bogdan Marinescu; Delia Duminica; Anastasia Vatou; Maria Tsitiridou-Evangelou; Evridiki Zachopoulou; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Professional Development (PD) can be a powerful lever for improving the quality of teacher-child interactions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and teachers' feelings of support and competence. However, there is a dearth of studies examining different formats of PD and their links with workplace features. The present study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Julie Irene Bost; Carl Lashley – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2025
The purpose of this interview-based qualitative study was to explore how individualized education program (IEP) team members determine least restrictive environment and educational placement. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires students with disabilities to be educated in the least restrictive environment and to the…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Placement
Steven Lawrence; Nicole Rodriguez Leach, Contributor; Rebecca Smith, Contributor – Grantmakers for Education, 2025
Over the three decades since Grantmakers for Education was established, numerous sociopolitical and economic factors have influenced approaches to and conditions of education, and others will continue to shape the current educational system. Within a dynamic context, the latest survey findings highlight five trends having a cross-cutting impact on…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Educational Finance, Grants
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