Iowa's Senate File 496 requires parent permission to formally survey students about their mental health, bans the discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools before seventh grade, mandates schools obtain parental permission to use a nickname, and bans any books that depict or describe sex acts in schools. This instrumental case…

This article explores the educational challenges faced by migrant children in China, examining their experiences in both inflow cities and hometowns. Drawing on 94 in-depth interviews conducted in 2022 with returned migrant children and adults, as well as an empirical survey involving 1,865 returned migrant children and 344 teachers across 8…

Background/purpose: This paper explores Artificial Intelligence (AI) in advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) in South Africa. Although there has been a drastic interest in AI's transformative capacity in education, limited studies address its pitfalls and benefits using a phenomenological approach focusing on the South African context.…

Emergent writing--the process where young children begin to experiment with written language--is an important contributor to the development of literacy skills. One way for teachers to support the development of writing skills in preschool-aged children is by integrating the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) as a framework to foster…

This longitudinal study presents a critical phenomenological comparison of mental health and early career adaptation challenges encountered by Chinese returnees and Korean ambitionists in the post-pandemic academic job market. They were international doctoral candidates in American higher education pursuing academic careers in science, technology,…

Situated in Hong Kong, this paper reports findings on intercultural communication between 43 participants engaged in collaborative translation and media production through a service-learning course at a local university. The participants are from diverse backgrounds and speak Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Czech, Hindi, and other languages as their…

Open educational resources (OER) have gained widespread adoption in higher education as an alternative to traditional textbooks. Beyond affordability, OER enable transformative, student-centered instructional strategies--known as open educational practices (OEP)--as well as culturally responsive educational (CRE) practices. A state's annual OER…

Purpose: This pilot study aims to examine the prevalence of test anxiety and its interplay with attitudes, confidence, efficacy, academic performance and socio-demographic factors within the domain of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses. Design/methodology/approach: The authors employed a quantitative, cross-sectional…

This study explores tensions between procedural and substantive knowledge within New Zealand's competency-based curriculum reforms, focussing on social sciences education. Drawing on interviews with teachers, it examines how the shift towards skill-oriented, procedural knowledge impacts teaching practices, student preparedness for higher…

Utilising covert and overt lesson observations, guided conversations and focus group interviews with KS4 male pupils placed in the lowest academic band, and the key sociological concepts of Norbert Elias' figurational sociology to frame the data, this paper explores the nature and evolution of the relationships that these challenging, white,…

The purpose of this study was to examine dorm décor at predominantly White institutions in the South as a site of cultural negotiation, identity performance, and class signaling. Grounded in the frameworks of Bordieu's cultural capital, Veblen's conspicuous consumption, West and Zimmerman's "doing gender," and conducted through critical…

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted educational systems, presenting unique challenges for early-career School-Based Agricultural Education (SBAE) teachers. Despite extensive research on beginning teacher challenges, limited attention has been given to how first-year SBAE teachers adapted during this global crisis. This study addresses…

Positive Youth Development, one of Advocates for Children of New Jersey's (ACNJ) newest initiatives, focuses on the intersection of safety, wellness, and education, elevating the strengths of youth and their community. ACNJ examined several data indicators that provide some insight into how youth in Newark are faring, including chronic…

This study aimed to investigate the relationships between servant leadership (SL), Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), Trust, and Teacher Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). A cross-sectional approach was employed, involving a diverse range of educators. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for data…

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play an important role in educating Latinos. The purpose of this article is to apply and extend the Typology of Hispanic-Serving Institutions Organizational Identities framework and propose a systematic rubric as a tool for assessment and evaluation. The article contains analyses and discourse for HSIs…