Budgets are moral documents, reflecting our priorities as a nation by deciding where to allocate resources. Congress is targeting cuts and policy changes that limit access to health care, nutrition programs, and basic financial stability for millions of children, including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the…

The coronavirus pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to higher education, intensifying long-standing systemic inequities in college affordability and access. For many students, the total cost of attendance exceeds what they can afford, even with financial aid. The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) provided a crucial financial…

A growing number of studies have reported that using open educational resources benefits students, but few studies have investigated academic impacts of adopting library-sourced eBooks as the course textbook. This mixed-methods study utilizes the Open Education Group's COUP Framework (Cost, Outcomes, Usage, Perceptions), which has previously been…

This study explores how faculty across disciplines access and share scholarly serial content and what expectations they have for immediacy. The authors conducted twenty-five in-depth, semi-structured interviews with faculty of various ranks representing all Illinois State University (ISU) colleges. The findings, presented in the words of…

The objectives of this research were to: (1) Investigate the current problems in achieving balance in urban and rural basic education in Shaanxi Province, (2) Develop a strategy to improve this balance, and (3) Evaluate the adaptability, feasibility, effectiveness, and fairness of the proposed strategy. The study involved 175 teachers from urban…

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in education is seen as a promising tool to enhance learning outcomes and provide students with engaging learning environments in developing countries such as Colombia. This case study aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions of AI in K-12 education in public schools located in the Amazonian…

This publication includes tables with data on public elementary and secondary education revenues and expenditures at the local education agency (LEA) or school district level for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Specifically, the tables include finance data on the following topics: (1) Current expenditure totals and current expenditure per pupil amounts by…

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) undergraduate students face many obstacles and barriers when navigating historically and predominantly white institutions (HPWI's). BIPOC students also possess and employ an array of community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005) as they navigate a racially hostile climate (Samuelson & Litzler, 2016;…

In this article, we examine the historical development of inclusive early childhood education in Turkey, current policies and practices, challenges, and recommendations for the future. Inclusive education aims to ensure that all children, especially those with special needs and disadvantaged groups, have equal opportunities to receive early…

This study utilizes the 2015 data from the Hong Kong sample of the Program for International Student Assessment to examine the relative importance of various factors on the science learning performance of Hong Kong students. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), we examined the effect of students' affective characteristics, involvement, and…

Family-school partnerships play an integral role in supporting family engagement in children's learning and development. The shift from on-site learning to remote programming facilitated by the means of technology during the COVID-19 lockdown required that educators and families work collaboratively in new ways in order to support young children's…

While autism has received attention in education research, it is notable that teachers of children with autism are under-researched, especially in the Ugandan context. This phenomenological qualitative study explored the experiences of teachers supporting children with ASD in central Uganda. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA),…

Purpose: This article seeks to delve into the underlying causes contributing to the marginalized societal perception of TVET in Bangladesh. Focusing on the significant challenges faced by TVET despite its substantial enrollment at the secondary level, the study aims to investigate the root factors responsible for the prevalent negative perception…

Research overwhelmingly testifies that poverty is a significant barrier to children's healthy development (Engle & Black, 2008; Shonkoff et al., 2012; Rakesh et al., 2021). Chronic poverty, in particular, acts as a powerful and persistent stressor that shapes the course of children's lives, leading to developmental and opportunity gaps that…

This article, which is based on an ethnographic approach, analyses the models and strategies that a rural elementary school community in Mexico has developed to keep available, accessible, and in daily use, digital devices and connectivity despite their marginality conditions. This case study is explored from two theoretical perspectives. First, a…