Skillful leadership is critical as schools return to a new normalcy. Improving students' learning and addressing the challenges many learners experienced due to recent learning interruptions are top priorities for all school leaders. "Aiming High" offers leaders a framework for creating an environment where both effective instruction and…

Engaging more teachers in leadership may be a solution to some of the most significant difficulties facing school leaders today. This qualitative research study examined the experiences of teachers and administrators in schools with widespread teacher leadership. The purpose of this research was to understand a principal's impact on teacher…

While there has been a growing focus on leadership in higher education, an area of recent interest is faculty members' leadership characteristics. This basic qualitative study explored leadership characteristics of faculty members applicable to improving learning in traditional students in community colleges. This study answered the research…

Trust is never more important than during a crisis. For years, researchers have been studying trust in organizations and schools, focusing on the principal and teacher relationship and its impact on school climate. The literature has been less focused, however, on the superintendent and principal relationship--and the role trust plays within that…

The purpose of this study was to explore how peer support schemes can be used to facilitate meaningful relationships and a sense of belonging for underrepresented students. Using three case studies, the study explored and compared peer support leaders' narratives about their experiences at three universities: one in the United Kingdom (UK), one in…

From AI tutors who ensure individualized instruction but cannot do math to free online courses from elite universities that were supposed to democratize higher education, claims that technological innovations will transform education often fall short. Yet, as Anne Trumbore shows in "The Teacher in the Machine," the promises of today's…

For reasons explored within the paper, adolescents excluded from mainstream education are more likely to use cannabis regularly. Research into the cannabis use (CU) of adolescents excluded from mainstream school in the United Kingdom (UK) is limited and seldom focuses on what students perceive as effective support. In this exploratory study,…

During the pandemic we have found that the experience of interaction online, whether with other people, or with information is very different from what we do in person. And this experience is seldom compared favourably to physical, interaction. Thanks to the A level algorithm fiasco, algorithms are treated with growing scepticism and social media…

A major strand of opposition to the West's/Global North's scientificising hegemony has recently been retrieved through Santos' reinterpretation of Cusanus' 15th-century doctrine of learned ignorance. Though Cusanus has been marginalised, his doctrine imbues a profound epistemic humility conducive to our present need to reconfigure education.…

This study explores how trusting relationships between PhD students and their significant others contribute to the success of academic development programs, and how these programs affect trust in significant others. It introduces a definition of trust and distrust in academic development as synthesized from trust research in other disciplines. The…

Drawing on the thinking of Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905-1981), this article examines the place of mistrust and trust in the exclusion or inclusion of young refugees. Mistrust directed towards refugees takes an entirely depersonalised form when it results from exclusionary processes that situate unique persons within generalised categories. Refugees…

In Denmark as in Europe at large, there is a continued need for interventions helping young NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) into ordinary education. At the core of the educational challenges of young NEET is the breakdown of trust, which highlights the need for re-building trust as crucial for the success of the interventions.…

School equity demands a comprehensive understanding of the intricate relationship between school leadership and the complex social, economic, and political contexts that shape the education system. Maintain your motivation and focus to do this important work. This essential leadership guide offers research-based strategies, action steps, and…

Within the past 80 years, leadership has been a serious discussion and it is also considered important to understand what variables relevant to effective leadership. Among these variables, gender is so critical and as a result it must be examined with regard to optimizing leadership effectiveness in professional, political, cultural, and personal…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between trust, professional learning community, and self-efficacy. Methodology: This study used a quantitative approach via a survey that consisted of 47 items to collect relevant data. This survey included 112 primary schools with 642 Malaysian Islamic education teachers. A…