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Alessia Rosa; Claudia Chellini – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2025
Representations of diversity and otherness in cartoons offer metaphors for identity that can affect children's perceptions and attitudes towards the potential and challenges associated with various forms of disability. This contribution analyses a corpus of animations made up of feature films, series, and short films with a focus on how disability…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Films, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
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Napier, Rebecca D.; Clark, Julie; Halsey, R. John – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2023
The Psychosocial Theoretical Model of Gifted Adolescent Girls' Career Development (PTM) is a framework which reveals the interrelated factors that influence career development for gifted adolescent girls. The model was developed during the completion of a PhD thesis (Napier, 2020) and provides important new insights to support their career…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Gifted, Career Development
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2023
The Education Scholarship Account (ESA) Act allows parents to use the funds that would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. The Act identifies student eligibility as well as approved educational expenses. The Act establishes procedures for parents to apply to the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Finance, School Districts, Educational Policy
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2022
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Authentic Family & Community Engagement." Contents include: (1) Recent…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Community Involvement, Parent Rights, Equal Education
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Silverman, Linda Kreger – Gifted Education International, 2021
In a world in which individuals are judged on the basis of performance, parents can be lured into believing that their worth is measured by their child's achievements. Parenting is not a competition. This outdated mechanistic model fails to appreciate the unrepeatable, precious uniqueness of every child and every parent. Nothing is more important…
Descriptors: Gifted, Parent Child Relationship, Individual Characteristics, Child Rearing