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John Armstrong; Alice Sullivan – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
Athena Swan was established in 2005 with the goal of advancing the careers of women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) subjects in higher education. Since then, it has expanded its remit in various ways and has generated some controversy. This paper explains how Athena Swan operates as a policy-scoring scheme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Higher Education
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Elacqua, Gregory; Hincapie, Diana; Hincapie, Isabel; Montalva, Veronica – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022
Extensive sorting of high-performing teachers into the most advantaged schools contributes to the wide socioeconomic achievement gaps in many countries. The Chilean Pedagogical Excellence Assignment (AEP) pays bonuses to high-performing teachers that are larger if they work at a disadvantaged school. Using a sharp regression discontinuity based on…
Descriptors: Incentives, Financial Support, Disadvantaged Schools, Academic Achievement
Primus, Quiwani – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The researcher sought to understand the experiences of postsecondary administrators who implemented changes to disability service offerings. Emphasis was placed on learning from the perceptions of individuals who received an award from a national organization for contributions that led to improvements of services. This study fills a gap in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs
Schechter, Rachel L.; Chase, Paul – Online Submission, 2022
The engage2learn approach to educator support provides an in-person and virtual coaching system that builds capacity and engagement in public schools. Engage2learn hired LXD Research to conduct an independent evaluation and analysis of NWEA Math and Reading data collected during the 2021-2022 school year. The goal was to measure how engage2learn…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Best Practices, Teaching Methods