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Luikart, Ben; Hall, Joshua C.; Martin, Joshua – Journal of School Choice, 2023
Tennessee passed voucher-style Education Savings Account (ESA) legislation in 2019. We analyze the roll call vote in the Tennessee House to better understand the role of constituent, legislator, and special interest influences on support for school choice. This is accomplished using a binary probit model with legislator vote as the dependent…
Descriptors: Voting, Educational Vouchers, State Legislation, School Choice
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Saedeen, Mohammad; AlBzour, Naser N. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
The primary concern of the present study is to provide a critical discourse analysis of Donald Trump's denial speeches of the 2020 United States presidential election's results. Using Van Dijk's framework of critical discourse analysis, this study investigates the linguistic features in five speeches of Donald Trump delivered after announcing the…
Descriptors: Presidents, Speeches, Discourse Analysis, Political Attitudes
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Dimitra Kalodimou; Maria Kapalika – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023
The position of women in the oldest societies has often occupied the scientific community, which is a great reason to study it. Today's societies put tremendous effort into highlighting the importance of women's contribution. In this text, we will deal with the position of women in the recording of history, with women's presence within the…
Descriptors: Females, Sex Role, Gender Bias, History
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Arensmeier, Cecilia – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: The aim of the article is to examine civic education in Sweden with regard to equality, by comparing curricula and textbooks for social studies in different tracks in upper-secondary school. Method: The study is based on qualitative text analysis, with quantitative features. The analysis maps themes covered, the extent and depth of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Textbooks
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Bennion, Elizabeth A.; Laughlin, Xander E. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
The "Journal of Political Science Education (JPSE)" provides over a decade of research on political science pedagogy, featuring empirical research documenting best practices in the field. This article provides an overview of "JPSE"-published research on the topics of civic education and engagement. It summarizes the number and…
Descriptors: Political Science, Civics, Best Practices, Educational Research
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Cain, Timothy Reese – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2017
The unionization of instructional workers is a central feature of U.S. higher education, with more than a quarter of those teaching college classes covered by collectively bargained contracts. Though dated, the best existing numbers indicate that more than 430,000 faculty members, graduate students, and related personnel are in bargaining units;…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Campuses, Student Unions