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Mcloughlin, Kristen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With the drastic change in societal needs over the past several decades, there is no surprise that creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, et al., 2004). This qualitative study investigated the meaning of creative experiences according to K-6 administrators and teachers. This research aims to draw…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Creative Development, Program Implementation
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Julie Posselt; Deborah Southern; Theresa Hernandez; Steve Desir; Fatima Alleyne; Casey W. Miller – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2025
Despite a growing body of research on the outcomes of holistic admissions and eliminating standardized test score requirements throughout education, few have documented how organizations transition to holistic review. Implementation, however, may help explain variation in impacts of holistic admissions. This article draws upon theories of…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Educational Policy
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Tutlys, Vidmantas; Bukantaite, Daiva; Melnyk, Sergii; Anužis, Aivaras – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
The paper compares the institutional development of skills formation in Lithuania and Ukraine by focusing on the implications of the post-communist transition and Europeanization and exploring the role of policy transfer. The research follows the theoretical approach of historical institutionalism and skills formation ecosystems. Despite similar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Policy Formation, Educational Policy
McLaughlin, Milbrey; Fehrer, Kendra; Leos-Urbel, Jacob – Harvard Education Press, 2020
"The Way We Do School: The Making of Oakland's Full-Service Community School District" offers an in-depth profile of the nation's most ambitious community school initiative. The book focuses on a nearly ten-year effort to transform all eighty-six district schools in Oakland, California into community schools in order to better meet the…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Neighborhood Schools, School Community Relationship, School Districts
Complete College America, 2021
This report is focused on both introducing corequisite support to institutional leaders looking for new approaches to addressing remediation and offering new insights that can deepen practice for those who are already at work implementing the model. Following previous reports on the corequisite model, "No Room for Doubt" outlines a…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
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Thi Ngoc Ha, Nguyen; Dakich, Eva; Grieshaber, Susan – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: This article explores factors influencing the participation of industry professionals in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in three Vietnamese public universities. The impact of the unique socio-cultural background of Vietnam on WIL is also addressed. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach that included three focus groups and 15…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Professional Personnel, Workplace Learning, State Universities
Education Trust, 2023
Social, emotional, and academic development (SEAD) is a holistic approach to supporting students' development and learning that is integral to ensuring positive outcomes in school and beyond. Schools must ensure students experience healthy development and rigorous learning. Unfortunately, students of color, students from low-income backgrounds,…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Student Development, Academic Achievement
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Shandruk, Svitlana; Shatrova, Zhanna – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The article discusses the challenges and factors impeding the education reforms in Ukraine despite the continuous efforts to modernize the higher education system. It considers the major provisions of the new Higher Education Law of Ukraine (HELU) and their alignment with the requirements of the Bologna Process for the country to integrate in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Educational Legislation
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2016
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has just published its fifth policy brief, entitled "Making Large-Scale Literacy Campaigns and Programmes Work." The brief provides policymakers with a set of recommendations based on an analysis of adult literacy campaigns and programmes that took place around the world between 2000 and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Policy, Literacy Education, Adult Literacy
Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2021
In the report, "Addressing Education Inequality with a Next Generation of Community Schools: A Blueprint for Mayors, States, and the Federal Government" (ED614128) the Brookings Institution's Task Force on Next Generation Community Schools recommends the transformation of U.S. schools into community schools. This executive summary of the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Needs
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Thorburn, Malcolm – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland outlines a policy vision of a more progressive, integrated and holistic form of education; a commitment which contains an obligation for health and well-being (HWB) to be a responsibility of all teachers. A critical policy analysis approach was utilized in order to review school-level progress in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, National Curriculum, Excellence in Education
Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2021
During few times in America's history has leadership in education been more critical. Far too many communities continue to face the enduring impacts of systematic racism and generational poverty. The nation's schools have also been impacted by COVID-19 and, for many, the effects are staggering and could last for years. At the same time, as the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Needs
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Ra, Sungsup; Chin, Brian; Lim, Cher Ping – Educational Media International, 2016
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportunities for governments to address key education challenges of quality, equity, and efficiency. While governments and educational institutions in developed countries may have taken up these opportunities, many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific region have often missed them out.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Holistic Approach, Information Technology
Worthen, Maria; Pace, Lillian – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper provides federal policymakers and advocates with comprehensive, big-picture ideas for transforming federal policy to support the transition to competency-based learning. It is meant to start a dialogue on these issues, posing important questions to explore as policymakers contemplate a new vision for federal education policy through the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Public Policy
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2015
In this report, we present three of the most critical challenges facing our public schools--areas where greater investments, strategic expansion of effective practices, and thoughtful collaboration can bring us closer to achieving our statewide vision of excellence for every child. Indeed, the purpose of this report is not to generate new policy…
Descriptors: Statewide Planning, Public Schools, State Policy, Educational Policy
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