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Koh, Gloria A.; Askell-Williams, Helen – Review of Education, 2021
School-improvement initiatives are implemented with admirable goals, often requiring substantial human and material resources. However, many fail to be sustainable beyond short-term funding cycles or the enthusiasm of local initiators. Typically, implementation and improvement are viewed linearly and as static end-products that fail to consider…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Educational Improvement, School Effectiveness, Systems Approach
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James Kyambadde; Shuti Steph Khumalo – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2023
It is through education that communities and governments can tackle political, economic, social and geographic inequalities and ills in the continent of Africa. It is for this reason that policies like the Universal Primary Education were adopted. Children have the right to basic quality education as espoused in several agreements such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Social Justice, Access to Education
Hall, Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines a case of an international development initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the United States and implemented in North Macedonia. The specific initiative was a youth development program including a substantial career counseling component called the Macedonia Youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Counseling, Networks, Design
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Ramirez Lozano, Julianna Paola; Rojas Valdez, Kelly; Marquina Feldman, Percy – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to define a business school model of social responsibility (SR) and sustainability and describe how the implementation of this model impacts on small- and mid-sized enterprises (SME) and stakeholders in the chain. Design/methodology/approach: The model was built based on a conceptual analysis about the literary and…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Business Administration Education, Models, Social Responsibility
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Derrick Ssewanyana; Marie-Claude Martin; Vibian Angwenyi; Margaret Kabue; Kerrie Proulx; Linlin Zhang; Tina Malti; Eunice Njoroge; Carophine Nasambu; Joyce Marangu; Rachel Odhiambo; Eunice Ombech; Mercy Moraa Mokaya; Emmanuel Kepha Obulemire; Greg Moran; Stephen Lye; Kofi Marfo; Amina Abubakar – SAGE Open, 2023
Integrated early childhood development (ECD) programs boost child health and developmental outcomes. However, the factors contributing to the successful implementation of such programs in informal urban settlements are not well researched. We conducted 14 focus group discussions and 13 key informant interviews with 125 caregivers of children under…
Descriptors: Child Health, Urban Areas, Housing, Sustainability
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Kharoon Nisha Rasool; Parvathy Naidoo – South African Journal of Education, 2024
In 2015, a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of the Gauteng provincial legislature, South Africa, introduced the "Classroom of the Future" programme in previously disadvantaged schools, allowing an integration of information and communication technology into classrooms. In this article we focus on the sustainability of ICT in these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Sustainability
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Webb, Owen – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
A restorative approach to education emphasizes that educators play a critical role in building relationships amongst school stakeholders. This case study examined the four-year journey of leading a school to implement and sustain a restorative culture. A theoretical framework for restorative practices was established around relational leadership…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, School Administration, School Culture, Dialogs (Language)
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María-Belén Arias-Valle; Frederic Marimon – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2024
Sustainability is a fundamental value that all organizations strive to achieve, including universities. Some academics argue that sustainability is not only a principle to which universities should commit, but also that they have the potential to accelerate its implementation and catalyze social change towards more sustainable practices. This…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Catholics, Religious Colleges, Sustainability
Karon, Julia; Rossman, Daniel; Vilorio, Elaine; Alamuddin, Rayane – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
Bachelor's degree attainment for community college transfer students is one underutilized but essential pathway for reducing equity gaps in higher education. One way to achieve this at scale is through state-level initiatives dedicated to supporting transfer from community colleges to not-for-profit independent colleges. The Teagle Foundation and…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Transfer Students, Private Colleges, Program Development
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Ochako, Maureen N.; Aseey, Anne Achieng – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
This study examined operational strategies and sustainability factors on education intervention projects in Honduras, Central America. The study's purpose was to determine the role 0f project planning, capacity building, government investment and stakeholder engagement played in implementing educational interventions. Adopting a survey design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Capacity Building, Government Role
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Wise, Sarah B.; Ngai, Courtney; Corbo, Joel Christopher; Gammon, Mark A.; Rivard, Jaclyn K.; Smith, Clara E. – To Improve the Academy, 2022
Due to the "wicked problem" of the Academy's resistance to innovation, new teaching and learning programs struggle to become integrated into the fabric of the Academy, which slows the uptake of evidence-based practices. This wicked problem is rooted in the lack of slow, intentional mechanisms for cultural change in the Academy. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Higher Education, Resource Centers
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Ussivane, Armando Machevo; Ellwood, Paul – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
We report the use of action learning within a state-owned enterprise charged with delivering a large food security and poverty alleviation program in Mozambique. Successful management of the program requires the co-ordination of a wide variety of different stakeholders including both commercial and subsistence farmers, community leaders and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food, Hunger, Poverty
DeAngelis, Lorenzo G., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
At Kennett Middle School, about ten percent of students were identified as being below grade level in reading. The purpose of this Educational Leadership Portfolio is to determine a formal process to implement and sustain reading intervention periods. Three major components are identified to guide this portfolio: communication to stakeholders,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Middle School Students, Reading Programs
Knudson, Joel; Handjojo, Candice; Sunde, Ashley – American Institutes for Research, 2021
Computer science (CS) education in California has grown substantially in the last decade. Early grassroots efforts have evolved into a broad coalition of educators, industry leaders, and other members of the CS community known as Computer Science for California (CSforCA). At the same time, developments in multiple aspects of state policy reflect…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Computer Science Education, Educational Development
Santorello, Jennifer A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In order to upgrade school buildings and make them healthier for students and staff, a recent trend has been to build environmentally sustainable schools, which benefit the environment and offer improved learning experiences for students. This qualitative case study examined Sustainability High School, a school in Massachusetts that successfully…
Descriptors: Sustainability, High Schools, Barriers, School Administration
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