This research explores the evolving world of education in relation to online learning. Educational leadership can continuously improve communication with faculty and students which will greatly benefit student success in an online learning environment. A modified Delphi study was utilized with a panel of online educational experts to come to…

Third grade reading teachers at the local setting are not consistently using formative benchmark data to improve student reading performance, creating a gap in practice. This gap in practice may be due to teachers' lack of capacity to use the data to make changes to their instructional practices. The purpose of this qualitative study was to…

The Science of Reading (SOR) movement has reshaped literacy education, emphasizing evidence-based instructional materials and practices. School districts have been propelled to evaluate existing instructional materials and to consider adopting new reading programs. This article examines how Road to Reading (RTR), an evidence-based program that…

This report presents analyses of the state of education in New York City ahead of the approaching mayoral primaries and election. It focuses on the role that the mayor can and should play in bringing the city's school system to much greater levels of success than it is currently achieving. The underlying theme of this report is that the current…

In 2015, Tennessee community colleges initiated a wave of national reform that reimagined academic support and accelerated student success. Through innovations in the delivery of targeted learning support, such as the corequisite support model, students are more likely to achieve key milestones of success in their first year of college. Now, after…

Teachers increasingly view their profession as unsustainable, with more than 60% of teachers reporting experiencing burnout in 2024. While it is known that teachers matter profoundly, there is still much to learn about how they spend their days and how the use of their time influences both their own well-being and student learning. This literature…

In preparing for their panel at the 2025 International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, the authors shared perspectives on how they strive to be responsive to students' needs in ways that inspire and facilitate positive change. Within these conversations, they wondered: "What is within our power to embrace student-centered…

This essay describes the context, mission, guiding principles, signature pedagogies, curriculum, and anticipated benefits and limitations of our newly designed EdD in Learning and Teaching in Social Contexts. As we prepare to launch our new program (pending approval), our key development efforts are focused on implementing leading-edge coursework…

The introduction of paramedical science into universities has led to unprecedented enrolment numbers in Australian undergraduate paramedical science programs. At the same time however, there has been an associated increase in complexity of student learning expectations and requirements. One area of paramedical education that is proving challenging…

This paper investigates the impact of the "adopt a school initiative" at a primary school that has been adopted by a private organisation in a small village in the vicinity of the university at which the researchers are based as employees. The government of Botswana through its Education Hub embarked on an initiative to involve private…

School sports are traditionally described as fertile ground for the achievement of diverse outcomes for student-athletes. Philosophically, this means that the adult leaders of school-sponsored sport programs have an obligation to provide developmentally appropriate outcomes for their student-athletes. While sport skill development and competitive…

Institutions considering online and blended learning (OBL) face the challenge of strategically adopting OBL to develop, implement, monitor, assess and improve the quality of programmes and courses. The principles of continuous quality improvement (CQI) allow this challenge to be addressed. Effective CQI management implies that quality assurance…

This case study illustrates the perspectives of leaders and teachers regarding professional development and learning transfer as they relate to school improvement. The case study is set in a Midwestern middle school that is representative of many other American schools. It encourages future administrators to participate in meaningful conversations…

This paper elaborates three leadership roles to turn school networks into vehicles for powerful learning and democracy. These leadership roles were identified through a review of four school networks, three in the Global South and one in the English-speaking world. The networks were selected for the availability of case studies about their…

Despite successive reforms and a high percentage of the national budget devoted to education, Morocco ranks among last in terms of student achievement. This article reviews the definition of student achievement, examines the measures targeting the improvement of student achievement in the last Moroccan educational reforms based on the three…