Background: Previous literature has increasingly highlighted the critical importance of quality leadership in fostering student success (Grissom & Bartanen, 2019; Leithwood et al., 2004). As a result, educational policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels have implemented a range of policies aimed at strengthening the preparation and…

Reflective of the systemic nature of oppression and discrimination, inequities are long-standing and pervasive in education. To address these concerns, justice-oriented policymakers, education practitioners, advocates, and researchers seek to identify and dismantle systemic inequities through formal and informal mechanisms. One formal channel to…

Physical educators, including adapted physical educators, are often called upon to advocate for their students with disabilities, their physical education programs, or themselves to affect change in practice or a student's Individualized Education Program. These advocacy efforts are most effective when physical educators are knowledgeable about…

In recent years, a scientific approach to reading education has gained traction due to the joint efforts of educators, parents, and state leaders. This movement for better reading instruction has helped to fuel a wave of legislation to address widespread and persistent reading deficits of American students. While reading difficulties cut across…

This article discusses the historical context, contemporary iterations, and policy processes and political actors that produced Florida's House Bill 1557, which criminalizes discourse in schools, including curricular and instructional materials containing any perceived reference to LGBTQIA+ identities. Implementation and considerations of H.B.…

This study deals with the academisation or "academic drift" of teacher education in the aesthetic subjects in Sweden from the 1970s to the millennium shift. After long preparations that already began after the Second World War, TE, along with other vocational education, was integrated into the Swedish university system as part of the…

The implementation of equity-oriented reforms is never simply a technical matter: it involves directly engaging with the norms and politics responsible for reproducing inequitable opportunities and outcomes, and with efforts to promote educational justice. To date, there has been little research on how leaders in science education navigate the…

Tuition-free college programs, often referred to as promise programs, have proliferated across the country. While previous literature on promise programs has shown positive results for the students who receive these scholarships, it has failed to account for program design and administrative features of the program (such as income caps, age, time…

As part of the ongoing assessment of AB 705, The RP Group's Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) regularly assesses the how this landmark legislation effects students access to and success in transfer-level English and math across the California Community Colleges. In addition to overall impact, the authors also explore the enrollment and…

Background: Despite federal mandates under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the implementation of Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) for transition-age youth (TAY) with disabilities varies considerably. Although prior studies have explored provider preparedness and barriers, few have examined provider-reported practices and…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementary and secondary education. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and was funded at $18.4 billion for FY2023.…

U.S. policies such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and the Americans with Disabilities Act support the inclusion of adults with disabilities in all areas of employment. Through WIOA, the federal government required public entities to provide training and help job seekers with disabilities access high-quality, competitive,…

Consistent with Joint Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Final Rule requirements, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable in PY 2023 for the: (1) U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to assess performance for four performance indicators under the WIOA title I core…

In the 2023 report "Colorado's Longitudinal Data Landscape. Report to the Education Committees of the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate. Statute: 23-1-141," the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) provided a detailed overview of Colorado's long history of efforts to support more connected, longitudinal…

This study creates a measurement of Title IV funding influence on the institutional financial health of religious higher education institutions. It justifies a method, grounded in financial accounting standards, of using publically available data sources for calculating the Composite Financial Index metric to gauge institutional financial health;…