Despite existing recruitment and retention efforts, there has been a persistent underrepresentation of Black men teachers in the U.S. educator workforce. The present study employed a phenomenological approach to examine what motivated Black men (n = 27) to enter the teaching profession. We drew on the social-cognitive career theory (SCCT)…

Gender inequality limits women's ability to make decisions in their best interest and behave independently of the male patriarch in the home. These inequalities can result in limited access to healthcare, support, services, and positive outcomes from receiving medical care. In addition, women deemed to have a lower social status than men do not…

Educator retention is a concern plaguing the nation. Schools struggle yearly to fill positions for classroom educators as teachers leave the profession. This phenomenological study examined a rural Central Texas school district and its educators' perceptions of retention issues. Multiple classroom educators were interviewed at a Title 1 rural…

This paper aims to identify and compare key factors influencing US States' or an OECD country's decision to employ student test scores or test score value-added (VAM) in evaluating teacher effectiveness. Analysis using multiple linear probability model and logistic regression frameworks indicates that the use of VAM/student test scores was…

Today, technology plays a crucial role in the daily lives of young children, even in their pre-kindergarten education. In an explanatory sequential mixed methods study, I addressed the following guiding question: "What are urban pre-kindergarten directors' self-reported behaviors associated with the International Society for Technology in…

Fake news and artificial intelligence are phenomena addressed in academia and research within the fields of communication and audiovisual education. As a medium and language, cinema has mirrored these challenges, exemplified by the short film "Deep Soria." The primary objective proposed in this study is to ascertain whether this short…

This open access book explores young children's lives in their later years at primary school, from their own point of view. It focuses on how girls and boys experience life in their informal peer group and explores the dynamics of friendships and social hierarchies, identities and how time is spent outside of lessons, including the use of social…

This study investigated how friendship selection and socialization mechanisms are associated with similarities in school engagement of adolescents' reciprocal best friendship, with relative motivation of dyads as potential moderators. We used the actor-oriented interdependence models to examine selections effects for newly formed friendship dyads…

Despite being among the highest achievers in education and income and constituting one of the fastest-growing subgroups in the United States, South Asians have remained understudied. A survey was administered to first-generation Bangladeshi, Indian, and Pakistani parents of K-12 children attending public schools in Southwest Florida to collect…

Social motivation is theorized to promote Theory of Mind development in childhood, but research testing this link is scarce and largely limited to urban middle-class milieus of the Global North. Here, we investigated the link between social motivation (i.e., social reward responsivity) and Theory of Mind (i.e., false belief understanding) among…

The purpose of this study is to provide an insight view about the challenges to female government college principals and vice principals in Chitral, Pakistan. The study uses in-depth interviews for data collection and on the basis of predetermined criteria, the study participants were selected. The findings of the study explain that in district…

This study explores the effect of preexisting mental health issues on college students' academic performance. Using unique data from the honors college at a medium-sized urban private university, authors examine college entry essays (N = 1062) in five classes (two pre-pandemic and three post-pandemic), as well as advisors' (N = 7) notes. Mental…

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) advancements have prompted both excitement and concern about AI's impact on education. AI offers a wide range of uses in education, from streamlining administrative tasks to providing personalized academic support for students to reimagining school staffing models. At the same time as education leaders…

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) advancements have prompted both excitement and concern about AI's impact on education. AI offers a wide range of uses in education, from streamlining administrative tasks to providing personalized academic support for students to reimagining school staffing models. At the same time as education leaders…

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) advancements have prompted both excitement and concern about AI's impact on education.AI offers a wide range of uses in education, from streamlining administrative tasks to providing personalized academic support for students to reimagining school staffing models. At the same time as education leaders…