This research study was situated in the policies of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and motivated by the different ways parents from different socioeconomic groups navigate special education. IDEA requires parents to make informed decisions about their child's special education needs. It assumes access to information is the same as…

Teacher leadership (TL) research has often failed to investigate equity and social justice as well as to consider national contexts and cultural differences. This study examines the relationship between TL and student achievement while investigating the moderating role of TL on the association between school poverty and student achievement in two…

This case study examined four impoverished middle schools in South Carolina to identify the factors prevalent in successfully performing impoverished middle schools which set them apart from underperforming impoverished middle schools. The study's objective was to provide principals working in similar (impoverished) settings an understanding of…

With a third of all pupils in Wales in poverty it is essential that trainee teachers in the principality understand the nature of poverty and develop a practical understanding of how best to deal with its negative effects. In order to explore trainee teachers' perceptions of these issues a detailed questionnaire was completed by 94 of the 96 third…

Background: Implementing food stores in deprived neighborhoods to improve access to healthy food is a debated topic. Aims: To uncover important contributors to the closure of grocery store interventions in urban food deserts. Method: We systematically reviewed both peer-reviewed and gray literature for publications on the failure of grocery store…

Each year, policymakers, educators, and the general public engage in debates around the statewide average teacher pay figure that the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes on its website and reports to the National Education Association. These debates take up the important consideration of whether or not teachers are…

Since 2010, the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has expanded access to free school meals while jeopardizing a key measure of student poverty used across the field of education: free and reduced-price lunch (FRPL) status. States and school districts are pioneering alternative measures of student poverty, which vary in their composition and…

Background: In the wake of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, calls for financial literacy education increased dramatically. In both the United States and Canada, the financial collapse and its aftermath saw a resurgence of personal finance programs and initiatives in schools. While financial literacy education continues to be introduced in…

This research is intended to be understood; 1) the urgency of education as an environmentally sustainable development; 2) the background of implementing the adiwiyata school program at SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta; and 3) the implementation of the adiwiyata school program at SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta. The research used in this research is…

In the context of a dramatic rise in food bank use in Scotland, the A Menu for Change project, delivered by Oxfam Scotland, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, Nourish Scotland and The Poverty Alliance, aimed to reduce the need for emergency food aid by improving local responses to food insecurity. Between 2017 and 2019, project officers…

Schools across the United States and Canada are disrupting the adverse effects of poverty and supporting students in ways that enable them to succeed in school and in life. In this second edition, Parrett and Budge show you how your school can achieve similar results. Expanding on their original framework's still-critical concepts of actions and…

An education system where every student is successful has been a primary goal for the United States. Increasing student achievement for student populations identified as at risk for not meeting educational goals is imperative for students, school leaders and educators, policymakers, businesses, and taxpayers across the nation. The purpose of this…

In response to the significant and still growing number of college students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in California, the State Legislature appropriated $9 million in the 2019-2020 State Budget for ongoing funding to provide housing services to students. Per section 9795 of the statute, colleges, in partnership with local…

The experiences of parents raising children with developmental disabilities have been widely researched, although most of this research comes from Western, high-income countries. In comparison, little is known about the lived experiences of parents of children with developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries and in Africa in…

Internationally, Out-of-School Time (OST) provision is widely seen as providing professionally-supervised activities through which young people, living in high-poverty contexts, can improve their after-school safety, as well as academic and personal development outcomes. However, even when practical barriers to access are removed, participation is…