Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) serve the breadth and diversity of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) students by developing culturally engaging programs, services, and interventions. This case study focuses on how one public 2-year AANAPISI enacted programs to serve…

This article provides a comparative analysis of primary and secondary early career teachers (ECTs) in Norwegian and Spanish schools. We compared ECTs' beliefs on what work intensification involves and the ways they address it at their workplaces across these two different national contexts. The theory of practice architectures is used as an…

Demographic pressures are reshaping the challenges faced by primary education systems around the world in ways that carry significant implications for the landscape of global educational inequality. We first demonstrate highly disequalizing demographic pressures on the world's educational systems today: persistent expansionary pressures burden…

This research study compares student outcomes and perceptions in two in-person sections of the same community college business law course: one with the previously used commercial textbook and the other with an open textbook created by the faculty specifically for the course outcomes. The faculty was motivated to create the open textbook to make…

To help schools address the negative impacts of childhood trauma, Alaska released "Transforming Schools: A Framework for Trauma-Engaged Practice in Alaska" (Transforming Schools Framework) in 2019, as well as a suite of Trauma-Engaged Schools resources to support implementation of the framework. However, little was known about the extent…

Background/purpose: Food security is a critical global issue intensified by climate change, economic pressures, and geopolitical instability, resulting in disrupted food supply chains and increased food prices. Research-based learning in nature schools offers innovative approaches to fostering food security awareness through immersive experiences…

Despite the extensive introduction of digital technologies in working life and the demand for the public sector, including schools, to digitalise, there is limited research on the relationship between digitalisation and the work environment. The aim of this article is therefore to explore how implementation processes of digital administrative and…

The paper reports on the school leadership practices for creating the learning space for the 21st century learning in rural secondary schools. Data was generated from semi-structure interviews and documents reviews with nine participants. The theoretical framework underpinning the study is transformational leadership theory. The findings indicated…

Community college libraries and public libraries play a vital role in bridging the digital divide by providing equitable access to technology, internet connectivity, and digital literacy across the United States. Community college libraries support students' academic success by providing access to specialized software, online research tools, and…

Early identification of schools with a high percentage of students at risk of learning poverty is crucial for effective and targeted interventions. This study investigates the use of an innovative combination of large-scale administrative datasets and advanced statistical techniques to predict schools at risk of learning poverty in Italy in the…

Caregiver expectations for their youth with disabilities' post-school life significantly predicts engagement in employment. However, little research has examined this link for youth with more significant support needs. Understanding caregivers' views on the potential employment of youth with significant support needs is therefore crucial. In this…

This practitioner research project utilized a case study approach to examine advantages and challenges students have experienced due to the implementation of an open educational resource (OER) in English 095: College Reading. This is one of several developmental courses offered at Wor-Wic, a rural, open-admissions community college on the Eastern…

Mathematics achievement is critical to students' success (Claessens & Engelbut, 2013) but, in 2024, only 39% of U.S. fourth-grade students and 16% of those with disabilities were at or above NAEP Proficient in mathematics. Nye et al. (2004) demonstrated the importance of teachers for improving student achievement and postulated that increasing…

Digital badges have emerged as a defining issue in contemporary scholarship, shaping how knowledge is created, shared, and contested. This has been especially of interest in employability, employment, and career development learning. To assist with exploring such a technological phenomenon in higher education, this study examines nineteen…

Purpose: This study investigates how digital leadership and strategic resource allocation coalesce to shape educational management in the post-pandemic landscape. It emphasizes a configurational approach using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine causal combinations driving effective digital transformation in schools.…