California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), California's version of the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, provides cash assistance to low-income families with children. CalWORKs provides parents with cash assistance for expenses such as food, housing, utilities, or medical care, and may be…

When designing or updating a K-12 emergency operations plan (EOP), gun violence ranks among the top human-caused threats to be accounted for, regardless of perceived risk. Gun violence incidents have now impacted every school demographic in the United States, and no school is immune to the possibility. Providing a safe, supportive, and welcoming…

Prekindergarten (Pre-K) programs are designed to prepare young children for kindergarten and increase their likelihood of academic success. This research brief examined the fall 2024 kindergarten readiness rates of students who were enrolled in Pre-K programs (public and private) in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) during the 2023-2024…

This phenomenological study explores how undergraduate students, who are learners of Spanish as a foreign language, perceived an experience of service-learning and the impact it had on their intercultural competence. Participants were undergraduate students at a public university in the United States who completed a Hispanic culture course. The…

The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) recommends the Primary Service Provider (PSP) approach as the best teaming practice, but research on its core components and outcomes in early intervention remains limited. Using the DEC Recommended Practices Evidence Synthesis Group Guidelines, we conducted a systematic review to identify PSP core components…

Given the growing challenges in recruiting and retaining college and university presidents, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) provides this report as a resource for higher education boards that are considering or have chosen presidents with military backgrounds. This report provides a data snapshot to help…

Rural schools have fewer resources to support student health and social-emotional wellbeing; they have also been underrepresented in education research and policy. Geographic variation influenced schools' experiences of the pandemic, highlighting a myriad of ways in which it may have exacerbated pre-existing inequities based on rurality. This…

This article offers a systematic review of what the literature tells us about how First Nations students perceive the factors that contribute to or hinder their success in Australian higher education. It builds on the 'Aboriginal Voices' project that investigated the many and varied issues that have contributed to the underachievement of First…

This study examines factors influencing international students' help-seeking behaviour in Canada using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework. Semi-structured interviews with 19 international students from diverse backgrounds were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that students exhibited selective, cautious approaches…

Providing access to high-quality health services for all people is a national problem further compounded when the focus is mental health. Long-term primary prevention strategies and solutions, foundational to best practices in public health, are often considered at odds with short-term profit-driven private sector approaches within the…

Increasing evidence indicates that some college students are experiencing food insecurity, which can negatively impact their academic success. However, college students are only eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in certain cases. Given the substantial federal investment in higher education and the risk posed if students…

The purpose of this paper is to determine how youth with anxiety recruited for a school-based randomized controlled trial (RCT) compare demographically and clinically to clinically referred youth with anxiety who participated in an RCT conducted in community mental health clinics. Youth ("N" = 99) with anxiety aged 12-15 years were: (a)…

Background: School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide opportunities for offering quality service to underserved populations. The objectives of this study were to: (1) document the SBHC process at different locations and evaluate their similarities and differences; (2) explore SBHC clinic staff satisfaction; and (3) identify facilitators and…

There is growing interest in including service-learning courses in higher education, and abundant literature exists on this subject. Less researched is binomial service learning, specifically related to civic learning and legal translation. Studies on the goals of combining foreign language instruction with civic participation in the Hispanic…

The 2017-18 State Budget Act allocated $5M to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to support a Veterans Resource Center (VRC) grant program designed to help CCC establish or enhance on-campus VRCs. In an effort to better understand the current state of VRCs in the wake of this funding, Irvine Valley College (IVC)…