Twenty-first century youth are hungry for new ways to learn. Their world is global, mobile, and rich with opportunities previous generations couldn't possibly have imagined. As they make clear in this book, the old standards of schooling no longer apply. In "Kids on Earth," Howard Blumenthal and Robert C. Pianta go straight to the…

In recent decades, large-scale assessments in Ireland have revealed consistent trends, phases of change, and some surprises. This brief explores how data from large-scale assessments informed Ireland's "National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2011-2020," particularly regarding priorities, target-setting, and monitoring. It also examines…

The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence challenges the credibility of assessment in higher education. This article advances a theoretical argument that universities must move beyond detection-based strategies towards ethically grounded, validity-driven assessment practices. Drawing on Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour, Bandura's…

North Macedonia has been struggling to establish a participatory democracy since its transition as a Yugoslav successor state. During the 34 years since, widespread corruption and limited rights and freedoms have harmed citizenship and education. This study proposes the theoretical framework of critical transdisciplinarity, a politically engaged…

Our paper focuses on a specific subsystem of the Hungarian public education system, the Reformed educational network. After a theoretical foundation, the study will review the characteristics and legislative environment of Reformed public education management and leadership training, and then examine the concept, reception, results and further…

University curriculum systems are complex, and their modification requires coordinating multiple processes and broad consultation with teaching academics and leaders. Strong influences including policy changes and external disruptions can bring about rapid system-wide change, but these are not without stress and may not be sustainable. To…

What would it take to truly close the vast opportunity gaps in pre-K-12 public education in the United States--far beyond the weak standard in common use of "adequacy" based on test scores? This report presents findings from the North Carolina part of a national costing-out study called the "Price of Opportunity," which seeks…

Cultural-Historical Activity Theory has contributed significantly to studying and promoting educational change. Its distinctive concepts inform an approach to interventionist research called the Change Laboratory This paper reports on a Change Lab in an Australian secondary school resulting in major changes for students studying for the Higher…

The article addresses the process of making significant programmatic changes to the PhD exams in the Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics division in the Department of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Drawing from the various experiences and positionalities of the authors, the article provides a narrative analysis of the process of…

This article will show how statutory localist principles for religious education in England have become increasingly entwined in national and supranational European processes, most recently after demands for Humanism's inclusion in syllabuses. Four legal phases are outlined. The statutory localism of 1944 is described, notably the establishment of…

The introduction of tuition fees in Sweden in 2011 is an interesting example of how the design of a tuition fee reform for international students surges beyond simple narratives of revenue generation. More than 10 years after implementing the Swedish reform, this article examines to what extent such market-oriented instruments induce HEIs and the…

The community college system in Iowa has evolved since the state's first "junior" college was established in Mason City in 1918. Today's community colleges are nimble and highly responsive to economic fluctuations. Strong community connections foster partnerships and collaborations that create efficiencies benefiting both students and…

Teachers' continuous professional development in the digital technology field is crucial, and different professional development programs are composed to meet this need. This paper gives an overview of one such program, named "Digital Accelerator", created in Estonia, and assesses whether it is effective in promoting teachers' use of…

This article examines the intersection of technical and professional communication (TPC) and open educational resources (OER) through a social justice lens, critiquing TPC's slow adoption of OER despite its transformative potential. The article highlights how OER addresses accessibility, affordability, and representation challenges in education,…

Student-led service requires powerful partnerships with governmental, business, and community organizations to ensure access, quality, and opportunity. Never has this been more important than in the shifting landscape of higher education characterized by rapid diversification of students, enrollment and financial challenges, and questions about…