The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant disruption in schooling worldwide. Global test score data is used to estimate learning losses by modeling the effect of school closures on achievement by predicting the deviation of the most recent results from a linear trend using data from all rounds of PISA. Mathematics scores declined an average of…

In recent decades, there has been an increasing focus on measuring and monitoring the subjective experiences of children and young people through surveys. Among the dimensions being measured is children and young people's "school belonging", referring to a feeling of being included, respected, valued, and accepted in school. This paper…

Background: The use of participatory visual methods in humanities, health, education and social science research to study 'sensitive' subject matter with children and young people is growing. Such approaches have been widely -- though sometimes uncritically -- celebrated for contributing to safe data elicitation, promoting participant influence…

Purpose: In this paper, we outline a method for working with the long past materials of social research to forge a method for engaging and co-producing knowledge with new audiences in the present. Findings: Situated in a conceptual landscape of queer theory and feminist archive activism, through this paper we share what happened when a 30-year-old…

There has been increased focus within the evaluation field on the value of community-engaged research (CER) methods; however, CER is not easily seen as compatible with experimental evaluation methods (or randomized controlled trial, RCT). For instance, in an experimental design, researchers leverage randomization to create a counterfactual; this…

Healing of the Canoe (HOC) is a community-derived, culturally grounded, and flexible curriculum for Native youth that builds a connection to culture and community and teaches skills that increase participants' feelings of hope, optimism, and self-efficacy. This exploratory study is the first to examine self-reported survey outcomes after the…

Resilience as a concept continues to be mobilised as children and young people navigate the climate crisis and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, social isolation, and school closures. In this paper, we explore Rose and Lentzos (2017) position on 'the polyvalence of resilient strategies' (p. 44) to analyse the complex…

"Court-involved" students -- those who are incarcerated, on probation, in foster care, in residential treatment facilities, or have concurrent adjudications -- retain their full educational rights under federal and state laws. They also face many educational challenges, as they are often highly mobile, have concentrated needs, and may…

Preparing youth, primarily as they become high school graduates, to be ready to enter college and careers, has been a primary driving force in primary and secondary education for over 20 years. However, there lacks consistency in the definition and of the true idea of college and career readiness in the twenty-first century. Additionally, there is…

We present two distinct studies that were conducted between August 2020 and June 2021 in a virtual environment on the mental health experiences of Rohingya Muslim refugee and first and second-generation immigrant Latine youth. We offer our insights and perspectives on methodological benefits and challenges in conducting virtual qualitative…

Purpose: Immigrant-origin youth are placed at risk by large-scale upheavals that affect their contexts of reception, including disruptions to education caused by public health and natural disasters, as well as other crises. Here we examine how immigrant-serving districts were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and district leaders' responses.…

Research and intervention efforts for autistic people have disproportionately focused on negative mental health. This has resulted in a shortage of interventions addressing the promotion of positive emotional (hedonic) and psychological (eudaimonic) states. Therapeutic photography, which refers to self-initiated photo-taking paired with mindful…

Background: Children and young people with life-limiting conditions in palliative care often have some degree of intellectual disability. Literature about death communication with this patient group is limited. This study aimed to explore professionals' perspectives on death communication with children and young people with intellectual…

Considering recent attempts to silence racial and gender discourse by banning books, gutting K-12 curriculum, and strategic attacks on higher education equity efforts, we illustrate how anti-racist and feminist methodologies, alongside Black feminist pedagogies, serve as mitigating factors against orchestrated assaults on social justice endeavors…

With labor shortages reported in Wisconsin across many industries, it is encouraging that participation in the state's apprenticeship programs is at a record high. Newer apprenticeship programs in several high-demand health care occupations also appear promising for expansion. This brief examines Wisconsin's Registered Apprenticeship, Certified…