The intention of this study is to investigate the transparency of information on university websites regarding the policies in place related to leave and/or tenure clock extensions for child-related events such as childbirth, adoption, or placement of a foster child. The main purpose is to improve awareness about the policies existing in academia…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate gender differences in the relationships between job demands, job control and distress with the moderation effects of family status (i.e. marriage and parenthood) in the patriarchal cultural context of Korea. Design/methodology/approach: The authors formulated hypotheses on the grounds of stress…

Many organizations experience turnover rates that may result from work-life imbalance. Organizations with increased turnover rates experience various negative consequences. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between work-life balance, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) classification status, and…

Guided by the job demands--resources model and social-cognitive theory, we examined how educator perceived school connectedness and their attempts to connect with school members (i.e., administrators, staff, students, and families) concurrently and interactively influenced educators' compassion fatigue and online teaching self-efficacy during…

In March 2020 virtually all UK universities were suddenly thrown into an unprecedented and sudden closure of campus and facilities owing to the British Government's COVID-19 pandemic lockdown policies. Further evidence suggests that this exacerbated existing gendered differences. This paper reports on UK academic responses from an international…

In this essay, the authors draw on their experiences as teachers, scholars, and parents who identify as Chinese American and Chicana to articulate their vision of antiracist schools. The essay names love as a necessary corrective to systemic violence and othering in schools--specifically, love for children who routinely traverse racial, ethnic,…

The majority of students in the United States completing advanced technologies coursework, certifications, and AS/AAS degree programs within two-year colleges are adults with complex lives. They have to balance an array of challenges including health, children, and work. These school-work-life challenges can be informed by a body of knowledge…

The Finnish National curriculum obligates teachers to give parents encouraging feedback about their children's learning and development, the aim being to build a constructive relationship between homes and schools and to encourage close collaboration among all parties. Teachers in Finland nowadays use digital platforms that allow effective online…

This study analyzed how the relationships of adolescent students with their peers, the educational community, and their families, as well as their attitudes to school violence, influences becoming a relational bullying victim, a bystander, or an aggressor in a sample of 4,273 Spanish high school students, using Structural Equation Modeling. We…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on nearly every aspect of society, including education. This study investigates educational research conducted in the United States during the COVID-19 school closures to increase our understanding of student, parent, teacher, and school leader experiences with remote learning in a K-12 context.…

Families of students with disabilities experience additional responsibilities associated with learning about and accessing information related to early intervention/special education systems. Likewise, families also require multifaceted communication approaches if genuine access is to be achieved. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to…

School belonging is fundamental to the wellbeing and academic success of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students. While the psychosocial factors associated with belonging have been well articulated, the ways in which schools foster belonging for this cohort is relatively unexplored. This paper discusses a research collaboration that…

Environments where children move about provide affordances that play a significant role in their development. This research presents the Affordances for Motor Behavior of Schoolchildren assessment tool, which aims to assess the interdependent systems, such as home, school, and sports activities, that can influence 6- to 10-year-old children's…

In Fall 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), the Education Commission, and Education Development Trust came together with the aim of generating new evidence on effective leadership during COVID-19. A learning partnership was developed with the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), which was already…

The purpose of this study was to understand how high schools in Texas were implementing the new graduation requirements that were enacted under House Bill 5 during the 2013 Texas Legislature. The study included interviews and survey data collected from 50 randomly selected public high schools in Texas during the 2018-19 school year. The study team…