Few studies have explored how whiteness might be reinforced in the "trauma-informed" assessments, practices, and policies of school social workers. This critical qualitative research study asks: How does whiteness structure how Canadian school social workers recognize, understand, and respond to students' expressions of trauma in K-12…

Research in the field of gifted and talented has significantly shifted in recent years to focus on broader conceptualizations of the construct, including performing arts, creativity, and leadership. Yet, it is not clear how states conceptualize and identify students as gifted and talented given the last review of state gifted and talented…

There is a great interest around the world in how teachers are prepared, the content of their education and training programmes, measurements of their effectiveness, and the role of the 'good' teacher in society. While many of the issues are common across different national contexts, the direction of policy and how it is enacted varies…

This book investigates recent changes in language education policy and the implementation of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Japan's public elementary schools. Through interviews with policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers, it examines the challenges in creating, transmitting and applying this new language policy. It…

Appropriately managing working hours is at the core of the policy on teachers' working conditions. We analyzed the impact of long working hours on teachers' well-being using data on Japanese teachers from TALIS 2018. We applied a novel identification strategy that does not require panel data, forcing variables, or instrumental variables. The…

Teachers have responsibilities when they implement inclusive education. Researchers have indicated that teachers' attitudes, self-efficacy, and subjective norms related to their intention and practices in inclusive education. This study aimed to examine the associations between specialisation, self-assessed knowledge, concern, attitude,…

This paper explores the implementation and enduring significance of the German language program in Milwaukee Public Schools between 1867 and 1918. Despite the German language program facing challenges, notably the Bennett Law of 1889--which sought to restrict foreign language instruction statewide--the program persisted, highlighting the tension…

The study examined the perception of undergraduate students towards choosing the broiler value chain (BVC) business as a vocation after graduation. A questionnaire was used to collect cross-sectional data from 728 students in 4 universities. The findings show that the overall perception index of students somewhat agrees that there were…

As more teachers exit the workforce, school leaders need practical solutions to support teachers and keep them in the profession. This study examined the lived experience of secondary school teachers with perceived organizational support and teacher resilience. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Ohio public school teachers of grades…

Despite increasing calls for transparent integration, the mixed methods field lacks replicable approaches that center theory to answer multilevel-systems questions. We describe the Deductive-Inductive Dual Pillar Integration Process (DID-PIP), a five-phase integration technique for multilevel research. The DID-PIP centers a theoretical framework…

When the US Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, no one expected it to become a prominent tool for confronting sexual harassment in schools. Title IX is the civil rights law that prohibits education programs from discriminating "on the basis of sex." At the time, however, the term "sexual harassment"…

In 2023, the UAE hosted the second largest number of international branch campuses in the world. They cater for 'local' Emirati students and the large resident community of 'expatriates', but there also is a growing number of international students coming to study in Dubai from abroad. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with students in Dubai,…

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this paper draws on theoretical concepts from political science and comparative education to explore policy-makers' responses to COVID-19 in Georgia. The findings show how the Ministry of Education of Georgia has sought external endorsements from global actors -- Microsoft Corporation and The Organisation for…

Education research and policy has paid significant attention to parent-school relationships; however, this work almost completely lacks any consideration of diverse family structures. This research confronts an important gap in the educational literature: the extent to which diverse families, in particular separated parents, are both acknowledged…

This book addresses the gap in our historical knowledge about the roles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers have played in Australia's history of school education. To date, there are few references to schooling in histories of Indigenous Australians, and Australian histories of Indigenous education and teacher education omit Indigenous…