One of the main challenges related to school climate is the difference in perception between students, teachers, and principals. In fact, school policies may fail to address bullying issues effectively due to the misidentification of the magnitude of the issue. To investigate this challenge, we used data from the 2021 Progress in International…

Using a cross-cultural comparative study approach, this study analyses and compares the leadership discourses revealed through interviews with early childhood education (ECE) leaders in Finland and Singapore. The interviews were conducted both before the COVID-19 outbreaks in 2018 and during the pandemic in 2021. Conducted as focus group…

The interplay between teachers engaged in action research (AR) and the educational ecosystem involving the other teachers who did not conduct AR and administrators has been an issue unexplored in the English Language Teaching (ELT) field. In the current study, we explore how teachers' engagement in AR within a Teacher Study Group (TSG) at a state…

Research findings: In recent decades, pre-kindergarten and early elementary instruction have shifted toward a more structured and academic approach, yet little evidence suggests children's outcomes have improved as a result. Emergent curricula, an alternative model for education, put children's interests and questions at the center of learning and…

Distributed leadership is currently the most studied leadership model in education. This study posits that there is not a single best model or blueprint for distributed leadership, but that schools should foster manifestations of distributed leadership to support professional development and school improvement. The school leader can support…

Outdoor recess presents an opportunity for children to be physically active, socialize with their peers, and spend time in nature. Inclement weather may detract from these activities. The purpose of this study is to explore how teachers and administrators adapt their school day during inclement weather and how it may impact the wellbeing of…

Early childhood education is regarded as key to help ensure long-term positive outcomes for children, and high-quality provision crucial for long-term developmental outcomes. However, how settings are inspected for the quality of their services varies substantially across countries. In England, the inspection body Ofsted has been heavily…

In an era of ongoing transformation in the Ukrainian education system, school leaders play an important role in implementing educational reforms. However, their role and practice of leadership are poorly understood. This qualitative case study explored facets of approaches to educational leadership and key challenges faced by four female…

The widespread use of AI in our daily lives, facilitated by access to free tools like ChatGPT, has generated increasing interest in these technologies within both society and education. This article employs a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory approach to investigate how educational actors in a school development activity navigate the structural…

This exploratory qualitative case study was conducted at three primary and lower secondary schools in Denmark, with the aim of empirically illustrating how principals work with student wellbeing. The study utilised a data package comprising 18 interviews with principals, vice-principals, and key teachers. The analysis of the data is inspired by…

This research focuses on Jesuit Catholic higher education in the United States because at the heart of this mission is encouraging all involved to navigate the discernment process and then enact considerations that vacillate between "cura apostolica" (care for institution) and "cura personalis" (care for people/society).…

This study examines the perspectives of school administrators working in state-affiliated primary schools in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) regarding the management of the full-day education schedule, as well as the experiences of teachers in implementing the program. The research aims to explore the effects of full-day schooling…

Background: The Mexican government has implemented two nationwide initiatives to improve the food environment in schools: the 2010 General Guidelines for Dispensing and Distributing Foods and Beverages in Public School Stores (Guidelines), and the 2015 National School Drinking Fountain Program (PNBE). Nevertheless, a 2018 assessment of 10 middle…

This book describes a model for educational leadership ethics that provides a critical, reflective vision of what education can be for all children in K-12 schools. The authors of "Race-Conscious Caring in Educational Leadership" conducted interviews with 22 school leaders who shared their visions toward serving students of color. The…

This study is part of a series on speech-based first impressions of prelingually deaf cochlear implant (CI) users with differing speech intelligibility. Hiring managers with typical hearing (TH) rated CI users and TH young adults on various personality traits and suitability as job applicants after hearing recorded speech samples. Similar to prior…