Aim(s): Across two studies, we examine links between students' perceptions of the role of contributions to class discussions in helping them stand out, the importance they place on contributing, and the observed frequency of their attempts to contribute. Method/rationale: We purposefully sampled pre-service teachers at a large university in the…

As an informal teacher-leader at my elementary school, I set out to investigate the prevailing attitudes and beliefs about family involvement and engagement among stakeholders at Phoenix Charter School (PCS). I came away with three major findings: 1) There is no collective definition of family involvement, but almost all agreed that families must…

Quantifying undergraduate participation in institutional research activities is challenging. This article describes an approach for estimating student participation in scholarly activities using a parametric model to follow the inflows and outflows of students in terms of classes (first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year students) and to control…

In 2017, representatives from the James Madison University Honors College asked if faculty members in the School of Communication Studies would develop a version of the General Education human communication course for all incoming Honors undergraduate students in the fall semester. The goal was to provide these students with a common cohort…

This article reports a quasi-experimental study that assessed whether purposeful political engagement efforts in the general education classroom, coupled with co-curricular programming, enhances student interest in politics and political efficacy. The subjects of the study were students in political science general education courses at a…

Youth participatory action research (YPAR) is a methodology in which youth and researchers collaborate to engage in research within a shared community. This article describes a career intervention conducted with Latina middle school students using YPAR in the school's Latino community outreach program. Participating students were members of the…

The following doctoral project emphasizes the importance of reading aloud to children beginning at birth. This project focuses on multiple aspects of reading aloud activities, such as the benefits children receive and the bi-directional benefits (e.g. attachment) received. However, the main focus is specifically on the parental benefits of reading…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to determine how members of school leadership teams perceived the use of a school climate readiness assessment to inform and promote school climate for leadership teams in two K-12 schools in Arizona. Fifteen participants located in Central Arizona took part in this study to determine how…

Parents have the ability to influence the educational achievements of their children who are in college by implementing strategies and techniques that will support them. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the parental involvement of Filipino-American parents who were instrumental in helping their children complete their…

The public health problem of ensuring that teens and preteens receive the HPV vaccination series justified this study, using a convenience sample (N=122) of parents, 68 of whom were English-speaking parents (ESP) and 54 were Spanish-speaking parents (SSP). Among ESP, 94.1% (n=64) were females and 5.9% (n=4) were males. Among SSP, 98.1% (n=53) were…

The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. The topics for this report on family-school engagement of families who are speakers of other languages include: (1) Percentage of K-12 Students Whose Parents Participated in School-Sponsored Activities…

The role of parental involvement in their child's education and academic success has been widely acknowledged in recent educational theories, policies, and practices. Parental beliefs and expectations concerning their child's learning and success have been shown to be reflected in the parents' involvement in their child's education and their…

This qualitative, multi-case study of eleven schools explored how K-12 teachers in Pennsylvania perceived their school's climate as influenced by teacher bullying. A questionnaire, personal interviews, and field notes revealed that teacher bullying alone did not determine teachers' positive or negative perceptions of school climate. Other factors…

Schools are accountable to cultivate environmental awareness and participation among future leaders. In an attempt to address this concern, this research determined the level of environmental awareness and involvement of teacher education seniors in one state university in the Philippines. Specifically, it focused on the respondents' level of…

The aim of this study is to find out the school administrators appointed in secondary education institutions about school council implementations and to develop suggestions for the school, council to function more properly. The study was carried out with 234 administrators appointed in secondary and high schools in Bahcelievler District of…