This article examines the implementation of a holistic, student-centered framework known as TEAM Student at Lee Roy Myers Middle School. Through intentional relationship-building, mentorship, family engagement, and targeted academic support, the school has increased student success and community involvement. The model's effectiveness is…

This text presents an informative overview of Conservative-led education policy over the last 14 years. The book provides a broad and detailed picture of the developing education landscape in England during this period, highlighting the transformational and sometimes 'radical' reforms that the country has seen. Crucially, the book draws together…

In addition to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is one of a handful of universities essential to ensuring America's position as a technological and scientific powerhouse. While "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI)…

This report explores DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) as part of a longer tradition of progressive domestic radicalism, foregrounding the discussion in the history of affirmative action on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT). The authors trace the origins of DEI's underlying philosophy back to the nation's adversaries who…

This study focuses on understanding how adult education faculty in higher education develop their knowledge and skills to accommodate adult learners with disabilities (ALDs). It explores how these educators learn about the accessibility needs of ALDs and their willingness to create inclusive learning environments. Adult education faculty were…

This article calls for a fundamental reconstitution of the South African university curriculum through a contrapuntal lens that centres epistemic justice. Drawing on Edward Said's concepts of worldliness and contrapuntal reading, it argues that dominant knowledge systems must be brought into critical and sustained dialogue with the subjugated…

This paper develops a conversation with decolonisation to pitch a novel mode of engagement; depathologising the university. While higher education institutions are in the midst of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion revolution, I posit that all is not well. Too often disability staff and students have been sidelined in Equality, Diversity and…

Drawing on political and legislative analysis, the paper situates SB 17 within a strategic right-wing backlash to post-2020 social justice movements, guided by conservative think tanks like the Claremont and Manhattan Institutes. The analysis explores the bill's origins, ideological underpinnings, and implementation across Texas public university…

In many higher education institutions (HEIs), English often serves as the primary language within internationalized academic circles and an important medium of instruction with varying implications for international students and instructors who rely on English-medium instruction (EMI). Effective language policy and planning (LPP) is essential to…

In this paper, we examine disability funding in the context of a schooling market. By drawing on interviews with public school principals, we consider their experiences in competing for disability and inclusion funding in public schools. Public school principals are engaging in competitive applications from the state government to fund a range of…

This conceptual piece examines how prevailing notions of community in rural schools influence inclusive education practices for students with disabilities. While rural communities often emphasize care and belonging, these values can mask exclusionary practices when inclusion is treated as sameness or is assumed rather than actively cultivated. We…

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System educates approximately 86?% of police officer candidates for Minnesota through their law enforcement and criminal justice programs certified by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board. In the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Philando Castile at the hands of Minnesota police…

Students with intellectual disability have encountered challenges related to inclusive placement, spending less time in general education classrooms, and experiencing slower progress in accessing inclusive settings. To support their needs and success in inclusive classrooms, research-based and effective interventions should be provided. We…

Student success across environments requires professionals and families to intentionally use collaborative behaviors, such as active listening, team problem solving, and recognizing individual families' backgrounds and priorities. Engaging in collaboration can be difficult to enact within schools because educators may not be provided adequate…

Purpose: Based on decolonial literature, we argue that the field of comparative and international education (CIE) is a complex educational assemblage that both territorializes and deterritorializes at the same time, making it ready for decolonization and deglobalization. We highlight the importance of challenging Western-centric epistemologies,…