In recent years, countries including the UK and USA have seen advancements in the use of Randomised Controlled Trials in education, progress that has not been mirrored in Ireland. Ireland does not have a strong tradition of using experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation designs for monitoring and evaluation of education policy despite…

International education has become a huge market, estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars per year. Tertiary-level institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada continue to draw large numbers of international students, but other destination countries have also entered the mix. And while Chinese and…

Advancing digital education innovation has become a global necessity. Policy innovation serves as both its basic and guiding principle for practical breakthroughs. Examining the synergistic impact of multiple factors on the diffusion of digital education policies aids in delineating diverse developmental trajectories and offers strategic insights…

Despite a significant increase in the trans and gender expansive (TGE) population in the US (Ghorayshi, 2022), pedagogies and policies have not changed at the same rate in cis-dominant choral spaces (Aguirre, 2018). Drawing from bio-ecological systems theory and trans-identity development frameworks, this qualitative research highlights the…

Over the past three decades, tax-credit scholarship (TCS) policies have helped hundreds of thousands of American families provide their children with the learning environment that meets their individual needs. Until recently, TCS policies were the most-used form of private school choice. Now available in 21 states, more than 330,000 students…

Casual and fixed-term employment is rife across Australian universities, with current estimates suggesting that around 60% of the workforce are precariously employed. This level of precarious employment poses substantial challenges for individual employees, and for the quality and sustainability of teaching and research in universities. The…

We examine whether large-scale information interventions can improve college application outcomes in a centralized admissions system. Using nationwide surveys from Chile, we document widespread information frictions and frequent application mistakes, such as omitting attainable preferred programs or failing to include safety options. To address…

As artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative models, becomes increasingly integrated into global education systems, China's higher education sector is undergoing profound transformation. This article examines how AI is being regulated, institutionalised and contested within Chinese universities. Drawing on policy document analysis and…

Education is frequently described through the use of the metaphor of 'delivery'. This occurs in policy documents, in curriculum and in school-level materials. As a figure of speech, this metaphor has become naturalised in education discourse. This article shares internationally relevant findings from a small Australian study that uses qualitative…

Australia's large private school sector receives high levels of public funding, has a high and increasing share of enrolments and advantaged students, and a decreasing share of disadvantaged students. Employing an historical sociology approach and drawing on primary and secondary sources, I argue that this ascendency arose from the inherent…

Education as a journey of human becoming involves commitment to one's ethical life project as well as learning to live well and actively participate with others in an ever-changing socio-cultural, political and material world. This paradoxical journey is at the heart of our philosophical criticism of contemporary policy impulses to formulate risk…

In recent decades, policies have been implemented in Europe to promote gender equality in higher education and in academic research. The Spanish Organic Law 3/2007 for the effective equality of women and men contemplates Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) as a tool for companies and organizations, including universities, to achieve this end. One of the…

This book champions the unique knowledge, skills and behaviours of early years (EY) practitioners, and shows how they can exercise individuality in response to the diverse needs of children and their families. Fully mapped to the requirements of the new Early Years Lead Practitioner HTQ, this practical guide offers a reflective and challenging…

Objectives: School nurses are key responders to students with constipation, yet their experiences are underreported. This study surveyed their observations regarding constipation, identified barriers to student restroom access, and assessed educational needs. Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional survey study, an anonymous online survey…

Language policies in a number of multilingual post/neocolonial contexts continue to be informed by monolingual ideologies that support English-only policy in education, while translanguaging practices continue to witness stigmatization at the hands of stakeholders. These dominant ideologies act as a barrier to achieving inclusive and quality…