The Veterinary Perspectives Institute (VPI) was designed to address the challenges faced by underrepresented youth who are interested in veterinary medicine. This study examines the VPI, a tuition-free program that introduces students from under-resourced high schools to veterinary medicine and One Health through a hands-on, transdisciplinary…

The purpose of this preregistered cluster randomized trial was to examine the effectiveness of a universal social-emotional learning program when implemented under routine conditions in second-grade classrooms. Thirty-nine teachers and 332 students from 13 elementary schools participated in the trial. Teachers randomly assigned to the treatment…

To address disparity issues in STEM fields, this study implemented a culturally relevant, hands-on learning program tailored for African American high school students from low-income areas in America's Deep South. The program included a one-month summer academy followed by a four-month collaborative app design project using MIT App Inventor. A…

Introduction: The school-to-work transition (STWT) represents the initial significant career milestone in young people's lives. In Italy, the Paths for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTOs) were introduced in upper secondary schools as an educational tool to support STWT. PCTOs aim to equip students with transversal skills that promote…

In July 2025, President Trump signed the Republican-led H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) into law. The new law is a sweeping tax and spending package that forgoes trillions in federal revenues to award tax cuts to the wealthy while stripping essential care and protections from women and families. While implementation of the…

Out-of-school activity participation has been found to support healthy development and friendship creation during early adolescence. Research on peer ties within school shows that these relationships can positively impact social emotional outcomes for adolescents. However, it remains unclear if the relationships fostered in extracurricular…

The adoption of blended and hybrid Flipped Classroom (FC) models increased dramatically during COVID-19 and is still highly valued and recommended for enhancing the quality, flexibility, and effectiveness of teaching and learning post-pandemic. While meta-analyses indicate a small yet meaningful effect size of the FC approach, examined studies…

This study presents the first within-program, within-tutor experimental evidence comparing the impact of in-person versus remote tutoring. Based on results from an early literacy tutoring initiative delivered by university students over Summer 2023, we find no statistically significant differences in students' literacy outcomes by instructional…

Iredell-Statesville Schools was awarded a School Climate Transformation Grant in 2019. INSPIRE: Interventions to Nurture Students and Provide Individualized Responsive Environments, was an innovative approach to improving behavioral outcomes for the district's highest risk students by reshaping schools' culture, staff, and systems through…

Greater cultural and linguistic diversity in Icelandic compulsory schools has resulted in various changes in educational policies, which, for instance, have been manifested as recent additions to the Icelandic national curriculum guide aimed at ensuring better education for plurilingual children. However, schoolteachers still require further…

Using a sequential exploratory design, this study measured the readiness of pre-service English as a foreign language teachers in East Java to develop learner autonomy (LA) in schools. Additionally, the study investigated how they perceived the effectiveness of their undergraduate teacher education programme (BA in English Language Teaching) in…

As teacher educators, we integrated the Family Learning Observation and Analysis (FLOA) project into elementary and early childhood literacy courses to better prepare preservice teachers (PSTs) for the diverse educational landscape of a Southern State. This initiative connects traditional monolingual teacher preparation to the multilingual…

Informal science learning programs provide youth with opportunities to explore environmental challenges and potential solutions, often in personally relevant community contexts. Yet limited information is available regarding learning outcomes of such programs. In programming led by a university-based science education program and a youth-serving…

Substance use--when people use drugs, alcohol, or tobacco in ways that can harm themselves or others--remains a persistent problem in the United States. Substance use can result in negative consequences, including poor school performance and diminished mental health. Research suggests that prevention programs for school-aged children may help…

The Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy (VBRA) provided an opportunity for high school students to engage in mentored biomedical research activities with a faculty investigator. The three-year program, utilizing a Social Cognitive Career Theory framework, included tiered mentoring and a collegiate component in preparation for biomedical science…