The purpose of this quantitative survey study was to investigate the relationship between college teachers' perceptions of the professional learning community and teacher self-efficacy. Drawing on quantitative data from a sample of 367 college teachers in Inner Mongolia in China during the 2023-2024 school year, the research investigated the…

Background: The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; 2015) constituted a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. ESSA, although still recognizing the need of standardized testing, diverged from NCLB by transferring a significant amount of power over…

The problem addressed through this study was that Grades 2-4 teachers in a New England urban elementary school district are challenged to remediate student learning loss in reading achievement. In the district, there was documented low reading proficiency for Grades 2-4 over the past 5 years, including before, during, and after the COVID-19…

Background: The Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Grant Program aims to increase the number of highly effective educators by supporting the implementation of evidence-based practices that prepare, develop, or enhance the skills of educators. The three central goals of this program are: (1) Recruit, prepare, and retain effective and…

This study draws upon critical bifocality (Chen & Horn, 2022) and intersectional frameworks (Collins, 2019; Crenshaw, 1989) to detail critical consciousness development over time in justice-oriented elementary mathematics educators. Specifically, a Critical Participatory Inquiry (CPI) approach facilitated collective theorizing amongst myself…

U. S. educational policies focused on the use of high-stakes standardized achievement tests and top-down accountability to improve student achievement have had an insignificant impact. Furthermore, the focus on once-a-year standardized tests to measure student success negatively impacts daily classroom instruction and assessment practices.…

School-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers have an obligation to teach students about agriculture and prepare them for agricultural careers. Yet, considering the vast number of sectors within the agricultural industry, this task can be daunting. One way teachers can accomplish this mission is through preparing their students to…

The aim of the study is to increase primary school teachers' attitudes regarding professional development through the university-school cooperation method, support their professional development, and create a university-school cooperation model. The study was carried out via embedded experimental design among mixed research methods. In total, 49…

Education continues to diversify with the growth of schools and the influx of beginning teachers. The increased presence of beginning teachers emphasizes the need for teacher-mentoring. This systematic review examined what research shows about training and preparation of teacher-mentors in high school education, revealing three themes: mentor…

Purpose: This paper addresses the critical need to enhance teacher preparedness for managing student mental health by integrating the National Health Education Standards (NHES) with Skills-Based Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training. Results: As the demand for effective mental health support in schools rises, the NHES framework offers a…

New teachers need time, support, mentorship, and experience to build racial literacies that will transform teaching. In response, this article explores the potential of book-club-style professional development to promote racial literacy among "mainstream" teachers of multilingual learners. In presenting a qualitative inquiry of…

This case study explores the challenges of conducting a culture-based educational design research project for early childhood educators in an online environment that is further complicated by an international pandemic. The project applied a systematic learning process to better understand computational thinking. Twelve early childhood educators…

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Inclusive Excellence initiative funded 57 institutions to improve capacity to include all students in STEM education and research activities. At Towson University, a professional development (PD) program funded by this initiative helped STEM faculty design course-based undergraduate research experiences…

With the COVID-19 pandemic, post-secondary institutions pivoted to providing hybrid or fully online courses and recognized the need to mitigate the challenges faced by faculty in navigating this shift. This study was conducted at one Western Canadian university and followed a Design Based Research approach that included three phases and utilized…

In Canada, educational leadership is a term often used to describe specific types of academic and scholarly work in universities, colleges, CEGEPs, other post-secondary institutions (and in K-12 contexts, where the term's usage is entirely distinct). Our interest is in how educational leadership is framed in the specific context of Canadian…