Background: Teacher quality matters for student achievement (Coleman, 1968; Rivkin et al., 2005; Rockoff, 2004; Aaronson et al., 2007) and later career success (Chetty et al., 2014). States use licensure exams as a quality screen believing that they are predictive of teaching effectiveness (Council et al., 2001). However, the evidence on the…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore public school teachers' perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on their profession and related activities, specifically delivery of instruction, preparation and planning, and desires to leave the profession of teaching. Through semi-structured interviews, three research questions…

The purpose of this study was to understand how traditional public school principals perceive charter schools. In this qualitative study, I interviewed ten traditional public school principals from the same rural public school system in North Carolina. The principals shared their perceptions of charter schools based on their current and previous…

This dissertation examines the relationship between self-efficacy, grit, and adverse adolescent backgrounds among educational leaders in the Texas public school system, focusing on how economic disparities and systemic biases shape these psychological traits. Utilizing a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, and descriptive approach,…

The data presented in this report provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to education varies on a state-by-state basis. Thus, NEA…

The article explores how Nepalese public schools' traditional hierarchy-dominated educational culture shapes teachers' professional growth and sense of identity. Through the narrative inquiry approach, I explored teachers 'professional identity development using Gee's (2000) identity framework. The data revealed that hierarchy and power relations…

One feared consequence of how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted public education is its potential negative impacts on teacher retention and mobility. Each spring, teachers decide whether and where to teach the following school year. Following the abrupt end to the 2019-20 school year in March 2020, there were increased concerns that teachers would…

Teacher turnover imposes a significant negative impact on the education system as a whole, much to the detriment of student achievement. The Learning Policy Institute (2021) suggests this problem was exacerbated in all school settings by the global COVID-19 pandemic in which growing disparities between children and uncertainty about the future of…

The purpose of the present study was to explore the nature of hiring a public school superintendent in a context, which challenged school board trustees to select a particular type of leader. The researcher's intent was to study three former school board trustees who were initially involved in what they considered a complex change process,…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to investigate how Montessori educators describe maintaining the fidelity of the Montessori Method when implementing the Louisiana Student Standards influences their ability to provide learning opportunities through social interactions that stimulate multiple senses for students in their…

Although teachers are involved in many aspects of the psychological assessment, very little research has examined their experiences with and perceptions of the entire psychoeducational assessment process. Previous research has relied on surveys and has assumed that teachers have a foundational understanding of the purpose of the assessment. The…

In Poland, a country with a very high level of religiosity, religious education at school is confessional but not compulsory: it is an optional subject chosen by the student. In this article, we explore attitudes regarding participation in religion classes and explanations of the purpose of religious education as provided by adolescent students.…

This quantitative study examined important, selected election factors within and outside of school district control for passing public school bond elections in Oklahoma. The study used publicly available archival data to analyze 524 public school bond elections held in Oklahoma from FY19 through FY22. Additionally, the study used Bowers and Lee's…

Teacher attrition, or leaving the profession prior to retirement, is a real-world problem that school districts across the United States are faced to solve. As rates of teacher attrition continue to increase, it is necessary to find solutions to counter this situation. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the projected impact of…

This quantitative study sought to determine if public and charter districts within Region One Education Service Center (ESC) are currently leveraging a change management framework. Furthermore, the goal was to determine if the change framework that is potentially being used is one that is effective based on the perspective of the respondents.…