The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of the Jesuit Leadership framework as described by Lowney to confirm if the framework had a positive effect on the schools’ viability and sustainability. Since the first Catholic school opened in 1782, Catholic sc…
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The purpose of this research was to examine representations of women in the United States’(US) history content within New York State’s (NY) suggested English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for K-2 students. Adapted from the CORE Knowledge Foundation, and downloaded nationally ov…
As we enter the year 2020 the plurality of races and ethnicities within the United States is reflected in the students attending our nation’s public schools. For the first time in American history the majority of students attending the nation’s public schools are students of col…
Federal legislation through No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (2002) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (2015) held schools accountable for improved test scores and academic achievement. The heightened scrutiny in performance and expectations placed enormous pressure on students, t…
This qualitative study explored the perceptions of nine early-career regular education elementary school teachers using an in-depth, semi-structured interview design. The researcher conducted a literature review regarding the history and evaluation of teacher preparation program…
Re-authorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 (IDEA) shifted identification of students with disabilities from an IQ-achievement discrepancy model to an early preventative Response to Intervention model. This pilot study reviews the brief history of sp…
Counselors working in schools have important roles in effectively addressing childhood adversity. Research over the last two-and-a-half decades has asserted that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a significant public health issue (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP]; Fel…
This study set out to investigate those factors important for social acceptability among groups of Primary schoolchildren of ten and eleven years. An attempt was made to relate theoretical opinions about popular and unpopular children to actual choice behaviour and reputations o…
Poetry is a genre that supports all aspects of literacy-reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and it is the first to which most children are exposed through motherly lullabies. Yet, while many studies have been conducted on prose comprehension, there is little empirical res…
This study draws upon phenomenological, anthropological, post/colonial, and globalization theories to describe and explain the ways in which four individuals experienced their identities as teachers in an Islamic school. It examines how their identities as educators took shape, …
Developing reading skills is one of the critical reasons for public education in America. Having a reading intervention in place for fourth and fifth-grade students who struggle in reading is vital to set students up for success as learning to read switches to reading to learn. …
The purpose of this eight-week study was to analyze how a multi-age primary community utilized the technology available to them from an activity theoretical perspective. In addition, it was aimed at exploring how the technology provided opportunities for second language developm…
The systemic oppression in the United States can be found when educational institutions expand the divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” There is a historical pattern of schools serving the most marginalized communities receiving novice teachers and experiencing high t…
There has been a long, historical debate around the relevance of grammar instruction on writing development. The grammar wars continue to contest literacy experts (Andrews, et al., 2006; Myhill & Watson, 2014), and a best instructional approach for teaching grammar remains u…
Focus on instructional leadership for school principals continues to be prominent in educational research and reform, as accountability for student achievement increases. The relationship between instructional leadership and special education needs more representation in researc…
This article examines the history of music and arts integration on childhood-age learning processes, with emphases on the cognitive and educational benefits of music. The researcher proposes the question, “What role does music play in a typical elementary classroom?” and investi…
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attainment of social justice through the teaching of sexual diversity education in Life Skills in Namibia. In many cases inclusivity is claimed to be applied but social justice is not served. Therefore, access and equity as provided…
Teacher efficacy has been studied by researchers since 1976. As researchers discovered the breadth of impact of teacher efficacy, the study of the topic increased, and researchers identified positive effects of teacher self-efficacy. Considering these influences on the education…
When mathematics language is defined narrowly, emergent bilinguals in classrooms could be systematically positioned as “learners of deficiency.” Recent scholarships in the field of learning sciences call for expanding the notion of mathematics language and scrutinising learning …