The COVID-19 pandemic created a crisis all over the world challenging traditional methods of business practices, teaching, and administration in the educational sphere. International education has been particularly affected; many individuals working in different areas of the profession had to enact emergency triage to aid the more than one million…

Research indicates that students benefit from working with faculty with whom they can identify. Do Hispanic students find Hispanic faculty with whom to work at Hispanic Serving Institutions? To answer that question, this study builds on a 13-year line of research that has focused on engaged, public, metropolitan research universities. From a…

Purpose: Recent scholarship has explored higher education institutions' (HEIs) role in transitioning to a sustainable society, but empirically, questions remain regarding their impact on the sustainability of surrounding areas. This study aims to examine the correlation between HEIs' sustainability actions and local sustainability performance.…

The purpose of this study was to gain insight into how elementary school leaders work collaboratively to foster Science of Reading instructional strategies to enhance early literacy. A multiple case study design was implemented whereby six elementary schools in the metro Birmingham area were purposely selected based on their documented increases…

This study explored teacher shortages throughout the United States, and how principals and the strategies that they utilize impact teacher retention. Further, our study investigated whether teachers are more likely to leave the profession when building principals fail to meet their professional needs. Our study explored the relationship between…

This study explored teacher shortages throughout the United States, and how principals and the strategies that they utilize impact teacher retention. Further, our study investigated whether teachers are more likely to leave the profession when building principals fail to meet their professional needs. Our study explored the relationship between…

This study explored teacher shortages throughout the United States, and how principals and the strategies that they utilize impact teacher retention. Further, our study investigated whether teachers are more likely to leave the profession when building principals fail to meet their professional needs. Our study explored the relationship between…

This study aimed to explore parental satisfaction with programmes provided for children with learning difficulties (LD) in Oman. A sample was collected from 299 parents who filled out an electronic self-reporting questionnaire during the second semester of 2021. The researchers designed a 19-item questionnaire that was distributed over two…

This quantitative study provides an in-depth look at the effectiveness of preschool participation while examining other factors that impact school readiness. The five research questions focused on preschool participation or non-participation, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and school community identity. The researcher conducted…

The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions of special education teachers and administrators as to factors that influence retention and attrition while also describing current efforts and strategies being utilized by schools and districts to support special education teacher retention. Teacher shortages caused by attrition in…

Many U.S. schools utilize grade retention (repeating grades when not meeting academic benchmarks) to allow more time for students to learn grade level material. However, some research suggests retention may increase inequalities and not help students progress. We use national data (Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study 2014-2017) and…

This article describes the changing linguistic landscape on the North Shore of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic. I present an account of the visual representation of change along the area's parks and trails, which remained open for socially-distanced exercise during the province's…

Colleges and universities have implemented a broad range of initiatives to support student success. Problem solving courses and course supplements are one approach. Evaluation of these courses has shown positive outcomes in terms of improved academic performance and other benefits. A number of these studies have also reported the largest positive…

Background: Competent clinical reasoning forms the foundation for effective and efficient clinical swallowing examination (CSE) and consequent dysphagia management decisions. While the nature of initial CSEs has been evaluated, it remains unclear how new information gathered by speech-language therapists (SLTs) throughout a patient's acute-care…

This study examines public opinion about the National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) in Australia, based on an online survey conducted with a sample of New South Wales (NSW) residents (n = 2,017). Our study participants did recognize the benefits of NAPLAN despite their opinion generally trending toward negative viewpoints of…