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Amy MacDonald; Lena Danaia; James Deehan; Allan Hall – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Initiatives aimed at improving STEM education have largely focused on school-based programs, with the majority of STEM professional development targeting primary and secondary school educators. However, there is growing interest in STEM education in the early childhood years. This paper reviews the available evidence to explore the extent to which…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Communities of Practice, Early Childhood Teachers
Kansas Association of School Boards, 2019
For many years, Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) has provided information on Kansas' rankings compared to other states on a variety of student outcome measures. In addition, KASB annually determines "peer states" which are most similar to Kansas in terms of student characteristics, adult population characteristics and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Expenditure per Student, Educational Finance, Postsecondary Education
Jacobs, Drew; Veney, Debbie – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2022
"Changing Course: Public School Enrollment Shifts During the Pandemic" is an analysis of student enrollment trends in public schools during the pandemic (2019-20 to 2021-22 school years). The numbers showed more than 240,000 students enrolled in charter schools, a 7% increase--while district public schools lost approximately 1.5 million…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Schools, Enrollment Trends
National Education Association, 2022
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,…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Public Education, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Malatras, Jim; Gais, Thomas; Wagner, Alan – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2017
Since 1970 the number of teachers has increased 51.9 percent, while the number of students has increased 9.5 percent. In 1970, the student/teacher ratio was 22.3 and it is significantly lower at 16.1 today. Although there are projections indicating an increased demand for teachers going forward, the overall projections do not necessarily create a…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Supply and Demand, Labor Market, Intellectual Disciplines
Center for Public Education, National School Boards Association, 2021
Charter schools are public schools of choice, according to the Nation's Report Card (NAEP). The U.S. Department of Education uses the term "public charter school." A public charter school is a publicly funded school that is typically governed by a group or organization under a legislative contract--a charter-- with the state, district,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, Charter Schools, Federal Aid
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Aravena, Felipe – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2022
Principal succession is an inevitable phenomenon in school systems. Given the relevance of principal succession for leadership quality and school improvement, there has been a lack of research in recent decades that has synthesized principal succession. This study aims to review the literature from 2003 to 2019 on principal succession in schools.…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrative Change, Program Evaluation, Teacher Administrator Relationship
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Gümüs, Sedat; Hallinger, Philip; Cansoy, Ramazan; Bellibas, Mehmet Sükrü – Journal of Educational Administration, 2021
Purpose: This study sought to provide an understanding of what a culturally contextualized model of instructional leadership looks like in Turkey, and how this differs from models disseminated in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed qualitative meta-synthesis to systematically review the full set of 22 qualitative studies of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Centralization, Competition
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Howard Sharp, Katianne M.; Russell, Claire; Keim, Madelaine; Barrera, Maru; Gilmer, Mary Jo; Foster Akard, Terrah; Compas, Bruce E.; Fairclough, Diane L.; Davies, Betty; Hogan, Nancy; Young-Saleme, Tammi; Vannatta, Kathryn; Gerhardt, Cynthia A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
The objective was to characterize the relation between different sources of school-based social support (friends, peers, and teachers) and bereaved siblings' grief and grief-related growth and to examine whether nonparental sources of social support buffer the effects of low parent support on bereaved siblings. Families (N = 85) were recruited…
Descriptors: Grief, Siblings, Interaction, Social Support Groups
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Wisdom, Sherrie, Ed.; Leavitt, Lynda, Ed.; Bice, Cynthia, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
In comparing one public school to another, discussions frequently include talk concerning the socio economics of a school or district, which then leads to talk about the advantages that one socioeconomic setting has over another. Educators tend to agree that low academic achievement frequently associated with a low socioeconomic status is a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Influences, Racial Discrimination, African American Students
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Journal of Education Finance, 2020
For the first time in the history of the State of the States, all 50 states will be represented with entries this year. A number of state legislatures are working to provide public education the necessary fiscal support to provide students with a high quality 21st century education, or restore funding levels for public education to pre-Great…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Finance, State Aid, State Legislation
Parsi, Ace – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2016
Representing an estimated 4.4 million students in the United States, English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing segment of the public school population and yet are twice as likely to drop out of high school and significantly less likely to attend and complete postsecondary education. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Language Proficiency
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Tosto, Maria Grazia; Garon-Carrier, Gabrielle; Gross, Susan; Petrill, Stephen A.; Malykh, Sergey; Malki, Karim; Hart, Sara A.; Thompson, Lee; Karadaghi, Rezhaw L.; Yakovlev, Nikita; Tikhomirova, Tatiana; Opfer, John E.; Mazzocco, Michèle M. M.; Dionne, Ginette; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel; Kovas, Yulia – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: The number line task assesses the ability to estimate numerical magnitudes. People vary greatly in this ability, and this variability has been previously associated with mathematical skills. However, the sources of individual differences in number line estimation and its association with mathematics are not fully understood. Aims: This…
Descriptors: Twins, Individual Differences, Computation, Mathematics Skills
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Ho, Curtis, Ed.; Lin, Grace, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2015
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "E-Learn 2015: World Conference on E-Learning" took place in Kona,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Computer Science, Concept Formation
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2018
Institutional accreditation is an important factor for U.S. institutions in determining if credit or degrees from another institution will be accepted. However, accreditation as we understand it does not often exist outside the United States. This 60-Second Survey, in partnership with the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE)…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Professional Recognition, International Education, Reputation
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