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Erin J. Heys – Educational Policy, 2025
For decades, policymakers in the U.S. have leveraged accountability policy as a governing tool to lift school performance and close the achievement gap. Accountability become so widespread that it arguably became a "policy paradigm" with the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2002. Yet after just 13 years of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Courtney M. Leidner; Christine H. Roch – Educational Policy, 2025
Enrollment in online schools (OS) has increased significantly in recent years. Due to advancements in technology, OS are able to provide education entirely online to K-12 students. Despite their growth, there has been little research on the working environments of OS. This paper explores teacher perceptions about working conditions in OS. We use…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Online Courses, Virtual Schools, Teacher Attitudes
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Dilys Schoorman; Rosanna Gatens – Educational Policy, 2025
"Divisive Concepts" laws have sprung up around the nation as a backlash to the widespread commitments to anti-racist education that emerged in summer 2020. This critical policy analysis examines the concepts central to Florida's "Individual Freedom Act" [HB7] of 2022, to determine its intent and impact in ameliorating or…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Equal Education, Language Usage, Elementary Secondary Education
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Yusuf Canbolat – Educational Policy, 2025
Influencing major education policies in the US such as school vouchers and charter schools, market theory assumes that organizational autonomy, parental choice, and competition between schools improve the quality of education. However, whether those policies can influence the instructional core of schools is not well understood. Comparing private…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Charter Schools, Achievement Tests
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David M. Houston; Matthew P. Steinberg – Educational Policy, 2025
In spring 2020, nearly every U.S. public school closed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing evidence suggests that local political partisanship was a better predictor of in-person instruction than COVID case and death rates in fall 2020. We replicate and extend these analyses using data collected over the entirety of the 2020-21…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Schools
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Peter N. Knox; Bernice Garnett; Jess DeCarolis; Johannes Haensch – Educational Policy, 2025
This study highlights the Community Schools (CS) implementation experience of five rural Vermont schools. Principals and CS coordinators participating in a state-funded program aimed at CS establishment were interviewed to understand better their experience with implementing a school/district-wide policy and reform effort. Findings suggest several…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Community Schools, Principals, Rural Schools