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Connor, Julie; Atkinson, Cathy – Educational & Child Psychology, 2022
Aim: The dominance within educational settings of a traditional, binary model of gender is associated with negative outcomes for children and young people, particularly those who identify as transgender or gender diverse (TGD). The purpose of this study is to review contemporary practices in educational settings to support TGD students. Method: A…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Student Diversity, Educational Practices, Social Bias
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Nelson, Joseph Derrick – New Educator, 2020
In this essay, I offer relationship-building as central to teaching and learning in early-childhood contexts. With a distinct focus on historically marginalized students in United States education, particularly Black boys during childhood, I draw on personal experiences and my own position as teacher-researcher to center Black boys' humanity and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Racial Bias, Gender Bias
US Agency for International Development, 2021
COVID-19 has devastated the education sector. School closures have disrupted learning for more than 1.6 billion students around the world. As of January 2021, UNESCO estimates that more than 234 million children and youth remain affected by school closures in 33 countries, equaling more than 13 percent of enrolled learners worldwide. An estimated…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Equal Education
World Bank, 2018
Every year, the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 WDR--"Learning to Realize Education's Promise"--is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the time is right: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Educational Policy, Freedom, Access to Education
White, Chaunté; Cruse, Lindsey Reichlin – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
As the Biden-Harris administration seeks to hasten the country's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the U.S. higher education system to ensure equitable access and attainment for all adults is more important than ever. Most student parents are mothers, students of color, adult and working learners, students with low incomes, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Parents
UNICEF, 2019
The gap between the levels of learning that education systems are providing and what children, communities and economies need, is growing. The breadth and depth of this learning crisis constitute the greatest global challenge to preparing children and adolescents for life, work and active citizenship. The lesson of the learning crisis is clear:…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Student Needs, Educational Quality, Educational Methods