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Cira Rubin, Jessica; Tily, Susan – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
The early phases of teachers' professional careers are multi-layered and informed by many factors, including teachers' values, their own experiences in schools, and the nested contexts of their professional employment. While in teachers' everyday lives government policies sometimes operate beneath the surface rather than overtly, these policies…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Certification, Educational Policy
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Letizia, Angelo J. – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
Over the last 40 years, American institutions of higher education have been encouraged to align with the private sector by policymakers, think tank experts and businessmen in order to become more efficient and more accountable. In a wider sense, this new partnership may be evidence of what has been termed "disaster capitalism." In…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Systems, Privatization, Neoliberalism
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Esprivalo Harrell, Pamela; Eddy, Colleen McLean – Policy Futures in Education, 2012
This study examines mathematics teacher content knowledge in terms of state and national policymaker recommendations, college coursework and the Mathematics Texas Examination of Educator Standards (TExES) score. Results indicate differences between state and national policy recommendations and college degrees in mathematics. A statistically…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Statistical Significance, Majors (Students)