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Kathleen M. W. Cunningham; David Osworth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the presence of continuous improvement and improvement science in the Consolidated State Plans required by ESSA. Through an exploratory qualitative content analysis, we examined 52 state plans to determine the extent education policies encourage professional educators to use a continuous improvement and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
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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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Laura Kern; Heather Peshak George; Lauren L. Evanovich; Jennifer M. Hodnett; Jennifer Freeman – Exceptional Children, 2024
Restraint and seclusion (R/S) are practices employed by schools to address severe student behavior. Although the use of R/S has been shown to have harmful impact for students, staff, and schools, there is no federal law that addresses its use in schools. A lack of a universal approach leaves each state to determine its own legislation and policy.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Discipline, Punishment
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Rachael Gabriel – Arts Education Policy Review, 2024
This article argues that the last three decades of school improvement policies have progressively limited the places and arguments created for arts education in public schools. The result has been a steady marginalization of the arts in the work of school improvement, an exacerbation of opportunity gaps related to access to arts education, and a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Public Schools, Educational Improvement, Art Education
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Angela Tuttle Prince; Monic P. Behnken – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
Given the disproportionate rates of youth with disabilities who experience exclusionary discipline in schools, it is important to consider the involvement of law enforcement officers in the discipline of these students and the students' right to an equitable education. One recent case of concern was Wilson v. City of Southlake, which clarified…
Descriptors: Police, Police School Relationship, Students with Disabilities, Discipline
Jesus Molina – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Transparency is a fundamental trait that teachers must exhibit in their district and on their campus in order to understand the mission and goals of the district and campus. Educators need proper training and guidance from district and campus leaders to establish a collective efficacy for the benefit of student success. As school districts find…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Self Efficacy
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Juli L. Taylor; William A. Proffitt; Jake Cornett; Wayne Sailor – Journal of Special Education, 2025
This scholarly review presents a case for transforming special education rather than reauthorizing special education law in its present form and, in doing so, reconceptualizing the inclusion movement to recognize marginalizing influences. A comprehensive review of research, policy reviews, and observations of praxis is undertaken to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
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Chaddrick D. James-Gallaway; ArCasia D. James-Gallaway; Marci Rockey; Rahsaan A. Dawson – Educational Policy, 2024
Using critical race theory (CRT) as both our theory and analytical framework, we interrogated vocational, career, and technical education (VCTE) policy as a racial instrument. We applied key CRT themes to examine both primary sources; including historical and contemporary VCTE Acts (e.g., Perkins I-V) and Congressional reports; and secondary…
Descriptors: Racism, Critical Race Theory, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
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Rachel Grimsby; Erika J. Knapp – Arts Education Policy Review, 2024
State governments have the purview to interpret federal special education policies as they see fit. Interpretations of these policies to music education rarely are addressed within state special education policy. The authors selected four states to analyze and compare state special education policies; Illinois, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia.…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Legislation, Music Teachers, Music Education
Kim, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
An array of federal, state, and local laws and policies come into play when situations arise that could compromise student safety. These laws and district policies combine to form an intricate and sometimes inconsistent patchwork of protocols that schools must follow. Robert Kim discusses the interplay between federal, state, and local laws…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Legislation, Behavior Problems, Federal Legislation
Brandy Sheree Gros – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study aimed to explore how University Liaisons respond to homelessness on their campus. With new federal and state laws being enacted, little research focuses on the policies, programs, and services at universities. Community Colleges tend to be a more attractive option for homeless youth due to the low cost; however, universities are also…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, State Legislation
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Jill Koyama – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2024
The Arizona state legislature has aimed to pass a series of bills banning those in schools from teaching topics associated with inclusion, social justice, and equity. Since 2020, the legislature has targeted teaching 'critical race theory' (CRT), often (mis)using the term to refer to any ideas related to systemic discrimination and racial…
Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Public Schools, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Sarah McMahon; Sara M. Thomas; Julia Cusano; Julia Anne Maxwell; Allison Brachmann; Rachel Connor – Journal of School Violence, 2024
The administration of campus climate surveys has proliferated across the United States at institutions of higher education to help respond to sexual misconduct. This study reviews existing state legislation related to campus climate surveys and compares it to the recent federal mandate outlined in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment
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Jeffrey B. Hall; Lotta Johansson – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
The learning environment of students is a fundamental part of school life, both socially and academically. The ambition to create a school serving the best interests of all children is explored by analysing key concepts encompassing students' right to a healthy school environment, and examining how this discourse has unfolded over five decades in…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Change, School Policy, Educational Policy
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Megin Charner-Laird; Stacy Agee Szczesiul – Educational Forum, 2025
The Massachusetts Innovation Schools initiative authorized educators to operate with increased autonomy and flexibility. This descriptive case study examines the early experiences of teachers in one innovation school. We explore the innovations teachers leveraged to build capacity, with particular attention to how they enacted teacher leadership…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Case Studies, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes
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