Due notably to the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs), stakeholders in online education have amassed extensive databases on learners throughout the past decade. Administrators of online course platforms, for instance, possess a broad spectrum of information about their users. This information spans from users' areas of interest to…

While scholars have investigated the impact of school start times on adolescent students, there is limited research on how school start times affect teachers. In addition, recent reports of declining teacher morale emphasize the need for further study on influences of teacher satisfaction. Using secondary analysis of data from the 2017-18 National…

Researchers administered a teachers' self-efficacy beliefs for literacy instruction (TSELI) survey to in-service teachers (N = 168) in two PK-12 school districts in the southeastern U.S. A principal components analysis indicated four components for TSELI: (a) Teaching and Modeling Reading, (b) Facilitating and Nurturing Readers, (c) Influencing…

Currently, Doctorate in Social Work (DSW) programs are proliferating, but with limited empirical data to direct planning efforts. To fill this gap in knowledge, this article reports on the findings of an evaluation undertaken on the first DSW of its kind. This evaluation had three components: (1) an environmental scan of DSW programs; (2) a survey…

Comprehensive national surveys of primary schools were conducted in nine Francophone West African countries in 2014. These surveys include information on private tutoring which enables in-depth analysis to be undertaken of both the overall incidence of tutoring provision among primary school students and teachers. The main conclusion of this study…

This quantitative study investigates the aspects of professional development that have the greatest impact on teachers' perception of and implementation of professional learning. This study explores the extent to which release time and financial compensation influence teachers' perceptions of the resources available to support their professional…

College students complete end-of-term surveys during their undergraduate education to report on their experiences of curriculum, faculty, and overall course satisfaction. Significant decisions are based on these surveys' results, despite limited and potentially unrepresentative results. Low student response rates on digital, electronic course…

While it is commonly believed that teachers take more absences than other professionals, few empirical studies have systematically investigated the prevalence of teacher absences in the US. This study documents the level of teacher absences and compares it with other college-educated workers. Using the Monthly Current Population Survey between the…

The school resource officer's primary purpose within schools is to maintain a visible presence and work to promote a safe and secure learning environment (Stern & Petrosino, 2018). The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) recommends a three-pronged approach to school policing termed the SRO Triad. The Triad calls for the…

Despite the complexity of facilitating professional development (PD) and growing attention to supporting facilitators, few tools exist for facilitators to engage in ongoing inquiry into their practice. In this article, we offer a practical measure, the Collaborative Professional Development Survey (CPDS), designed to provide facilitators with…

Aim/Purpose: The study focused on learner sentiments and experiences after using the Moodle assessment module and trained a machine learning classifier for future sentiment predictions. Background: Learner assessment is one of the standard methods instructors use to measure students' performance and ascertain successful teaching objectives. In…

The effectiveness of pedagogical innovations in education is a dire need to support students in learning process inside the classrooms. The purpose is to apply pretest-posttest design, which includes a group of students knowledge before and after a pedagogical innovation was introduced in the class. The present study examined the model of the…

Although teachers are key figures of a program's effectiveness, most intervention studies to date have not explored how anti-bullying programs are associated with changes at teacher level. Moreover, teacher data also informs about aspects of program implementation, which are essential in program evaluations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to…

In 2023, Wilder Research contracted with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and Department of Human Services (DHS), in partnership with the Children's Cabinet, to conduct an Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Survey. A similar study was done in 2011. The purpose of the study is to describe characteristics of the ECE workforce and…

Vicarious trauma has been a focus of scholars for many years and demonstrates that vicarious trauma effects professional behaviorally, personally, and physiologically. This quantitative cross-sectional study explored the relationship between vicarious trauma and occupational exposure (caseload size) disrupting the cognitive structures of empathy,…