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Owen, Clare – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2022
Two periods of compulsory school closure in England as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the adoption of virtual teaching and learning environments. Although such platforms had already been launched in English schools prior to March 2020, when schools closed, their usage by classroom teachers had not been established. Pupil premium…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Shukla, Sarita Y.; Theobald, Elli J.; Abraham, Joel K.; Price, Rebecca M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
The term "achievement gap" has a negative and racialized history, and using the term reinforces a deficit mindset that is ingrained in U.S. educational systems. In this essay, we review the literature that demonstrates why "achievement gap" reflects deficit thinking. We explain why biology education researchers should avoid…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Science Education, Biology, Educational Opportunities
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Leaton Gray, Sandra; Mägdefrau, Jutta; Riel, Martina – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2022
The phenomenon of digital differentiation, or stark variations in ability to access Internet hardware and/or infrastructure, has been a feature of provision since its early days. This article explores the impact of digital differentiation on two groups of young people, in England and Germany. It is based on fieldwork that took place during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth
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Zhang, Aidong – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2022
Play-based classroom learning environments have an immediate and long-term impact on children's optimal growth and development. With the continuing efforts of state and federal government agencies to fund early childhood programs with the intention of assuring that all children enter school ready to learn, enrollment into these programs continues…
Descriptors: Play, Educational Environment, Teacher Role, Early Childhood Teachers
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
The impact of the pandemic on student learning was significant and widened pre-existing achievement gaps for historically disadvantaged students. To provide insight on the most effective strategies that teachers and leaders can adopt, educators in three partner districts that have invested in improving classroom instruction as their primary lever…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Disadvantaged, Partnerships in Education, School Districts
Carlson, Erika R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher education institutions across the country have examined equity in education outcomes through disaggregating student demographic data. However, it is not as common for academic institutions to also examine student learning outcomes for inequities in student learning. The current study explores what the greatest contributors are for the lack…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges, College Faculty
Croft, Michelle; Spurrier, Alex; Squire, Juliet – Bellwether, 2022
To counter learning loss and other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, students deserve access to all available supports, including supplemental options. Unfortunately, access to supplemental options is just as disproportionate as the effects of the pandemic. Too many barriers stand between students and the supports that could help them recover and…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Supplementary Education, Equal Education, Access to Education
Olsen, Brad; Rodríguez, Mónica; Elliott, Maya – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2022
Education is crucial for the cultivation of successful individuals, healthy communities, robust societies, strong economies, and a healing planet. Yet, while most available education measures show impressive improvement in access in low- and middle-income countries over recent decades, there remains a heartbreaking gap in educational outcomes…
Descriptors: Low Income, Educational Innovation, Achievement Gap, Outcomes of Education
Jeannie Harmon Guess – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the perceptions of the impact of trauma-informed care training in three Appalachian elementary schools. Childhood adversity can negatively affect a student's experience in the classroom (van der Kolk, 2014; Ogata, 2019) with findings showing an estimate of one half to two-thirds of children…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Trauma Informed Approach, Trauma, Achievement Gap
Murray, Kathleen E. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Over the past 20 years, Long Island, New York, has seen an increase in linguistic and racial diversity within its schools. The growth in linguistic diversity has brought with it an increase in English language learners (ELLs), representing almost a 50% increase since 2012. As the ELL population has grown, so has the achievement gap between ELLs…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Attachment Behavior, Teacher Characteristics, Student Diversity
Joyce Biava Chapa – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between (a) beliefs and actions of a culturally responsive school leader and (b) opportunity gaps for Latinx students in a predominantly Latinx school. The study was conducted at a Title I suburban elementary school in the Southeastern Region of Texas. Using a qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Role, Hispanic American Students
Patricia Waire Harlan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This phenomenological study addressed the factors of an institutionalized peer to peer mentoring program that fostered academic success and persistence among Black male students graduating from a predominantly White four-year public university in Tennessee through the lens of the critical race theory. Data was gathered through face-to-face,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Influence, Achievement Gap, Academic Persistence
Patricia Waire Harlan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This phenomenological study addressed the factors of an institutionalized peer to peer mentoring program that fostered academic success and persistence among Black male students graduating from a predominantly White four-year public university in Tennessee through the lens of the critical race theory. Data was gathered through face-to-face,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Influence, Achievement Gap, Academic Persistence
Clifton Jermaine Ellis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Forty years ago, females surpassed males in enrollment and completion in higher education. Even as the number of students in higher education has increased over the last 4 decades, the number of males who enroll and persist to completion has continued to widen. This gender gap in higher education attainment is starting to gain the attention of…
Descriptors: Males, College Students, Small Colleges, Gender Differences
Kirky L. Morris – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Black males continue to be the lowest-performing subgroup on state standardized tests in the United States of America. A very large majority of teachers are White females. This study examined the impact of White female teachers' beliefs and actions on the achievement of Black male students. Data was collected via interviews with White female…
Descriptors: White Teachers, Females, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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