2020 will be remembered as a watershed year. The pandemic's impact has moved Europe's vocational education and training (VET) and skills policy centre stage. The new EU policy in the making was designed to unleash VET's full potential and make it better suited to shape and manage the digital and green transitions to a fair economy and society; it…

This report presents findings from a systematic review of international reviews and meta-analyses, as well as Chinese empirical studies, on parent-child reading. Existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in English largely concern Western contexts -- especially the US and the UK -- yet few studies have reviewed articles in global…

Many students face bullying, harassment, and discrimination based on sex stereotypes and assumptions about what it means to be a boy or a girl. Students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, nonbinary, or otherwise gender non-conforming may face harassment based on how they dress or act, or for simply being who they are. It…

This product is part of a series of practitioner briefs highlighting ways that education leaders can increase educational equity by building supportive learning environments that will meet all students' social and emotional needs. MDRC, The Alliance for Education Excellence, and The Education Trust recently released a brief that summarizes lessons…

The purpose of this qualitative research study is to gain an understanding of what support systems Black male undergraduates used while attending one predominately White institution (PWI). In conducting the research, the various experiences students had on campus were also influenced by the support or lack of support they had while attending their…

In the United States, ensuring adequate numbers of students graduate with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors has become a national priority. However, STEM degree retention among underrepresented minority students (URM) is lower than in other students' populations (NCES, 2014). This research used quantitative and…

Organizations, individuals, and students must be agile to thrive in a constantly changing culture. The problem addressed in this quantitative predictive correlational study was that there has been little research that determines the effects of stress and psychological flexibility on agile behavior despite the fact that 70% of change initiatives…

As the share of young adults enrolled in four-year colleges has increased, first-generation college students have become a population of particular interest. First-generation college students, those whose parents have not attained a bachelor's degree, experience unique challenges and rewards throughout their journeys in higher education. Research…

Interest development is a topic that has fascinated and puzzled educators since the 20th century. Despite decades of research and important advances in the field, questions remain about interest and its relationship to learning. In particular, given the pervasiveness of technology in our daily lives, it is essential to understand how interest…

Banter, a form of social communication, is perceived to enhance social cohesion between friends in online and offline contexts. A fine line between banter and bullying behaviours exists however, with some instances of banter perceived as bullying, cyberbullying, and relational aggression. Two qualitative studies explored university students'…

Nurture groups (NGs) were a provision first conceptualised by Marjorie Boxall in the 1960s. They have since become established in schools to support children who have experienced early attachment difficulties. There is a bank of evidence in support of their benefits to children and some evidence of the positive views of parents and practitioners.…

This fact sheet summarizes and provides key findings of the research report, "The Relationship Between Poverty and School Performance in South Carolina. Working Paper Series II: What We Know About the South Carolina Teacher Workforce." The study focused on South Carolina data and provided a holistic picture of the relationship between…

The purpose of the study was to evaluate Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS) high school student perceptions of the relationship between ideal and real classroom environments. The quantitative, non-experimental research design with a survey was used to understand students' overall perceptions of attending five Christian…

The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive, single-case study was to explore educators' perceptions and uses of strategies to support 5th-grade middle school students' basic psychological needs for relatedness in the Southeastern region of the United States, because it was not known how educators perceived and used strategies to support…

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to discover, from career services practitioners' perspective, their involvement working with faculty advisors on academic and career advising of collegiate visual and performing artists (VPA). Habley (1988, 2009) wrote about the importance of research in academic advising, to promote scholarly inquiry,…