Photo by Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz on Unsplash Following the 1972 passage of Title IX, institutions, policymakers, and interest groups collaborated to promote women’s participation and success in education. Scholars credit Title IX with opening doors for women in collegiate athletics, rigorous academic tracks, and higher-paying fields once dominated by men (Tang et al. 2022; Winslow 2016). Concerning
This is a forum of the American Journal of Education. It is a space for readers of the journal—researchers, students, and policy makers—to engage in dialogue on both of-the-moment issues enduring themes in education from pre-K through university. The forum is led by a Student Board and is mentored by the Journal’s senior editorial staff.
The 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was established to unite political parties and diverse stakeholders in ensuring the success of every elementary and secondary school student regardless of their race, income, zip code, disability, home language, and background (Department of Education n.d.). ESSA deliberately promotes parent and family school engagement through federal funding and
Image by Freepik Formative, summative, and alternative assessment practices are proven effective in non-pandemic circumstances. This gives confidence to educators engaging a student population impacted by long-term symptoms of COVID-19 that they could provide methods for developing self-regulation to teacher education programs operating within the critical framework of a sociocultural lens. While medical experts work
Science education faces a grave challenge in our current social and political moment. In this “post-truth” era, the currency of empirical fact loses value to emotion and personal belief, and this growing social phenomenon is capitalized on and wielded by politicians and other influential people as a tool of propaganda. The internet spreads and monetizes
Student leadership positions in colleges and universities have been a defining aspect of the college experience (Renn and Reason 2021). Often linked to greater rates of persistence and retention to degree completion, common practices in student affairs encourage undergraduate students to become club leaders, peer mentors, resident assistants (RAs), student government representatives, and more (Astin
Reading proficiency is key for economic participation, yet international PISA test results highlight continued challenges (OECD, 2018a). In Latin America, all countries scored below the OECD mean (487) in PISA reading tests, with a mean score of 452 in Chile (OECD, 2018a), with 32% of Chilean students not achieving baseline levels (OECD average is 23%).
For many educators who taught during the 2020 and 2021 school years, words like “remote learning” and “asynchronous” will forever evoke a memory. A period of life where so much was uncertain, and as a result, the educational landscape drastically shifted. In addition, the grave inequities for BIPOC students, specifically those who identify as low-income, became
School counselor (SC) preparation programs are charged with training future school counselors in accordance to the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) National Model and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Although role ambiguity within the SC profession has been a long-standing issue (Cinotti, 2014; Culbreth et al., 2005), the pandemic exacerbated
When colleges and universities address racism, they do so as reactionary responses to discrete racialized incidents. Further, they rarely follow through on their written commitments to racial equity and justice (Ahmed 2012). This includes how university leaders responded to rampant anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbated by the perpetual foreigner stereotype. This stereotype portrays
