Month: February 2024

A Critical Analysis of Family Engagement Policy in the Every Student Succeeds Act by Ariel Chung

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

Self-Regulation in the Time of COVID-19: A Review of Assessment Practices in Teacher Education for Mutual Accountability in the Classroom by Derek M. Lough

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

What Research Says (And What It Does Not) About Reconceptualizing K-12 Science Education Amidst Eroding Public Trust in Science by Meredith Bittel

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