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Resisting or Embracing? Silicon Valley Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Anabel Altenburg

Teaching and Leading are Not the Same: Transitioning into Principal Leadership in Mexican Primary Schools
Ximena Arguelles Sacristan

Do Brazilian Students Perform Better in Private Schools?: A Comparative Analysis of Student Achievement in Public and Private Schools by Race and Socioeconomic Status from 2003 to 2017
Eduardo Duarte

Changes in Urban and Rural Education in China under the Double Reduction Policy: Parents’ and Students’ Experiences and Perspectives
Zheming Hu

Unveiling Students’ Perspectives: Understanding Brain Drain in North Macedonia Through the Lens of Corruption in Higher Education
Stefani Jovcheska

Technical and Vocational Education and Training at the High School Level in Brazil: The Common Core Implementation in Two States
Renata Barão Leal

Investing in Knowledge: The Role of Gender and Hukou in Household Decisions on Private Tutoring in China
Hongjiao Li and Shihe (Tracy) Luan

Internationalization in Higher Education: Living and Learning in Two China-based Scholarship Programs
Yixuan Liu

The Relationship Between Black Teachers and the Test Scores of Black Students in Brazilian Public Schools
Thamires Mirolli

Sexual Education in Brazil: A Comparison of National Policies with UNESCO’s Guidelines
Natalia Ruiz de Oliveira

College and Prison Partnerships in California: An Exploration of Program Characteristics
Jacob Ramirez

Free Secondary Education in Ghana: Investigating the Relationship Between Achievement, Scholarships, Rurality, and Gender
Kadijatu Sento Samura

The Effect of an Expansion of Preschools on Intergenerational Transfer in China
Zerui Tian

“I Can’t Get Distracted with Stupid Things Like Being in Love”: Students’ Perceptions of Stress and Support in an Academically Demanding University in Mexico
María José Alvarez Vidaña

“Out of Love and Caring for our Students”: Mexican Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Views of Social-Emotional Learning
Alejandra Arvizu Fernández

Curricular Limbo: Content Analysis of Equitable Support Systems in Brazilian High School Curricula
Francisco Mello Castro

A Hazy Border Between Partnership and Prescription: Analyzing International Governmental Organizations’ Interventions in Sub-Saharan Education Policy
Camille Fabo Njia

Inspiring Teachers: Vern or Adjective? An Exploration of Professional Development Tools in Rural Uganda
Jennifer Fortet

Early Childhood Education Practice for Emotional Wellbeing: A Study of Rohingya and Venezuelan Refugee Communities
Allison Leigh Gross and Renata Correa Gomes

Education as an International Export: Marketing Elite English Schools as Franchises Overseas
Stefano Hollis

“Creating Space” and “Losing Face”: Barriers to and Motivating Factors for Choosing Teaching Careers among Asian American Pre-Service Teachers
Abby Li Holst

“We Tried Our Best to Adapt”: Rwandan Medical Students’ EdTech Experiences During COVID-19
Darlene Ineza

Middle-Tier Management and School Performance in Brazil: Evidence from a Mixed Methods Study in the State of Minas Gerais
Julia Tami Ishikawa

What Explains the Adoption of Gender Equality Offices in Japanese Higher Education? The Role of Cultural Norms
Risako Ninomiya

Professional Development for School Leaders: A Path Towards More Equity-Oriented Schools in Brazil
Bruna Barbosa Pecin

“A Balancing Act” Between Global Mandates and National Interests: Environmental and Sustainability Education Policy from the United Nations, France, and the Philippines
Rebecca C. Shipan

The Relationship between Teachers’ Time Allocation and Student Scores in Rural, Low-income Schools in Punjab, Pakistan
Bismah Tahir and Elvis Wu

Inequalities in Student Achievement in Brazil: Intersections of Race, Gender, Socioeconomic Background, and Region of Origin
Lara Vilela

The Opportunity to Learn during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Inequalities and the Digital Divide in Brazil
Sara Vitral Rezende

How Can We Change if We Are the Same People?”: Chilean Academic Leaders’ Experiences Implementing a Practice-Based Teacher Education Approach
Nina Sofía Yacher Perroni

Does Teacher Job Satisfaction Impact Students’ Academic Achievement? A Cross-Subject Student Fixed Effect Study of the China Education Panel Survey
Jingyue Zhang

The Effect of Armed Conflict on Student Achievement and Access to Higher Education in Afghanistan
Sajia Darwish

Coloniality, Resistance, and Reimagining the Future: Exploring the Influence of Language Policies on Learner Identities in Pakistani Schools
Shizza Fatima

Examining Diversity in Caldecott Award Medal Books: The Relationship Between Cultural and Symbolic Capital in Children’s Literature
Becca Hanlin

Imbalanced Partnerships? Higher Education Policy and Relations in Ethiopia and Ghana
Khaleelah Logan

How Does Continuing Professional Development Relate to Teacher Quality? An Analysis of Brazilian Elementary Public Schools
Ana Beatriz Pereira Montosa

The Question of Palestinian Higher Education. The Promise of Development
Oleg Salamatov

Caste-Based Between School Segregation: A Descriptive Analysis of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu
Aparajitha Suresh

National Identity Formation, Religion, and World Society in Social Studies Textbooks: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Turkey
Vehbi Emre Tandogan

Bilingualism or Immersion: A Comparative Study of Language of Instruction Teaching Approaches and Student Achievement in Germany and the United States
Abidjan Walker

Degree of Alignment with Global Norms? Gender Equality and Sex Education Curricula in Finland and South Korea
Seung Gon Yoo

I Want You to Teach My Children: The Effect of Teacher Quality on Parental School Choice in the Mexican State of Zacatecas
Salome Aguilar Llanes

Early Childhood Education Enrollment Expansion and Primary Education Achievement: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
Hugo Chaves de Oliveira Almeia

The Question of Kosovo: A Comparison of National Identity in Kosovo’s Albanian and Serbian History Textbooks
Arnela Colic

Is Policymaking Data-Driven? A Mixed Methods Study on the Use of Teacher Assessment Results for Professional Development Policies in Peru
Daniela Gamboa Zapatel

Does School EdTech Capacity Relate to Student Performance in Rural and Urban China?
Meng Guo and Jingxin (Melody) Wu

Assessing the Range of Cognitive Processes in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE)’s English Language Reading Literacy Test
Jane Pok-jing Ho

“Every Day, Every Moment Concerned about Their Safety:” An Exploration across Contexts of Early Childhood Educators’ Safety-Related Identities
Katherine Steed Hoffman

Cognitive Development and Stimulating Parenting Practices: A Comparative Study of Infants and Toddlers in Rural China
Hannah Johnstone and Attica (Yi) Yang

The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Subjective Social Mobility and Social Mobility Beliefs: Evidence from Urban China
Yuman Li and Shang Xu

Limiting Students’ Capabilities: Drug Trafficking Organization Violence and School Leaving in Mexico, 2000-2017
Greta Olivares

Home Stimulation and Gender as Moderators of the Association Between Siblings and Executive Functions in Pakistani Preschoolers
Mansoor Aslam Rathore

Development of Subject Matter Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge Through High-Level Cognitive Mathematics Tasks: The Case of a Teacher Education Program in Chile
Ariane Faria dos Santos

The Role of Rabid Competition Adaptive Mindset in Stress Level and Coping Strategies among Chinese International Students at an American University
Chen (Cassie) Zhang

How Politically Engaged Maya Women Conceptualize and Develop Political Agency: A Qualitative Case Study in “Postwar” Guatemala
Joanna French

"Sometimes When They Speak English I Don't Understand" : Exploring Confidence among African Home Language Learners in South Africa
Alyssa Goya

Is Education Enough? The Effect of Gender and Youth on Income in Mexico, 1970-2010
Sebastian Guevara

Migrant Youth Disadvantages in China: How Teacher Biases Shape Student Outcomes
Yian Guo and Xuemin Zhao

The Role of the Chinese Independent Recruitment Examination in Equitable Access to Higher Education
Eleana Hai

Does Mid-level Management Matter for Student Achievement Gains? Evidence from a Mixed Methods Study of Regional Education Departments in the State of Ceará, Brazil
Lucas Fernandes Hoogerbrugge and Ana Paula Pereira

What It Means to be Korean: National Identity in North and South Korean Elementary Textbooks, 1960-2019
Anne Huntington and Chealin Won

“No One Sees It as a Herramienta Importante”: The Transformative Potential and Shortcomings of Translanguaging Pedagogy
Juetzinia Kazmer-Murillo

21st Century Skills in Environmental Education: Who Takes Action? A Quantitative Study of Middle School Children across Asia, Europe, and Latin America
Melanie Leung Oi Ling

Student Engagement, Completion, and Success in MOOCs: A Cross-National Study of the Relationship between Student Demographics and Performance
Yanxuan Li

Why do ICT Education Interventions Change? A Case Study of Two Civil Society Organizations in the Global South
Mingwei Ma and William Mock

Weighted School Funding for Economically Disadvantaged Students and Academic Achievement: The Case of the Every Student Succeeds Act in Massachusetts’ School Districts
Koki Matsumoto

Preschool Enrollment and Mothers Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil
Isabela Freire de Andrade Pinto

Power and Legitimacy in the Internationalization of Brazilian Universities: A Qualitative Analysis of Institutional Internationalization Plans
Isabel Sacks

‘I can do this!’: Explaining Gender Gaps in Math and Science Test Scores in Japan through Noncognitive Skills
Joanna S. Sundharam

Exploring Diaspora in Educational Discourses: A Critical Investigation of African Heritage Knowledge in History Textbooks from Ghana, South Africa, and the United States, 1950-2018
Darion A. Wallace

Knowledge Sharing Practices of Internationally Mobile Students: The Case of Brazil’s Science Without Borders Returnees
Bruno Carlesso Betat

The Role of Parental Expectations and Parent-Child Interactions on The Aspirations of Only-Child Girls in China
Tianran Cheng and Ning Shi

The Impact of Public Daycare on Students’ Future Test Scores in the City of São Paulo
João Paulo Cossi Fernandes

School Management, School Climate, and Student Performance: What is the Connection? An Analysis of Public High Schools in Brazil
Gabriela Gall Rosa

Representing Black Agency: A Critical Analysis of Brazilian and U.S. Secondary School History Textbooks
C. Darius Gordon

Gender Bias in Classrooms: Results from Experimental Research in India
Saloni Gupta

Equitable Higher Education Access? Assessing China's Provincial Quota Policy
Jiani Hou and Alexander Ugorji

Bang for The Buck? Government Funding and Research Productivity at Top Science and Technology Universities in India
Akshay Jain

What Makes for an Effective Joint Sector Review? Perceptions Among Global Partnership for Education Stakeholders
Shannon McGrath

Understanding the Role of Curriculum in Influencing Tolerance Levels Among Students in Punjab, Pakistan: A Mixed Methods Study
Sarah Mirza and Sunair Zakir Hassan

Who Gets to Stay On-Track in School? A Longitudinal Study among Economically Vulnerable High Achieving Students in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
Sharoon Iliana Negrete González

Linking Acculturation, Autonomy, and Noncognitive Development in European-American, Chinese-American, and Chinese International Students: A Mixed Methods Study
Emily P. Schell

The Educational Value of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Chinese Paper-cut
Hechunzi Wang

Girls in STEM: A Design Thinking Approach to Closing the Gender Gap in Japan
Audra Wingard

Towards Quality Education? Exploring How Private Tutoring in China Relates to Student Academic Performance and Well-being
Tenaer Yin and Yunjia Zhou

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