Beyond a Transformative Approach and Deep Understanding: External Factors and Mid-Level Leaders' Policy Implementation to Expand Equity for English Learners

C Bartlett, R Callahan… - Educational …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: We examine the ways state education agency (SEA) and local education agency
(LEA) leaders interpret and use educational policy to guide the provision of services for …

When Good Intentions Go Awry: A Critical Policy Analysis of Equity-Focused Policies Intended to Reduce Racial Disparities in Special Education

D Ko, D Mawene, Y Lee, S Lim… - Exceptional Children, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
In the US education system, students of color experience multiple forms of marginalization at
the intersection of markers of difference. These injustices manifest in multiple forms, such as …

Toward Dissolving the Institutionalization of “Othering”: Organizational Conditions that Support Shared Responsibility

JR Cowhy, LS Wong, M Hopkins - AERA Open, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Federal entitlement policies like Title III and the IDEA help grant multilingual learners (MLs)
and students with disabilities (SWDs) access to public schools. Yet they have operated in …

The revenue implications of community colleges' reliance on local funding

JC Ortagus, D Baker, KO Rosinger, R Kelchen… - AERA …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we leverage national data sources to examine the relationship between
community colleges' level of reliance on local funding and their total institutional revenue …

Individualized Language Plans: Promises and Pitfalls

SEN Kangas, M Cioè‐Peña - TESOL Quarterly, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the United States, individualized language plans (ILPs) have gained traction
across K–12 schools. Much like the Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) used in …

“Why Do We Have to Fight so Hard?”: Examining the Role of Parents as Policy Agents Within Special Education

JR Cowhy - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Federal special education law stipulates that all children in the United States are entitled to
receive a free, appropriate, and public education, regardless of their disability. Yet, research …

The Exploration of Data Collection and Analyzation by English Language Development Educators In New Hampshire

EL Leone - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Data collection and analyzation practices for English language development services are
scarcely found in research, but needed in the subgroup of minority students commonly …