In this article, the authors describe the complexity of special education teacher (SET)
shortage, how shortage undermines equal educational opportunity, and strategies that …

In this study, using Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) personnel data from 2006
to 2014, we identified seven states with consistently low shortages of highly qualified special …

Using a national database of state education policies related to the Every Student Succeeds
Act (ESSA), as well as data from surveys, interviews, and site visits, Adam Edgerton …

Drawing on annual, nationally representative survey data from 2007–2022, I demonstrate
that partisan gaps—the average differences in public opinion between Democrats and …

In today's era of evidence-based policymaking, education policymakers face pressure to use
research to inform their decisions. This paper explores the mental models that policymakers …

Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation examines the complex role
that recent educational reforms have played in the teaching profession. The failure of …

Teacher strikes are tactics that unions use to influence contract negotiations, and high-
profile actions that have the potential to signal the need for policy change. We study the …

Cynthia Coburn, in her 2016 article in the American Journal of Education—“What's Policy
Got to Do With It?”—states that the field of policy implementation suffers from the propensity …

Policymakers have long sought to raise expectations for students through standards-based
reform. I examine the extent to which the Common Core State Content Standards (CC) …

A primary through-line of the research literature on the correlates of structural diversity in
education has focused on intergroup outcomes, including prejudice reduction and improving …