The ongoing digital transformation is forcing changes both in society and education. This qualitative study identifies the challenges faced by school leaders in Poland in the context of the development of students’ digital competences.

The UCL study also found physically punished children were more likely to struggle in school. Children smacked by their parents struggle to get good exam results and are more likely to bully others, causing a negative impact on society, according to new research calling for smacking to be banned.

Not outlawing smacking is a ‘huge missed opportunity and deeply disappointing’, according to researchers

Generative AI tools are having a notable influence on the nature of engagement with information and decision making across society. Our scoping literature review, covering the 2010–2024 timespan, explores the intersection of educational leadership, policy and AI and examines how these have been investigated in relation to compulsory school settings.

Paul Thomas taught in South Carolina public high schools for many years, then became a professor of education at Furman University. He is an articulate critic of the decades-old “crisis in education".

Through a critical policy analysis, this paper investigates how the recontextualisation of “trust” may reshape power relations and reflect underlying ideological positions. NPM has played a central role in the conservative modernisation of education, shaped by coalitions of neoliberals, neoconservatives, the new managerial middle class, and authoritarian populists. (pdf)

This theory-building article explores how governance structures shape school leadership practices in contexts with limited autonomy. In low-autonomy environments, principals often occupy dual roles, functioning as administrative enforcers of centrally determined regulations and limitedly as instructional leaders, striving to influence teaching and learning processes. (pdf)

This case study explores how school management and teachers perceive the school’s role and activities within an outcomes-based governance framework while operating in a small rural school. (pdf)

This article examines the design and enactment of a Media and Information Literacy (MIL) curriculum within the decentralised, federalist Swiss school system. It explores how national and state actors shape the design and implementation of education policy. (pdf)

This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio-economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community-based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside schools and families to address barriers to educational engagement. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner and…

This study examines the power dynamics experienced by superintendents (SIs) in Swedish municipalities, highlighting how their power is influenced by various local factors. (pdf)