Student loans and grants is one of the primary tools for policymakers to provide equal opportunities to pursue higher education. We show that under the new system, the gap in grant amounts received between students from different socioeconomic backgrounds have increased substantially, with advantaged students receiving a majority share of the grant disbursement.

Educational children’s rights research is an emerging interdisciplinary field located at the intersection of children’s rights studies and educational research. Recent scholarship has examined the field’s objects of study, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and research focuses, showcasing its achievements alongside ongoing gaps.

One important factor for preschool children’s well-being and development is the relationship with their teachers. This study aims to explore perceived changes in preschool educators and children after participating in ICDP.

This article explores the dual process of inclusion and exclusion that Ukrainian refugee students in Sweden may experience, with a focus on organizational learning and teachers’ cultural competence.

Food-related learning supporting sustainability is relevant for all students, regardless of age. This study aimed to explore how food can support learning across different subjects in early primary school. 

This study identifies supervisory approaches that doctoral students value at the beginning, middle, and end of their doctoral journey. Fifteen students enrolled at two Swedish universities in the education field were interviewed.

Early social competence is strongly related to children's well-being and academic achievement. This study investigated the link between ECEC quality and the social competence of Norwegian three-year olds.

This study examines practices for newly arrived students in Nordic schools. Using a scoping review methodology, we analysed 51 peer-reviewed articles. The findings indicate that practices in the Nordic countries prioritise three interrelated dimensions.

This study explores discursive encounters between school leaders, teachers, and local education authority (LEA) officials within a local school improvement initiative in Sweden. Using a primary school case, the research examines how competing discourses, focused on results- oriented accountability and professional autonomy, are interpreted and enacted locally, and how this shapes interactions between teacher leaders,…

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".

Students need mental friction — the work of brainstorming, evidence-gathering, sentence crafting and more — to actually learn.

Classroom routines, assuming they are reasonable and well thought out, can help students and teachers alike.