Search Results - "Controversial Issues (Course Content)"

Who's on Board? School Boards and Political Representation in an Age of Conflict

Authors: Thomas B. Fordham Institute David M. Houston Michael T. Hartney

Source: Thomas B. Fordham Institute. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 45

Sponsoring Agency: Wallace Foundation
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Descriptors: Governing Boards, School Administration, Politics of Education, Culture Conflict, Political Attitudes, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ideology, School Effectiveness, School Choice, Unions, Educational Attitudes, School Budget Elections, Charter Schools, Grade Inflation, Governance, Surveys, Political Affiliation, Demography

What Counts as Civics? A Look at How Districts Define and Facilitate Civic Learning

Authors: Arizona State University (ASU), Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) Maddy Sims Lisa Chu et al.

Source: Center on Reinventing Public Education. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 20

Sponsoring Agency: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Civics, Elementary School Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, State Standards, State School District Relationship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Resources, Central Office Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy

Implementing Climate Change Education in the United States: A Meso-Level Analysis of School Systems

Authors: David E. Long Rachel S. White Joseph A. Henderson

Source: Policy Futures in Education. 2026 24(2):224-239.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Program Implementation, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Creationism, Evolution, Administrator Role, Principals, Superintendents, Cultural Influences, Community Influence, Educational Policy, Professional Development, Controversial Issues (Course Content)

Revisited: 'What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion'

Authors: Michael Hand (ORCID 0000-0002-1643-8213)

Source: Educational Theory. 2026 76(1):50-56.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 7

Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Epistemology, Educational Theories, Criticism, Ethical Instruction

Beyond Neutrality and Consensus: The Case for Partisan Teaching

Authors: Quentin Wheeler-Bell (ORCID 0000-0002-5091-4471)

Source: Educational Theory. 2026 76(1):100-116.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 17

Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Political Attitudes, Activism, Politics of Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Justice, Democracy, Inquiry, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Classroom Communication, Persuasive Discourse

Teachers and K-12 Education: National Polling Report #19

Authors: EdChoice Morning Consult

Source: EdChoice. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 54

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Trust (Psychology), Educational Objectives, Expenditure per Student, Public School Teachers, Private School Teachers, Government Role, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Teacher Evaluation, Federal Government, Public Agencies, Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Charter Schools, Open Enrollment

'Beyond the Tale': Teaching Experiences in Spain, Argentina, and Chile on the Literary Mediation of Controversial Issues in Primary and Secondary Education

Authors: Delfín Ortega-Sánchez Carlos Pérez-González

Source: Journal of Social Studies Education Research. 2025 16(4):28-57.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 30

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Language Arts, Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Teaching Experience, Social Justice, Reading Material Selection, Mediation Theory, Influences, Discussion (Teaching Technique)

Geographic Terms: Spain, Argentina, Chile

Increasing ELA Teachers' Confidence Regarding LGBTQ+ Inclusion through Professional Development

Authors: Nicole Mustaccio

Source: Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice. 2025 10(4):23-29.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 7

Descriptors: Language Arts, English Teachers, LGBTQ People, Faculty Development, Barriers, Coping, Role Playing, Self Efficacy, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Inclusion, High School Teachers

Geographic Terms: New Jersey

Should School Be a Political Site? Concerns of Turkish Parents

Authors: Zafer Kus Hüseyin Ozan

Source: Journal of International Social Studies. 2025 15(2):24-48.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 25

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Political Issues, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Middle School Students, Barriers, Conflict, School Role

Geographic Terms: Turkey

The Discursive Tactics of Perpetuating White Normativity in Public Education: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis of Anti-CRT Policies across 18 States

Authors: Alison Wilson Alissa Blair Jason L. Endacott et al.

Source: Education Policy Analysis Archives. 2025 33(62).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 35

Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Race, Racism, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Racial Attitudes, State Legislation, Humanization, Government School Relationship, Politics of Education, Public Policy, Educational Policy

Using Playable Fictions and Board Game Design to Teach Climate Change in a Middle School Science Classroom

Authors: Kaylee Laub Earl Aguilera

Source: American Journal of Play. 2025 17(3):347-374.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 28

Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Climate, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Design, Learning Activities, State Standards, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Scientific Literacy, Workshops, Program Effectiveness

Navigating 'Difficult Knowledge' in Digital Stories: Teacher Agency, Transmediation and Translanguaging Approaches

Authors: Liam Doherty Bonny Norton

Source: Journal of Language and Literacy Education. 2025 21(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 18

Descriptors: Story Telling, Electronic Learning, Code Switching (Language), Social Differences, Instructional Materials, Inclusion, Classroom Environment, Perspective Taking, Teaching Methods, Controversial Issues (Course Content)

An Assessment of Information Literacy Curriculum in a Family Science College Course

Authors: C. Rebecca Oldham Ashley Shealy Clay Oldham et al.

Source: Family Science Review. 2025 29(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 33

Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Information Literacy, Self Efficacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Online Courses, Blended Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes, Social Discrimination, Poverty, Controversial Issues (Course Content)

Controversial Issues in Swedish Social Studies Education: Success and Failure in Teachers' Task Perceptions

Authors: Anna Larsson Kristina Ledman

Source: Journal of Social Science Education. 2025 24(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 15

Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Learning Processes, Well Being, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Personal Narratives, Teacher Student Relationship, Group Discussion, Perspective Taking

Geographic Terms: Sweden

'We Don't Have to Take Things so Seriously': Humor, Queer Livability, and Homonormativity for a Rural English Language Arts Teacher

Authors: Brandon Haskey-Valerius Ryan Schey

Source: Rural Educator. 2025 46(1):65-80.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 18

Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Language Arts, English Teachers, Rural Schools, Humor, Teaching Methods, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Interpersonal Relationship, Social Influences, Diversity (Faculty), High School Teachers, Consciousness Raising

I Don't Feel Noways Tired: Why Black Teachers Will Persevere through the Anti-Truth Movement

Authors: Kristen E. Duncan Alex E. Chisholm Terrance J. Lewis

Source: Critical Education. 2025 16(2):155-170.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 17

Descriptors: Racism, Elementary Secondary Education, African American Teachers, African American Students, Controversial Issues (Course Content), United States History, Critical Race Theory, Educational Legislation, African American History, Educational Policy

'It's Not Even Happening in Our Classes': The Impossibilities of CRT as Racial Knowledge

Authors: Brittany Jones Tim Monreal Anthony White

Source: Critical Education. 2025 16(2):171-189.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 20

Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Racism, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Censorship, Persuasive Discourse, Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Pluralism, Inclusion, Diversity, Teacher Attitudes

Geographic Terms: Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Arizona (Phoenix), Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)

Gender Ideology as State Education Policy. Backgrounder No. 3879

Authors: Heritage Foundation Daniel Buck Jay W. Richards

Source: Heritage Foundation. 2024.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: State Policy, Gender Issues, Ideology, LGBTQ People, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Geographic Location, Health Education, Gender Identity

Holocaust and Genocide Education in California: A Study of Statewide Context and Local Implementation

Authors: WestEd

Source: WestEd. 2024.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 207

Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Death, Homicide, Racism, Social Bias, Empathy, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Government Role, Social Justice, Consciousness Raising, School Districts, American Indian History, Knowledge Level, Barriers, Minority Groups

Geographic Terms: California

The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education

Authors: Brian Soucek

Source: University of Chicago Press. 2026.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 240

Descriptors: Universities, College Role, Institutional Mission, Politics of Education, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, Activism

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