Research in Educational Policy and Management

This study examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be thoughtfully and critically woven into senior secondary classrooms, particularly in accounting, to advance educational equity, affirm student identities, and deepen student-led inquiry. Using an action-based research (ABR) approach, the work foregrounds students’ lived experiences as they engage with AI tools to co-design learning projec…

This special issue of Research in Educational Policy and Management (REPAM) highlights, amplifies, and centers Activist Scholarship, bringing together impactful academic research with community advocacy and action that advances social justice. Today’s world presents global, national, and local challenges such as climate change, civil unrest, growing economic divides and polarization, and ongoing …

In this study, we learn from seven teachers in a graduate level program in Urban Education about how and why they enact activist pedagogies in their classrooms. So often, teachers are positioned as passive puppets of the state—they are seen as the “tools” with which public thinking is controlled. By repressing, silencing, and fear-mongering teachers and determining through legislation which epist…

This article examines the intersection of research, activism, and education through a case study of Education-4-Change’s work in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. Focusing on gender equality, educational access, and community-driven initiatives, the study frames research as both analytical and activist. Situated within the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it addresses the structural barri…

In the realm of global education, Canada is often hailed as a dreamland, a beacon of democratic and equitable schooling. However, within this seemingly idyllic narrative lies a complex tapestry of hidden oppressions. Two activist-teachers-academics, one of us a queer, white settler on stolen lands, the other a newcomer from Iran, both of us women and mothers, come together to expose these conceal…

Education both replicates and reinforces hegemonic power structures in society. To change educational systems, it is imperative that teacher educators resist neoliberal forces and normative assumptions that value some over others, prioritize competition over collaboration, and use mechanisms of standardization and accountability to operationalize both. This study explores how embracing multiplici…