OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Phi Delta Kappan is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
POLICY SOLUTIONS: Should school board elections be partisan?	53
Students Speak Up: What people should know about schools	20
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student	18
Poll Points: Public opinion on AI in schools	18
Browsing: Further thoughts on this month’s theme	17
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International	13
The Emotional Side of Learning a New Language	10
Backtalk: Teaching historical reasoning helps democracy thrive	10
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators	10
Building a bridge to the future: A conversation with 2024 National Teacher of the Year Missy Testerman	10
Purposeful moments and planned journeys spark student curiosity	9
BOOKSHELF: Kappan authors on their favorite reads	9
Conflict-competent leadership	8
Policy Solutions: Reimagining assessment to be accountable to the student	8
Key lessons from research about project-based teaching and learning	8
On Leadership: A solid transition process helps new leaders chart a clear course forward	8
Career Confidential: Staff members are rude to principal when they dislike his decisions	7
Authentic student voice at the board table: A conversation with Jennifer Tran of the National Student Board Member Association	7
Policy Solutions: Should superintendents be elected?	7
Accountability for long-term English learners	6
Career Confidential: Veteran educator wonders, ‘Is it too late to start over?’	6
POLL POINTS: Broad support for workforce preparation	6
How do we teach honesty in a dishonest world?	6
Motivating adolescents to read	6
Public opinion and the teaching profession	5

Leading through crisis	5
Leading for mindfulness	5
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads	5
Under The Law: Oklahoma!	5
Taking stock of the science of reading: A conversation with Amanda Goodwin	5
Building a bilingual teacher pathway	5
Policy Solutions: What should we make of book bans?	5
Learning with Leaders: Education is the way: Tony Thurmond	5
The magic of seeing yourself in books	5
CAREER CONFIDENTIAL: How to encourage students to reflect and self-assess	5
What middle schoolers need: Respect, accountability, and grace	5
The Editor’s Note: Stepping outside the little boxes	5
Measuring the Quality of the Teacher Workforce	5
Career Confidential: Principal lets students get away with too much	5
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators	4
Poll Points: Digging deeper into 2023 PDK Poll results	4
Under the Law: School accountability: Lessons from the courts	4
THE EDITOR’S NOTE: Math, mindset, and identity	4
The importance of early literacy screening	4
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures	4
The Editor’s Note: The work of leaders	4
Empowering educators through team-based staffing models	4
Stressed, tired, and yearning for support	4
Backtalk: The harm in assessment-backward practices	4
Letting go of what doesn’t work in education: A conversation with Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao	3
Career Confidential: Teacher distracted by ‘loud’ classroom next door	3
PDK CONNECTION: Thanks to our Educators Rising Champions	3
The rural teacher shortage	3
Structures for continuous improvement in principal preparation	3
STUDENT VOICE: Will future teachers use AI in the classroom?	3
The Editor’s Note: Chasing what matters	3
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to support students with test anxiety	3
BACKTALK: Examining the concept of balance with instructional technology	3
The translanguaging school	3
The State Playbook for Teacher Recruitment, Development, and Retention	3
The Editor’s Note: No easy answers on safety	3
Taking a LEAP toward community-engaged leadership	3
Resisting racism in school	3
The Expectations and Aspirations of the Gen Z Education Student	3
Career Confidential: Parents blaming teacher for child’s misbehavior	3
The rise and stall of standards-based reform	3
Helping Next-Gen Educators Cross the Teaching Tightrope	2
Using diagnostic assessments to improve data use	2
Reframing trauma-informed practices	2
First Person: Lamenting Earl — and other chronically absent students	2
Career Confidential: Teaching assistant won’t address unwanted behaviors	2
Under The Law: Recent developments in the quest for racial diversity in K-12 schools	2
What do adults know about public education?	2
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student	2
Under The Law: The Israel-Hamas war and U.S. classrooms	2

Designing teacher leadership for school improvement	2
Learning with Leaders: Partnering for innovation and growth: Shaun Nelms	2
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International	2
Fostering student agency to transform education	2
Career Confidential: Teacher overheard students complain about his breath	2
Helping students be ‘happier and less worried’: A conversation with Elizabeth Englander	2
Five key questions educators ask about SEL	2
Putting evidence on CTE to work	2
Under the Law: Is there a sports advantage in suburbia?	2
A Habits of Mind Culture Promotes Teacher Growth and Change	2
An AI wishlist from school leaders	2
Creating a space for regulation and reflection	2
Local success in the standards era	2
Career Confidential: Teacher frustrated district ‘undervalues’ the arts	2
Engaging, motivating, and supporting students through feedback	2
Lessons from the early literacy tutoring landscape	2
The Editor’s Note: There’s opportunity in the middle	2
PDK Connection: Heritage News	2
BACKTALK: Finding the sweet spot between curriculum fidelity and teacher agency	2
PDK Poll of Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools: Local public school ratings rise, even as the teaching profession loses ground	1
Students Speak Up: Supporting students who are learning English	1
Learning with Leaders: Bringing the village together: John B. Gordon III	1
Can artificial intelligence spark an education Renaissance?	1
‘It does happen here’	1
Students Speak Up: Identifying good teachers	1
Poll Points: Education and the election	1
Career Confidential: Teacher is losing patience with misbehaving students	1
Time well spent? Teacher perspectives on time-saving reforms	1
Students Speak Up: Why come to school?	1
Thinking through research and the science of reading	1
CAREER CONFIDENTIAL: Helping new teachers succeed	1
Under The Law: The incredibly shrinking zone of teacher free speech	1
Industry-recognized certifications for college- and career-readiness	1
BOOKSHELF: Kappan authors on their favorite reads Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessBy DweckCarol S. (Ballantine Books, 2006)	1
Gifted education advances school integration and equity	1
Addressing inconsistencies in grading practices	1
Policy Solutions: Was the LeBron James school a false promise?	1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads	1
Keeping the Vietnamese language alive	1
How Coaches Get In	1
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to feel more motivated	1
Policy Solutions: The case for sensory civics education	1
On Leadership: What should students learn?	1
What does effective high-quality preschool curriculum look like?	1
Students Speak Up: How can schools help prepare students for careers?	1
First Person: Lessons in obedience — and resistance	1
School safety for all students	1
PDK Connection - Heritage News	1
On Leadership: Expectations and exceptions	1
Making sense of reading’s forever wars	1
Helping students to learn and grow	1
BACKTALK: The caring teacher paradox	1
Employing School Librarians: What Decision-Makers Tell Us	1
Policy Solutions: It’s more than money: Supporting the Black school	1
First Person: The Happy Farm: Igniting the flame of knowledge in children	1
How a university and a school district made change together	1
Poll Points: Who should influence what’s taught?	1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads	1
First Person: How I gamified my classroom	1
Evolving demands on teachers	1
BROWSING: Further thoughts on this month’s theme	1
Students Speak Up: What future educators want	1
Students Speak Up: The changes students want	1
A reading board for literacy justice	1
Poll Points: Public priorities for education	1
Students Speak Up: How teachers can help middle schoolers	1
Collaborative deliberation in the classroom	1
Special feature: Inside the Educators Rising Curriculum: Flexibility, purpose, and a pathway to teaching	1
On Leadership: Getting the community on the path toward equity	1
Clearing up misconceptions about project-based learning	1
Connecting the dots between rigor and learning	1
Under The Law: The legal fight to preserve public education — and democracy	1
PDK CONNECTION: From the CEO: Dreaming of Summer	1
Equity-centered school leaders	1
Students Speak Up: How students are learning to lead	1
Professional development for the science of reading	1
A new North Star	1