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An increasing number of K-12 public school students report holding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, or asexual or aromantic (LGBTQIA+) identities. And, we know these students are at significantly higher risk of experiencing a variety of negative health outcomes, especially transgender and gender expansive students who are at greatest risk. That said, a strong evidence-base demonstrates that LGBTQIA+ students in schools with protective policies and inclusive curricula experience significantly improved outcomes. Some districts, like Chicago Public Schools (CPS), are implementing these evidence-based policies and programs to protect LGBTQIA+ students. Yet, there remain opportunities to grow and expand this work, including: (1) exploring models for professional development that best equip teachers with the skills needed to implement these programs and policies; and (2) identifying more ways that curricula, including science curricula, can be inclusive. With these opportunities in mind, CPS launched a Gender Inclusivity Professional Learning Community (GI PLC) in 2022 with 7 participants. This case study describes how the GI PLC functioned to support teacher learning and how teachers developed projects, including curricula, that they took back to their classrooms. In 2023, 10 interviews were conducted with PLC facilitators (N = 4), participants (N = 5), and a technical assistance provider (N = 1). Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed using MaxQDA qualitative data analysis software. Key findings revealed that participants reported value in terms of learning and community-building. The aims and content of the projects that participants developed within the GI PLC were aligned with: understanding students' identities at an individual level; developing inclusive curricula at a classroom level; and leading policy implementation at the school level. The GI PLC can be a model for other districts working to support LGBTQIA+ students through curricula and engaging in multi-level change approaches.

Nearly half of Black parents have access to public school choice, but choice may not provide equitable and supportive school environments. Qualitative research documents Black parents worries that majority-White schools with more resources and higher test scores may over-discipline, underestimate, and exclude their children. Yet large-scale studies rarely examine what Black families desire in potential schools, including how they navigate potential tradeoffs between high school quality and denigrating school racial climates. This survey experiment examines the extent to which test score gaps and suspension gaps between Black students and their non-Black peers deter Black parents from choosing schools with higher overall test scores and lower overall suspension rates. We randomly assign a large, national sample of Black parents (N = 1,677) to examine a school profile vignette where the school has overall high academic achievement and low suspensions rates but includes either one, both, or neither academic and discipline gaps to assess how test score and suspension disparities affect Black parents' school preferences and perceptions. We find that racial disparities in student discipline and academic outcomes, on average, diminish Black families' desires to enroll in high-achievement schools and their perceptions of student belonging. These findings align with qualitative research showing that well-resourced, high-achieving schools are less appealing to Black families when they marginalize Black students and that schools' unequal punishment of Black students shapes Black parents' evaluations of potential educational spaces.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11256-025-00797-x.

Experiencing leadership in the Corona pandemic in Hessian general hospitals: A descriptive qualitative study Abstract: Background: The second corona pandemic wave is leading to high work demands on the part of nurses and managers of Hessian general hospitals. The associated organizational challenges result in burdens for the managers. Aim: Due to the importance of leaders in securing care structures, this study aims to explore their perception of their leadership role in dealing with the pandemic management. Methods: Telephone qualitative expert interviews with 13 ward and 13 nursing managers of Hessian general hospitals form the basis for the qualitative content analysis that structures the content. Results: To support the nursing staff, the managers choose a personal caring leadership style that also includes the psychosocial needs of the nursing staff. For their part, managers are exposed to high levels of burden, which they counter with professional experience, resilience and an optimistic attitude, among other things. Conclusions: Health-related leadership is essential for maintaining the health of employees. The self care of managers as well as the integration of workplace health promotion into the corporate goal of hospitals should receive more attention for the current and future safeguarding of crisis management.