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Boston’s Better Busing Experiment: METCO Makes Huge Educational Impact

Kevin Mahnken

New Research: Immigrant Students Boost English Learners’ Academic Performance

Jo Napolitano

Culture Wars Cost Schools Estimated $3.2B Last Year, Harming Student Services

Amanda Geduld

Running for School Board? Better Win Over the Teachers’ Union, Research Finds

Kevin Mahnken

New Study: Many Older Students Struggle to Push Beyond Reading ‘Threshold’

Linda Jacobson

Public Funds, Private Schools: A New Analysis of the Early Returns in Eight States

Amanda Geduld

New Survey Says U.S. Teachers Colleges Lag on AI Training. Here are 4 Takeaways

Greg Toppo

Study: Charters Hastened Catholic School Decline. Will ESAs Slow the Process?

Kevin Mahnken

Study: AI-Assisted Tutoring Boosts Students’ Math Skills

Greg Toppo

Tutoring Reality Check: Exclusive Research Shows Gains Shrink as Programs Expand

Kevin Mahnken

Crowdfunding Sites Serve As Critical Lifeline for Teachers

Trinity Alicia

Study: Teacher Pay Increase in Arkansas Closed Rural Funding Gaps

Kevin Mahnken

In Troubling Shift, English Learners Outpace Peers in Chronic Absenteeism in CA

Amanda Geduld

Study: Charters Boost College-Going — Even When Test Scores Fall

Kevin Mahnken

Many Americans Think K-12 STEM Ed Lags Behind Peer Nations. They’re Half-Right

Amanda Geduld

Studies: Pandemic Aid Lifted Scores, But Not Enough To Make Up for Lost Learning

Kevin Mahnken

Study: Kids Receive Up to Two Years More School Depending on Where They Live

Kevin Mahnken

Polling Data: Presidents Split the Public on Schools

Kevin Mahnken

Schools are More Segregated than 30 Years Ago. But How Much?

Kevin Mahnken

Kids, Screen Time & Despair: An Expert in Economics & Happiness Sounds the Alarm

Kevin Mahnken

‘Behind the 8 Ball:’ How Research is Trying to Catch Up on Cannabis and Kids

Amanda Geduld

On-The-Job Training Prevails as Students’ Disinterest in College Grows

Joshua Bay

Interactive Map: Inside U.S. School Segregation by Race & Class

Mark Keierleber

New Study: School Nurses Are Untapped Resource to Combat Chronic Absenteeism

Amanda Geduld

Researchers Study Six New England High Schools to Find Path for Student Success

Amanda Geduld

Amid Literacy Push, Many States Still Don’t Prepare Teachers for Success, Report Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Advanced HS Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access

Jo Napolitano

Absenteeism Crisis: Data Show Surge in Missing Suburban, Rural, Latino Students

Joshua Bay

American Math Scores Fall on International Test — But Many Other Countries Suffered More

Kevin Mahnken

Fear of Competition? Research Shows That When Asian Students Move In, White Families Move Out

Kevin Mahnken

Alaska Leads States in First-Ever Rankings of Charter Performance on NAEP

Greg Toppo

Study: Weighing High School Context Could be the Key to College Diversity

Kevin Mahnken

Study: Virtual Tutoring Boosted Young Readers’ Literacy Scores

Linda Jacobson

Post-Pandemic, 2 Out of 3 Students Attend Schools With High Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson

Banning Smartphones at Schools: Research Shows Higher Test Scores, More Exercise

Kevin Mahnken

Holding Back Struggling Readers Helps Them — and Their Siblings — Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

‘Time is Running Out’: COVID-19 Set Back Older Students the Most, Study Finds

Greg Toppo

KIPP Middle and High School Students Have Far Higher College Completion Rates

Jo Napolitano

Four Reasons to Be Hopeful from Latest Summer School Study

Greg Toppo

Four Top Takeaways from the School Research of New Biden Adviser Kirabo Jackson

Kevin Mahnken

Schools Are Now the Leading Target for Cyber Gangs as Ransom Payments Encourage Attacks

Mark Keierleber

Research: Schools Prioritizing Social-Emotional Learning See Big Academic Gains

Jo Napolitano

Generation Meh: Students Give Schools Middling Marks, Gallup Poll Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Black Parents Open to New Forms of Schooling, Polling Suggests

Kevin Mahnken

Denver’s Reforms Led to Huge Academic Growth, Study Finds. But Will They Last?

Kevin Mahnken

Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards

Kevin Mahnken

NCES: 49% of Students Started Year Below Grade Level, Usually in Math, Reading

Linda Jacobson

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

Kevin Mahnken

New National Study: 1 in 4 Teachers Changing Lesson Plans Due to Anti-CRT Laws

Asher Lehrer-Small

Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed

Greg Toppo

New Data: Post-COVID, School Leaders Frustrated in Efforts to Curb Misbehavior

Kevin Mahnken

Suicide, Alcohol and Drugs Drove Deaths for Those Without a B.A. Prior to COVID

Jo Napolitano

Arts Education Program Increases School Engagement, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Research: Achievement Shows Signs of Improvement, but Youngest Kids Need Help

Greg Toppo

Schools Face ‘Urgency Gap’ on Pandemic Recovery: 5 Takeaways from New Study

Greg Toppo

Exclusive: All Teacher Shortages Are Local, New Research Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Students at Colleges that Close Abruptly Less Likely to Finish Elsewhere

Jo Napolitano

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

Kevin Mahnken

Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math

Kevin Mahnken

‘Nation’s Report Card’: Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic

Kevin Mahnken

The ‘Mass Exodus’ of Teachers Never Happened, Paper Argues

Kevin Mahnken

New Poll: Majority of Adults Don’t Trust Educators to Handle Sensitive Topics

Kevin Mahnken

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

Kevin Mahnken

How Norway Cut Student Absences By 25% — And Why The Policy Is No Silver Bullet

Asher Lehrer-Small

‘Low-Hanging Fruit’: Thousands of Same-Race Schools Within Miles of Each Other

Asher Lehrer-Small

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Asher Lehrer-Small

Court Documents: Racial Preferences Massively Boost Black, Hispanic Applicants

Kevin Mahnken

Study: When School Board Members Are Elected, Their Property Values Go Up

Kevin Mahnken

As Biden Signs Waiver Extension, Study Shows School Meals Lower Grocery Costs

Kevin Mahnken

Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress

Linda Jacobson

Pandemic Seriously Altered Teens’ Relationships, Pew Survey Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Research Shows Heavy Toll on Survivors of School Shootings

Kevin Mahnken

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Kevin Mahnken

Chicago Students 40% More Likely to Earn Bachelor’s After Prep Program

Jo Napolitano

Study: When Political Heat Rises, Scores Drop

Kevin Mahnken

Outlawing School Segregation Spurred Gains for CA Chicano Students, Study Finds

Asher Lehrer-Small

Study: Congress May Move on State K-12 Bills

Kevin Mahnken

Alarming New Research Shows Babies Born Amid COVID Talk Less, Developing Slower

Jo Napolitano

Academic Mismatch: GPAs Hit All-Time High as National Test Scores Lag

Linda Jacobson

Do Masks in School Work? Pair of Studies May Finally Put Debate To Rest

Asher Lehrer-Small

Two Studies Lay Out New Cases School Unmasking Could Trigger

Asher Lehrer-Small

Private School Students More Connected to Internet, Teachers in 2020

Kevin Mahnken

Study: Charters Moved Fast to Prioritize Learning During COVID

Kevin Mahnken

Study: Teacher Observations Biased Against Males, African Americans

Kevin Mahnken

Boston Charter Schools Increase Student Voting, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021

Kevin Mahnken

1M HS Grads Skipped College in 2020. Only Tiny Fraction Re-Enrolled in 2021

Asher Lehrer-Small

Random Lotteries Would Hurt Equitable Admissions, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

5 Alarming New Undergraduate Enrollment Numbers

Marianna McMurdock

Surprise Study: Remedial Classes for Middle-Schoolers Led More to Finish College

Kevin Mahnken

Study Finds that Remote Classes Led Students to Disenroll

Kevin Mahnken

Long-Term NAEP Scores for 13-Year-Olds Drop for First Time since 1970s

Kevin Mahnken

Study: AI Uncovers Skin-Tone Gap in Most-Beloved Children’s Books

Asher Lehrer-Small

Report Shows Short-Term Teachers Get Short Shrift

Kevin Mahnken

Study Demonstrates Gifted Gap for Black, Low-Income Students

Kevin Mahnken

‘Staggering’: New Research Shows that Child Obesity Has Soared During Pandemic

Kevin Mahnken

Study Shows Meager Growth Linked to Common Core

Kevin Mahnken

Education is a Top Priority for Black Women — as High as Fighting Racism

Marianna McMurdock

Study Finds Wide Range of Outcomes from State Takeovers

Kevin Mahnken
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