Explore

Analysis

Analysis about America's education system by researchers, leaders and educators

Analysis
Analysis

How Early Adopter Districts Are Moving Ahead Fast With AI — and Getting It Right

New CRPE analysis finds districts in Georgia, California and Washington that prioritize artificial intelligence for the students who need it most.

Nathan Kriha, Michael Beradino & Bree Dusseault
Analysis
Analysis

Survey Finds Teens Worldwide Are Lost in the Transition After High School

Manno: 2 polls find students are unaware of career options or pathways and don't get work experience needed to prepare them for future employment.

Bruno V. Manno
Author: Bruno V. Manno
Analysis
Analysis

How Standardized Exams Can Favor Privilege Over Potential

Analysis: College admissions tests are widely used, but they could provide advantages to students who can afford test prep services, private tutoring.

Zarrina Talan Azizova, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley & Jeongeun Kim
Analysis
Analysis

Big Improvements Require Big Changes: Close Bad Schools and Expand Good Ones

Aldeman: New Orleans, Denver & Florida show how implementing a portfolio model of school choice can lead to dramatic academic gains.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Analysis
Analysis

How Districts in Georgia, Maryland and D.C. Are Raising Reading Proficiency

Wakelyn: Research on 260 districts in 35 states found 3rd-grade reading scores rose in each of the last 3 years. What 3 of them are doing right.

David Wakelyn
Author: David Wakelyn
Pandemic

8 Steps Teachers Can Take to Help HS Students Stay Motivated

Elizabeth Chu, Erika Halstead & Jenna Yuan
Analysis

Crying is Easy; Laughing is Hard

K.C. Compton
Arizona

School Choice Promotes Arizona Students' Academic Growth

Matthew Ladner
Pandemic

COVID-19 Had Little Effect on Teacher Job Retention

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Hygiene Theater Is Robbing Students of Learning Time

Robin Lake & Georgia Heyward
Pandemic

Stimulus Funds Alone Won’t Help Underserved Students

Barbara Duffield, Lindsay E. Jones & Janet Murguía
Union Report

A Model of Nonunion Representation Is Under Fire

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

For Want of a Diaper, Families Are Getting Lost: No Diapers. No Day Care. No Job.

K.C. Compton
Analysis

How Project-Based Learning Can Help Low-Income Kids Do Better in AP Classes

Anna Rosefsky Saavedra & Amie Rapaport
Analysis

The American Rescue Plan Provides a Blueprint for Keeping Kids Safe and Reducing Reliance on the Foster Care System

Kendra Hurley
Analysis

One Big Idea For Making School Quality Matter

David Osborne
Analysis

Child Care is Infrastructure. Biden’s Relief Bill Understands That

Bryce Covert
Pandemic

How Well Do Urban Districts Communicate About Health and Safety?

Sean Gill & Bree Dusseault
Pandemic

Poll: What Teens Say About Learning During COVID-19

Kate Dobin
Union Report

Kentucky #RedforEd Group Joins AFT

Mike Antonucci
Research Lab

Researchers Connect Cardio Health and Cognition — Even as Early as Preschool

K.C. Compton
Pandemic

Analysis: Randi Weingarten Says Her AFT Has Been ‘Trying to Reopen Schools Since Last April.’ What the Union’s Locals Actually Did

Mike Antonucci
education

Walsh: New Study of 1,200 Teacher Preparation Programs Shows Academic Selectivity and Diversity Can Go Hand in Hand

Kate Walsh
education

Analysis: New Data Show Newark’s Educators Are Driving Learning Gains That Outpace New Jersey’s Best-in-the-Nation Schools

Laura Waters
education

A Sweet Sixteen — for Social Mobility: If March Madness Celebrated Schools for Helping Students Move Up the Income Ladder, Here’s Who Would Win the Tournament

The 74
Load More