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Want Children to Cooperate? Let Them Swing Together

Researchers found that synchronized movements, such as swinging in time with each other, can promote prosocial behaviors in young children.

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
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Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID

Silver, Polikoff & Hackman: Overall, students felt happier, less stressed attending classes in person during pandemic. But that's not true for all

Daniel Silver, Morgan Polikoff & Daniel A. Hackman
New Orleans
New Orleans

20 Years After Katrina, Lessons from the Fight to Reopen New Orleans’ Schools

The newest episode of ‘Where the Schools Went’ spotlights the tumultuous reopening of George Washington Carver High in the Ninth Ward.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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Katrina

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Podcast Explores Evolution of NOLA Schools

Much has been written about the city’s long road to recovery. Behind those headlines is another story that shaped the lives of thousands of children.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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Public School Enrollment Is Declining — But Not Everywhere, or for All Students

Moon: A new analysis shows these trends vary widely by race, grade level, geography, even schools. What that could mean for the future.

Tara Moon
Analysis

Charters Yield More Learning, Higher Earnings than District Schools Per $1 Spent

Patrick J. Wolf
podcast

AI & Education: A Classroom Perspective on Looming Possibilities and Challenges

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
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Revolutionizing the Way States Inform the Public About Education & the Workforce

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
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More Students Need Great Tutors — But Here’s Why Our Tutoring Moment Could Fail

Mike Goldstein
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New Report Finds Charters Deliver More Bang for the Buck than District Schools

Chad Aldeman
Analysis

Future of High School: Engaging Students & Careers Via Modern Apprenticeships

Marie Mackintosh
Union Report

Reporting on Teachers Unions Has Been a Long Story. This Is the Last Page

Mike Antonucci
Public Policy

Improving Child Care in Puerto Rico Begins with Building a Data Infrastructure

Rebecca Gale
podcast

America’s Evolving Definition of Success: Where Do Schools Fit In?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Analysis

The 50 Very Different States of American Public Education

Chad Aldeman
Analysis

Military Service Should Count as a Successful Pathway for High School Students

Chad Aldeman
Analysis

America’s Child Care Food Programs: Available and Too-Often Unused

K.C. Compton
podcast

Back in Conversation: New Beginnings on Class Disrupted

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Analysis

Fixing Child Care: What We Can Learn From the Military

Erica Phillips
parental rights

In the 1960s, the Push for Parental Rights Was Led by Black and Latino Parents

Jerald Podair
Analysis

What Autistic Students Can Teach Us About Focusing on Assets, Not Deficits

Kristie Patten
Case Studies

Claudia Goldin Won a Nobel Prize Addressing Women’s Work Obstacles Head-On. Will Child Care be the Next Barrier to Fall?

Rebecca Gale
Union Report

California Teachers Association Continues to Lose Members and Raise Union Dues

Mike Antonucci
analysis

Why Your State Should Automatically Enroll Top Math Students in Advanced Classes

Brenda Berg & Jonathan Plucker
New York City

The Fine Print: Why Some New York City Parents Are Against Smaller Class Sizes

Alina Adams
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