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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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Analysis
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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Analysis

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

How Should Schools Spend ESSER Summer School Funds? RI Case Study Has Some Clues

Sara Kerr & Nate Schwartz
Analysis

Pathways Early Learning Center: High-Quality Early Education for Kids Dealing with Homelessness

K.C. Compton
Analysis

Surprise! Rising Enrollment Numbers Show Young People Want to Be Teachers

Chad Aldeman
Union Report

Public-Sector Hiring Boomed Post-COVID. Union Membership Nationwide Did Not

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

SEL, Mentoring, Career Prep: Schools That Deliver What Parents Say They Want

Chelsea Waite
Analysis

Doula Services: Michigan Offers Medicaid Enrollees a Powerful Boost for Better Childbirth Outcomes

K.C. Compton
podcast

Class Disrupted: When Students Help Direct What They’re Taught in School

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Union Report

Here We Go Again: L.A. Adds Instructional Days to Fight Learning Loss, Union Balks

Mike Antonucci
math readiness

Declines in Math Readiness Underscore the Urgency of Math Awareness

Manil Suri
Analysis

Religious Public Schools? A Looming Legal Showdown Over Faith-Based Charters

Andy Smarick
commentary

Students in 4-Day-a-Week Schools Can Suffer COVID-Level Learning Losses

Christopher Doss, Andrea Phillips & Rebecca Kilburn
Analysis

For ‘Happiness-Oriented Parents,’ It’s Not All About the Academics

Allison Roda & Molly Makris
Union Report

Settling L.A. Strike Causes Future Problems While Trying to Solve Past Ones

Mike Antonucci
Research Lab

The Pandemic Disrupted Gender Equity at Home. Will It Last?

Rebecca Gale
podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E12: It’s Time We Talked Money

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Analysis

Why It’s Unfair For Different Teachers to Grade Students Differently

Laura Link
social mobility

In March Madness Social Mobility Women’s Tourney, Sac State Wins Big

Jorge Klor de Alva
Union Report

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci
teacher pensions

Teacher Pension Pac-Man: How Rising Costs Are Eating Away at Education Budgets

Chad Aldeman
enrollment

Public School Enrollment Dropped by 1.2M During the Pandemic

Thomas S. Dee
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