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

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

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

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

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

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

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Court Documents: Racial Preferences Massively Boost Black, Hispanic Applicants

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

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

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

Pandemic Seriously Altered Teens’ Relationships, Pew Survey Finds

Research Shows Heavy Toll on Survivors of School Shootings

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

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

Study: When Political Heat Rises, Scores Drop

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

Study: Congress May Move on State K-12 Bills

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

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

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

Two Studies Lay Out New Cases School Unmasking Could Trigger

Private School Students More Connected to Internet, Teachers in 2020

Study: Charters Moved Fast to Prioritize Learning During COVID

Study: Teacher Observations Biased Against Males, African Americans

Boston Charter Schools Increase Student Voting, Study Finds

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

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

Random Lotteries Would Hurt Equitable Admissions, Study Finds

5 Alarming New Undergraduate Enrollment Numbers

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

Study Finds that Remote Classes Led Students to Disenroll

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

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

Report Shows Short-Term Teachers Get Short Shrift

Study Demonstrates Gifted Gap for Black, Low-Income Students

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

Study Shows Meager Growth Linked to Common Core

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

Study Finds Wide Range of Outcomes from State Takeovers

Study: Did Online School Drive Down Cyberbullying?

Study Finds Big Benefits from Student Mentoring In School

Studies Point to Increase in Child Abuse During Pandemic

Teaching Candidates Struggle to Gain Licenses, Report Finds

Survey Points to 'Thriving Gap' Among Remote Learners During Pandemic

Study: Partisanship Alone Didn’t Determine School Reopenings

Federal Data Shows Pandemic Fueled Huge Drop in K-12 Enrollment

COVID Family Feud? Report Shows Moms More Resistant to Vaccinating Kids vs. Dads

New Data: Red States Offered 432 More Hours of In-Person Learning v. Blue States

New Data on Students with Disabilities Finds Opportunity and Risk

Studies Show Promise for Online Tutoring

More NAEP Disappointment, This Time in Science

Study: Students Less Likely to Transfer Out of Newark Charter Schools

Inequity In Higher Ed Costs U.S. $956 Billion Per Year

Immigrant Peers Spell Academic Gains For Native-Born Students

Study Asks: Where do Teachers of the Year Come From?

Study: Four-Day School Week Harms Learning

‘Doomed’ By 8th Grade: Barriers to College Start Early, Report Reveals

The Opioid Crisis Was America’s Epidemic Before COVID. Research Suggests that Overdoses Hurt Student Achievement

Teachers Unions Lift Salaries and School Spending, Research Shows, But Evidence on Student Achievement Is Mixed

New Study: 5 Ways Racist 1930s Housing Policies Still Haunt Schools

Inside the Massachusetts Study that Helped Change the CDC’s Stance on Social Distancing

Survey: More Young People Are Depressed During the Pandemic. But They May Be Using Social Media to Cope

FAFSA Applications Fell After COVID — And For Many Incoming Freshmen, They Haven’t Recovered

Study: Chicago Tutoring Program Delivered Huge Math Gains; Personalization May Be the Key

One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

CDC Study Finds Teachers ‘Central’ To COVID Transmission When Distancing, Masks Not Enforced

A Pre-COVID Education Study With Big Implications for Remote Learning During the Pandemic: When Parents Take Over, Children Give Up Easier

Survey: Pandemic-Related Stress Tops Teachers’ Reasons for Quitting, But Vaccines, COVID Testing Could Lure Some of Them Back

Report: New Summer Learning Initiative, Launched Last Year as a 5-Week Pilot for Nearly 12,000 Students, Shows Promise For Improving Online Instruction

Leaders in California and South Carolina Find Learning Loss — Especially in the Early Grades — But Experts Say Data is Still ‘Imperfect’

Lead Poisoning Hurts Kids. A New Study Shows How Exposure from an Unexpected Source — NASCAR Racetracks — Lowered Test Scores

What 114 Pre-Pandemic Studies About ‘Flipped’ Classrooms Could Tell Us About Refining Our Approach to Remote Learning in 2021

Force of Habit: New Study Finds that Routines Could Be Blocking Teacher Improvement

Study: Income Segregation Increasing in Classrooms

Study: Exposure to Desegregated Schools Often Made Whites Less Tolerant As Adults

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