The Big Picture
In Focus: The newest research, data & surveys about America’s students & schools
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Brown v. Board at 65: Will Schools Ever Be Integrated?
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Parents Select Schools Based on Way More Than Test Scores, Study Finds
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Middle Schoolers Are Doing Better on a Key Tech and Engineering Test — and It’s Thanks to the Girls
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Education Level ‘Strongly Predicts’ Degree of Bias Against Women in Politics, New Survey Shows
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‘Media Literacy Is Literacy’: Here’s How Educators and Lawmakers Are Working to Set Students Up for Success Online
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CTE Classes Are Popular, but Only 25% of Students Take Courses That Could Lead to the Nation’s Biggest Industries, New Study Finds
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Just 24 States Mandate Sex Education for K-12 Students, and Only 9 Require Any Discussion of Consent. See How Your State Stacks Up
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Students in Texas Teach for America Classrooms Gain in 8 out of 9 Subjects, New Research Finds
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom, New Report Suggests Diversity of America’s Teaching Force Has Not Kept Pace With Population
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National Survey: Americans Say Education Should Be Higher 2019 Priority for Congress Than Terrorism, Immigration, or Jobs
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America’s $23 Billion School Funding Gap: Despite Court Rulings on Equity, New Report Finds Startling Racial Imbalance
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Scores Show 850,000 High School Juniors Are Ready for College. Starting Early Could Save Them Time — and Money. New Report Asks: Why Make Them Wait?
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1.3 Million Homeless Students: New Federal Data Show a 70 Percent Jump in K-12 Homelessness Over Past Decade, With Big Implications for Academic Performance
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Is Homework Too Easy? With Half of Parents Expressing Concerns, New Study Says Students’ Assignments Lack Rigor, Favor Lower-Level Skills
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New Florida Study Shows Students Using State’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program More Likely to Attend and Graduate College
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Power Is Knowledge: New Study Finds That Wealthy, Educated Families Are Using School Ratings to Self-Segregate
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Despite Prevalent Trauma, From School Shootings to the Opioid Epidemic, Few States Have Policies to Fully Address Student Needs, Study Finds
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Markets Down, Student Scores Up: Study Finds That Teachers Hired During Recessions Are More Effective