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One Fate, Two Fates. Red States, Blue States: New Data Reveal a 432-Hour In-Person Learning Gap Produced by the Politics of Pandemic Schooling
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Strong Gains, Quick Losses: New Research on Students with Disabilities Finds Conventional Data Hides Both Opportunity and Risk
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Research from Europe Points to Online Tutoring as a Potent Weapon Against Learning Loss
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NAEP Science Scores Down for Fourth-Graders, Flat for Older Students; Are Reading Challenges to Blame?
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Newark Students, Including Special Needs and English Learners, Are Less Likely to Transfer Out of Charters than District Schools, Study Finds
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The Diploma Disparity: Inequity In Higher Education Costs U.S. $956 Billion Per Year, New Report Reveals
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‘A Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats’: Having More Immigrant Peers Can Boost Scores For U.S.-Born Students, New Study Finds
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Researchers Combed Through Over 1,600 Teachers of the Year Since 1988. Here’s What They Learned about the Winners
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Schools that Switched to a Four-Day Week Saw Learning Reductions. What Does that Mean for the Pandemic’s Lost Instructional Time?
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‘Doomed’ By 8th Grade: Underserved Students Thrive In College, But Disparities In Access Start Early & Persist Insidiously, New Report Reveals
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The Opioid Crisis Was America’s Epidemic Before COVID. Research Suggests that Overdoses Hurt Student Achievement
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Teachers Unions Lift Salaries and School Spending, Research Shows, But Evidence on Student Achievement Is Mixed
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New Study: 5 Ways Racist 1930s Housing Policies Still Haunt Schools
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Inside the Massachusetts Study that Helped Change the CDC’s Stance on Social Distancing
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Survey: More Young People Are Depressed During the Pandemic. But They May Be Using Social Media to Cope
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FAFSA Applications Fell After COVID — And For Many Incoming Freshmen, They Haven’t Recovered
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Study: Chicago Tutoring Program Delivered Huge Math Gains; Personalization May Be the Key
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One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show