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COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, Study Finds; Math Drops Outpace Reading
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New Study: Low-Income Chicago Students 40% More Likely to Earn Bachelor’s After College Prep Program
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New Research Points to ‘Loudoun County Effect’: When Parents Clash Over Ideology, Kids’ School Performance Suffers
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First-Ever Study of Mexican-American School Desegregation Finds Marked Gains for Chicano Students
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Change From the Bottom Up: Political Science Research Suggests That More CRT Bills Could Come to Washington Next Year
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New Research: Babies Born During COVID Talk Less with Caregivers, Slower to Develop Critical Language Skills
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Academic Mismatch: Students Earned Record-High GPAs as Scores Lagged on Achievement Tests. Here’s What the New Federal Data Could Mean
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Do Masks in School Work? As Mandates Fall, Pair of New Studies May Finally Put Debate To Rest
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With Masks Set to Drop in New York and California Schools, a Pair of Studies Lay Out the Number of Cases That Could Trigger
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NCES Survey Shows Private School Students Had Far Better Internet and Greater Teacher Access During Early Pandemic
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New Research Tracks Charters’ Early Moves During Pandemic
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Classroom Observations Biased Against Male, Black Teachers, Research Suggests
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Boston Study Offers Latest Evidence that Charter Schools Boost Voting
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16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021
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Over 1 Million HS Grads Skipped College in 2020. Only a Tiny Fraction Re-Enrolled in 2021
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What if College Admissions Relied on Random Lotteries? Fewer Black, Low-Income, and Male Students Would be Accepted, New Study Finds
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‘No Signs of Recovery’: 5 Alarming New Undergraduate Enrollment Numbers
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New Study Shows Reading Remediation in Middle School Led More Students to Attend College and Earn Degrees