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Massachusetts Study Finds That New Charters Boost Spending at Nearby District Schools — and Change How They Spend It
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New ‘Redshirting’ Study Reveals That Boys Are Held Back More Than Girls — and It’s Actually Helping to Close an Achievement Gap Between the Genders
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The Kids Are All Right: Teens Say Social Media Makes Them Feel Better About Themselves, Less Lonely & Less Depressed
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Study: One-Fifth of States Fail to Either Collect or Publicize Racial Data on Teachers, Despite Yawning Diversity Gap
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America’s Achievement Gap — Made, Not Born? What a Study of 30,000 Students Reveals About Lowered Expectations and Poorer-Quality Instruction for Kids of Color
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‘It Was a Shocker’: National Student Survey Shows Bullying on the Rise Over Past Three Years, Particularly Among Students of Color in Majority-White Schools
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Study: Grade Inflation More Prevalent at Wealthy Schools, Where Parents Have Greater Ability to Game the System
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Study Shows Boosting Funds to Poor School Districts Lifts Student Achievement but Fails to Narrow Racial & Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps
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Private School Advantages Overhyped, Study Says, Offering Fodder to Vouchers’ Critics
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Citizenship as a Classroom Priority: New Gallup Poll Shows 74 Percent of Superintendents Say ‘Preparing Engaged Citizens’ Has Become a Major Challenge For Their Districts
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New Poll: For First Time Ever, a Majority of American Parents Do Not Want Their Children to Become Public School Teachers
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New Study Shows States That Veered From Common Core Adopted Weaker Academic Standards
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Plaintiff Oliver Brown Would Have Been 100 Years Old This Week: 8 Ways America’s Schools Have (and Haven’t) Changed Since the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board Verdict
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Why Diversity Matters: Five Things We Know About How Black Students Benefit From Having Black Teachers
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What’s the Racial Breakdown of America’s Public School Teachers?
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How Many Hispanic Students Are in the Public School System?
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What’s the Racial Breakdown of America’s Public School System?
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New Finding: Most States Don’t Test New Teachers on ‘Science of Reading’