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Denver’s Reforms Led to Huge Academic Growth, Study Finds. But Will They Last?

Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards

NCES: 49% of Students Started Year Below Grade Level, Usually in Math, Reading

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

New National Study: 1 in 4 Teachers Changing Lesson Plans Due to Anti-CRT Laws

Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed

New Data: Post-COVID, School Leaders Frustrated in Efforts to Curb Misbehavior

Suicide, Alcohol and Drugs Drove Deaths for Those Without a B.A. Prior to COVID

Arts Education Program Increases School Engagement, Study Finds

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Research: Achievement Shows Signs of Improvement, but Youngest Kids Need Help

Schools Face ‘Urgency Gap’ on Pandemic Recovery: 5 Takeaways from New Study

Exclusive: All Teacher Shortages Are Local, New Research Finds

Students at Colleges that Close Abruptly Less Likely to Finish Elsewhere

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math

‘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

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

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