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School Reopening ‘Churn’ Distracting District Leaders from Focusing on Improved Remote Education & Student Engagement, Researchers Find

Report: District-Charter Funding Gap Grows to 33 Percent Less Per Student; 12 Cities Provide ‘A Trivial Amount’ or ‘No Funding’ for Charters

As Coronavirus Cases Surge, New Antibody Study Shows Young Children May Be Less Likely to Spread Virus; Could Spell Good News for In-Person Elementary and Middle School Learning

Twelfth-Grade NAEP Scores Offer More Bad News for Reading, Stagnation in Math

Politics, Not Science, is Driving School Reopening Decisions to a ‘Really Dangerous’ Degree, Research Suggests

Survey: More than Half of Teachers Felt Less Successful After COVID-19

Study: In 28 Districts, Middle and High School Students Lose More Than a Year of Learning Due to Suspensions

Students Could Have Lost as Much as 183 Days of Learning Time in Reading, 232 Days in Math During First Four Months of Largely Virtual Schooling

In One of the Few States to Mandate Personalized Learning, Coordinators Key to Keeping Vermont Students Engaged Before — and Now During — the Pandemic

Using Tutors to Combat COVID Learning Loss: New Research Shows That Even Lightly Trained Volunteers Drive Academic Gains

7 Things a National Survey of Librarians Told Us About the State of School Libraries Amid the Pandemic

First-Ever Report Spotlights California, New Jersey, D.C. as Best in Nation for Creating Prenatal-to-3 Policies That Set Children Up to Excel in Early Education

New Report Estimates School Closures’ Long-Term Impact on the U.S. Economy at More Than $14 Trillion

Charters Close Achievement Gap With District Schools, Study Finds, With Black and Low-Income Students Making the Greatest Gains

New Data Suggest Pandemic May Not Just Be Leaving Low-Income Students Behind; It May Be Propelling Wealthier Ones Even Further Ahead

Designing Effective Remote Schools Requires Math: 3 Insights Into How Staffing Could Make All the Difference

Charters Were Quicker to Provide Instruction, Regular Contact During Closures, Reports Say. But That’s Also How They ‘Keep the Kids,’ One Expert Explains

The Achievement Gap Has Driven Education Reform for Decades. Now Some Are Calling It a Racist Idea

Amid Pandemic Downturn, New Research Shows Great Recession Hurt Student Test Scores, Widened Achievement Gaps & Reduced College Attendance

New Study Reveals ‘Devastating Learning Loss’ for Youngest Children, Showing That Preschool Participation Has Fallen by Half During Pandemic — and May Not Improve in the Fall

Student Survey: Despite High Numbers Saying Their Schools Were Assigning Work and They Were Completing it, Only Half Said They Were Really Learning During Pandemic

New Study Does Not Find Stark Differences in How District, Charter and Private Schools Responded to COVID-19 Crisis

Which Schools Beat the Odds? In National Study, Researchers Find Top Results for Newark, Boston and Pittsburgh

2 New Surveys Find Teachers Stressed by Shutdown, Unable to Contact Students and Feeling Their Confidence Drop

Analysis: New Study of the Principal Pipeline Shows Women, African Americans Wait Longer, Are Promoted Less Often Than White Men

A New Study Ties Anti-Bullying Laws to a Reduction in Suicide — but Boys Were Mostly Unaffected

New Research Predicts Steep COVID Learning Losses Will Widen Already Dramatic Achievement Gaps Within Classrooms

Despite May’s Slight Economic Rebound, Working Students Continue to Face Shattering Unemployment Numbers

EdBuild Report: As Pandemic Threatens School Budgets, Researchers Urge Neighboring Districts to Pool Resources

Rich School, Poor School: As Recession Looms, Test Results Show That Affluent Students Score Higher in Financial Literacy

Record-Breaking Coronavirus Job Losses Devastate the Least Educated — and Have Already Displaced Highest Degree Holders Worse Than the Great Recession

NAEP Social Studies Scores Show a Downturn in Geography, U.S. History. But Are the Headlines ‘Hyped’?

Coronavirus Could Deliver Disastrous Setback to Public Pre-K, Study Warns

College Costs May Be a Top Concern Amid COVID-19 Economic Crash, but Here’s Why Picking a Cheaper School Now May Actually Leave Students Worse Off

Study: Career and Technical Education Yields Not Just Higher Earnings but Higher Test Scores

Boston Schools Escape Takeover but Must Show Improvement to State as District Enters Partnership

‘Probably the Best News for Federal Accountability Policy, Ever’: New Study Shows No Child Left Behind’s Tough Oversight Led to Big Boost in High School Graduation Rates

New Florida Study Suggests Public School Students See Some Benefits From Expansion of Private School Vouchers

Teachers Find Coaching Helpful, but Most Don’t Get Enough of It, Survey Says

U.S. Economic Activity Could Grow by Tens of Billions of Dollars If We Invested More in Single Mothers Attending College, Report Shows

How Well Are Teachers Being Taught? New Report Finds Majority of Teacher Prep Programs Thoroughly Instructing Future Educators on the Science of Reading

Haves and Have-Nots: The Borders Between School Districts Often Mark Extreme Economic Segregation. A New Report Outlines America’s 50 Worst Cases

Rethinking Remedial Education: New Study Shows College Students Did Better in ‘Corequisite’ Courses Built Around Extra Instruction and Support

New Study Shows Schools Led by Newark’s Largest Charter Operators Drove Significant and Lasting Gains in Student Test Scores

New Numbers Show More Colleges Using High School Grades, Not Just Standardized Tests, to Determine If Students Require Remedial Coursework

14 Charts That Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2019

Challenging Conventional Wisdom, Report Finds Promising Academic Performance in Chicago’s Growing English Learner Population

A Decade of Decline at America’s Teacher Preparation Programs: New Numbers Show Enrollment of Aspiring Educators Has Fallen By More Than a Third Since 2010

U.S. Students’ Scores Stagnant on International Exam, With Widening Achievement Gaps in Math and Reading

Report: Few Black and Latino Children Are Served by High-Quality State Preschool Programs

New Research Shows Some 1 Million College Dropouts Returned to School in the Past Five Years and Earned Degrees

A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores, Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results

New Data Illustrate the Depth of America’s College Completion Crisis

California Schools Expel and Suspend Native American Students at Alarming Rates. Districts Can’t Dismiss the Data Just Because Their Populations Are Small, Advocates Say

Colombia Pre-K Study Finds That Funding the Wrong Priorities Can Be Worse Than Doing Nothing at All

As California Law Looks to End Remedial Education, New Studies Show State’s Community Colleges Showing Uneven Progress in Adopting Math & English Reforms

As Chicago Teachers Threaten to Walk Out, New Report Suggests a ‘Hidden Driver’ Behind Rash of Strikes: Skyrocketing Pension and Health Costs

Even as New Polls Show Both Teachers and Parents Demanding Better Data About Their Students, Only 17% of Educators Say They’ve Received Data Training in Prep Programs

New Study of Boston Charter Schools Shows Huge Learning Gains for City’s Special Education Students & English Language Learners

Challenging Charter Critics, New Study Finds that as Sector Enrollment Grows, So Do Test Scores for Black and Hispanic Students

As Schools Diversify, Principals Remain Mostly White — and 5 Other Things We Learned This Summer About America’s School Leaders

Elite Schools, Prized by Parents and Politicians Alike, May Actually Hurt Disadvantaged Students More Than They Help, New Research Shows

Secessions Have Heightened the Racial Divide Between Southern School Districts, New Research Shows

States With End-of-Course Exams See Gains in Student Graduation Rates, Fordham Report Finds

America Divided: Public Support for Charter Schools Is Growing — but So Is Opposition, New Poll Finds

Burgoyne-Allen: 5 Things to Know About America’s School Bus Driver Shortage — & What States Can Do About It

Study: Students Who Attend Charter High School More Likely to Vote, Less Likely to Commit Crime

Study: Chicago’s Civilian Monitoring Program Kept Kids Safe on School Commutes, Providing Possible Model for Urban Districts

Report: As Tuition Rises, How Private Schools and Microschools Are Working to Increase Access for Low- and Middle-Income Families

Next Door but Worlds Apart: School District Borders Segregate Millions of Kids Based on Race and Revenue, Report Finds

Research Shows That New Orleans Schools Have Improved Since Katrina. So Why Don’t Black Residents Agree?

Failing Schools: Home to Underachieving Students, Disillusioned Teachers and — According to a New Study — Higher Rates of Crime

Key Takeaway From International Educator Survey: At a Time of Growing Protests, U.S. Teachers Say They Feel Satisfied but Undervalued

Exclusive: During Booker Era, Study Shows Newark Schools Took Huge Steps Forward — and It’s Not Just Charters That Improved

Boston Massively Expanded Its Charter Sector — Without Sacrificing School Quality. New Research Sheds Light on How Education Reforms Can Remain Effective While Applied at Scale

Charters Employ More Diverse Teachers Than Traditional Public Schools. Is It Giving Them a Leg Up With Minority Students?

Research Shows That Charters Do Best for California’s Low-Income and Minority Students. Now Lawmakers There Want to Slow Their Expansion