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sizing up school reform

National
April 10, 2019

New York City’s experiment with small high schools helped students stay in college, study shows

Students who entered one of New York City’s new small high schools between 2006 and 2010 were much more likely to go to college and stick around.

"Elite illusion"

National
April 1, 2019

How much does attending one of these elite high schools matter? Not as much as you might think.

The assumption sits at the heart of a raging debate about elite high schools in Boston and New York City.

College Access

National
March 27, 2019

What can college visits do for middle schoolers? Get them taking tougher classes, new research hints

Visiting college campuses increased the rate at which the students took advanced courses in ninth grade. It had no effects on plans to attend a four-year, though.

Brain drain

National
February 25, 2019

Pollution is bad for your health and the environment. It’s also bad for schools, two recent studies show.

Two recent studies are among the first to directly connect two different forms of pollution to lower test scores and higher absence rates among exposed schoolchildren.

technical difficulties

National
February 21, 2019

This personalized learning program was supposed to boost math scores. It didn’t, new study finds

A program that Bill Gates once called “the future of math” didn’t improve state test scores at schools that adopted it, according to a new study.

police presence

National
February 14, 2019

New studies point to a big downside for schools bringing in more police

Two new studies are among the first research to directly link more police to worse academic outcomes for students.

study says...

National
February 12, 2019

Extra arts education boosts students’ writing scores — and their compassion, big new study finds

One of the largest gold-standard studies on arts education ever conducted finds measurable benefits to giving students more music, theater, and dance.

a chalkbeat cheat sheet

National
February 5, 2019

17 studies that tell us something about how school closures affect students

The list includes studies that look at school closures in Chicago, New York, Ohio, Newark, Michigan, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., and more.

research review

National
February 5, 2019

Five things we’ve learned from a decade of research on school closures

The academic impact of closures on students in those schools varies substantially. Nationwide, closures appear to slightly lower test scores.

mind the gap

National
January 28, 2019

Across U.S., graduation rates are rising, with little connection to test scores

States with low test scores don’t necessarily have low graduation rates, and vice versa, data released last week for the class of 2017 shows.

early edge

National
January 24, 2019

Kindergarten classes are getting more academic. New research says the kids are all right.

Kindergarten isn’t what it used to be — and that might not be a bad thing.

buy-in

National
January 23, 2019

How to get teachers to believe in a new school program? Ask them to help design it.

Teachers are more enthusiastic about a new program if their school gets control over how a new program is designed and introduced.

where's the research

National
January 17, 2019

Summit Learning declined to be studied, then cited collaboration with Harvard researchers anyway

Summit Learning, a personalized learning system, touts a partnership with Harvard researchers even though Summit actually turned down their proposal to study the model.

digging into discipline

National
January 4, 2019

Major new study finds restorative justice led to safer schools, but hurt black students’ test scores

The move accomplished a key goal of school discipline reformers by reducing the number of days students were suspended. It had other consequences, too.

year in review

National
December 21, 2018

What worked (and didn’t) this year: 10 lessons from education research to take into 2019

What worked: Addressing the effects of child poverty. What didn't? Cutting school spending and tougher teacher evaluations.
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