Research

Study Finds Potential Economic Upside to Starting School Later in the Day

Closing Failing Schools Doesn’t Help Most Students, Study Finds

Refugee Students Don’t Negatively Affect the Education of Peers, Study Finds

Are We Losing Play Without a ‘Purpose’?

Testing Pressure Pushing Schools to Place Low-Performing Teachers in Earliest Grades

More Children Living in High-Poverty Neighborhoods Following the Great Recession: Implications for School Readiness

Free ACT and SAT Exams Drive Up College Enrollment for Poor Students

Science Is a Team Sport; Showing Students That May Boost Interest in STEM

Pre-K Boosts Future Incomes, Reduces Risk of Jail, When Schools Spend More

Study Finds Computerized Tests Can Negatively Impact Scores for Young Students, English Language Learners

Best Time to Build a Love of STEM? It’s After the School Day Ends, Research Says

Can Teacher Residencies Help With Shortages?

Students Feel Safer at School; Fewer Incidents Reported, Federal Data Show

Invented Spelling Leads to Better Reading, Study Says

Bullying May Be Decreasing in U.S. Schools

A Path Out of Poverty: Career Training + Quality Pre K

Kids More Likely to Stop Bullies When Parents Tell Them To

Minority Teachers in U.S. More Than Doubled Over 25 Years — but Still Fewer Than 20 Percent of Educators, Study Shows

Study: Music Education in K-12 Promotes Lifelong Engagement With Arts

Study: Black Students More Likely to Graduate if They Have One Black Teacher

Survey: Teachers Talk Politics to Students, Despite Divisive Atmosphere

A Surprising Explanation for Why Some Immigrants Excel in Science

Location Can Determine How Successfully Teachers Work Together, Study Finds

Kids Who Suffer Hunger in First Years Lag Behind Their Peers in School

Study Suggests Conn. Teenagers Do Better if Their City Officials Collaborate

What Educators Know About Teaching Young Children — but Policymakers Ignore

Mass Incarceration of African Americans Affects the Racial Achievement Gap — Report

Kindergartners Enter More Ready in Math and Literacy, Researchers Say

Study: When Tenure Is Taken Away, Teachers Leave

Parent Alert! Your Child Just Skipped Class

Kindergartners Start School With More Academic Skills Than in Past

Common-Core Materials Continue to Vary in Quality, According to Textbook Review

Dismal Results from Vouchers Surprise Researchers as DeVos Era Begins

How Social Bias Can Transfer from One Generation to the Next

When Does the Racial Achievement Gap First Appear?

When School Doesn’t Seem Fair, Students May Suffer Lasting Effects

First Amendment Support Climbing Among High School Students

School Bullying Linked to Poorer Academic Achievement

School Superintendents: Vital or Irrelevant?

The Simple Reform That Improved Black Students’ Earnings

How Mass Incarceration Pushes Black Children Further Behind in School

Survey: In Literacy, What’s Trendy Isn’t Always What’s Important

New Study: Exercise Reduced Classroom Problems for Children With Serious Behavioral Disorders

Study Finds Play and Cognitive Skills in Kindergarten Predict Civic Engagement in Later Life

Childhood Poverty Can Cause Significant Psychological Damage in Adulthood

Report Outlines How to Bridge the ‘Computer Science Education Gap’

Teachers Are Stressed, and That Should Stress Us All

Researcher Finds Increase in Race-Based Bullying in Schools

New Analysis Shows Later School Start Times Could Boost Student Outcomes by Almost a Grade Level

The Racial Achievement Gap Can’t Close Without Prison Reform, Report Shows

Young Adults Earning Far Fewer Bachelor’s Degrees in Education

Deep Disparities in Early Experiences for Connecticut Children

Mentoring’s Promise and Limits

New Research Shows Spending More Does Improve Student Outcomes

Socioeconomic Gaps in Parenting Are Growing

Why Doesn’t Public School Start at Birth?

Content Not Included in Common Core Standards Strong Predictor of Later Math Achievement

More Than 3/4 of Transgender Students Nationwide Report Mistreatment, Harassment

To Predict a Student’s Future Success, Look at Their Grades, Not Their IQ or SAT Score

Does Your State Provide Good Data on Your Schools? Probably Not

Warning Sounded on Tech Disrupting Student Sleep

Research Shows Social Skills in Kindergarten Linked to Success as Young Adults

6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education

Dual-Language Programs Benefit Disadvantaged Black Kids, Too, Experts Say

Study: Test Scores Can’t Measure Most of Teachers’ Impact on Students  

Most Students Don’t Know When News Is Fake, Stanford Study Finds

Many Students ‘Stop Out’ of High School, Studies Find

A Lesson for Preschools: When it’s Done Right, the Benefits Last

Charter Schools Enroll More Girls, with Boys More Likely to Leave

African-American Teens Missing Out on Digital Innovation

The Role of Implicit Bias in Parent-Teacher Communication

Should School Schedules Shift to 9-to-5?

New Theory May Help In Identifying, Teaching Students With Math Learning Disabilities

The Reason So Many Black Teachers Leave the Job Early

Improving School Climate Can Help Close Achievement Gap

Teachers Play Vital Role in Students’ Social & Emotional Development

School Climate Key to Retaining Teachers, Promoting Student Achievement, Study Finds

Teachers Who Improve Student Attendance Not Necessarily Same Teachers Who Improve Test Scores

Gender Gap in Math Starts in Kindergarten, Study Says

How The Barber, and Other Caring Adults, Help Kids Succeed

Big Racial, Gender Gaps Seen in Computer Science Education

National School Spending Inches Up to $623 Billion

GLSEN Study Shows LGBT Youth Disproportionately Bullied

Parents and Teachers Say Kindness More Important than Good Grades

Elementary Teachers Warming to Common Core but Still Have Concerns, Especially in Early Grades

Report on Sources of Newly Hired Teachers in the U.S.

What High School Education Looks Like for the Nation’s English-Learners

The Disproportionate Stress Plaguing American Teachers

How the Stress of  Racism Contributes to the Achievement Gap

Latino Students: A Portrait In Numbers