New Standards Could Impact Adult Education
State education departments throughout the country are, for the first time, in the process of agreeing on and establishing new and more demanding educational standards for kindergarten through high...
View ArticleDistribution of Teacher Quality Among Grades in Elementary Schools
The authors of this study, School Based Accountability and the Distribution of Teacher Quality Among Grades in Elementary Schools use North Carolina data to explore the extent to which teachers in the...
View ArticleCounseling program reduces youth violence, improves school engagement
Study estimates program's benefits to society at 3 to 31 times its cost A new study by the University of Chicago Crime Lab, in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools and local nonprofits Youth...
View ArticleStudent Achievement Gains in U.S. Fail to Close International Achievement Gap
U.S. ranks 25th out of 49 countries in student test-score gains over 14-year period, report 3 scholars at Harvard, Stanford and the University of MunichCA new study of international and U.S. state...
View ArticleNew Americans in Postsecondary Education
In 2007–08, about 23 percent of all undergraduates were first-generation immigrants (10 percent) or second-generation Americans (with an immigrant parent) (13 percent). New Americans in Postsecondary...
View ArticleTrends Among Young Adults Over Three Decades, 1974-2006
This report describes patterns of continuity and change over time in four areas of the transition to adulthood among young adults as measured 2 years after their senior year of high school. The four...
View ArticleWWC Looks at Reading Mastery for Special Needs Students
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewed research to find what works in the classroom, including programs and methods for students with special needs. The newest report from the WWC focuses on...
View ArticleDrug shown to improve memory in those with Down syndrome
Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found a drug that boosts memory function in those with Down syndrome, a major milestone in the treatment of this genetic disorder that...
View ArticleAmericans support local control of schools
Despite criticism that local school boards are “dinosaurs” that need to be replaced, Americans support local control of their schools, Michigan State University education scholars argue in a new paper....
View ArticleInstructional intervention on middle school english learners' science and...
This study examined the effect of a quasi-experimental project on fifth grade English learners' achievement in state-mandated standards-based science and English reading assessment. A total of 166...
View ArticleStudents From Improving Schools Score Lower on ACT
For more than half a century concerns about the ability of American students to compete in a global workplace focused policymakers' attention on improving school performance generally, and student...
View ArticleStudents Attending K12 Inc. Cyber Schools Fall Behind
A new report released today by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of Colorado shows that students at K12 Inc., the nation’s largest virtual school company, are falling...
View ArticleStarting Early With English Language Learners
English Language Learners are a large and growing population in America’s public school system, but schools often fall short in preparing these students for success in college and the workforce. One...
View ArticleTechnology in Early Education
Touch-screen technologies, on-demand multimedia, and mobile devices are prompting a rethinking of education. In a world of increasing fiscal constraints, state leaders are under pressure to capitalize...
View ArticleFederal Stimulus Funds Saved Education Jobs
Education stimulus funds largely met the goal of saving or creating jobs for K-12 teachers and other education personnel, according to a summary of three years of survey research by the Center on...
View ArticleSchool Improvement Grants Schools Face Challenges: 3 Reports
For many low-performing schools in Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan that were awarded federal school improvement grants (SIGs), replacing teachers and principals has proven to be the greatest challenge to...
View ArticleStudent Motivation: School Reform’s Missing Ingredient
CEP Report Summarizes Research on Understanding, Spurring MotivationA series of papers by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) underscores the need for teachers, schools, parents and communities to pay...
View ArticlePublic Schools have more $, employees per pupil than they did in 2000, but...
After four years of economic slowdown, the United States appears – for the first time in decades – to be headed toward fewer per-pupil resources and significant labor-force reductions. Although both...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Progress in Child Education and Health Despite Economic...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s latest KIDS COUNT® Data Book shows both promising progress and discouraging setbacks for the nation’s children: While their academic achievement and health improved in...
View ArticleFirst-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11
First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings From the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), provides a snapshot of the 3.5...
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