Leadership Research
Student Achievement
Finding Out How to Stop Summer Learning Loss
Research presented at the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society suggests educators can learn more about how to target summer interventions by tracking students who keep pace over the summer.
School & District Management
Strategy, Culture Keys to Closing Achievement Gaps in Diverse, Middle-Income Schools
More than half of black and Latino students attend high- or middle-income schools, and they tend to achieve better than their peers in high-poverty schools, but still below their white peers. School culture may help close the gap, a new report suggests.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Summer Learning Gaps Worsen in Higher Grades, Just Not the Way You Think
By the end of middle school, students may lose a third to half of what they learn during the year to the so-called "summer slide." But the real gaps may not come from where you think.
School & District Management
Ed. Dept. Launches National School Choice Research Center in New Orleans
Researchers who studied controversial school choice initiatives in the Big Easy have been tapped to launch a research center and massive database on school choice.
School & District Management
Higher Ed Researcher Matthew Soldner to Lead Evaluations at IES
Matthew Soldner will step in as commissioner of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
Equity & Diversity
Why Do Some of the Nation's Wealthiest Districts Have the Worst Gender Gaps in Math and Reading?
Nationwide, boys score better than girls on math tests, and girls outperform boys in reading. But those gender gaps aren't universal; in fact, a new Stanford University study suggests the size and the direction of these gaps vary from one school district to another.
Student Well-Being & Movement
The Link Between Schooling and Vision Problems: New Evidence
With half of the world's adults expected to be nearsighted by 2050, a new genetic study links schooling to earlier vision problems.
School & District Management
From Our Research Center
How Many Teachers Are Chronically Absent From Class in Your State?
The percentage of U.S. teachers who miss more than 10 days of class per year is up in the most recent federal data, according to a new Education Week analysis.
School & District Management
Chicago School Closures Led to Achievement Declines, Uncertainty Among Students and Staff
A new report documents the impact from a 2013 round of school closings in Chicago that shuttered 49 schools.
Early Childhood
How Children's Socioeconomic Differences Play Out Over Summer Break
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows how access to summer activities differs for students based on their socioeconomic status.
School & District Management
Decades After Brown v. Board, Unequal Class Offerings Remain a Problem
A new study shows just how thin the course offerings can be at some schools serving mostly students of color in comparison to the curricula at nearby, white-majority schools.
Science
Key Takeaways and Emerging Issues From the Feds' Massive Civil Rights Data Survey
Going forward, here are some of the issues researchers and education advocates will be exploring, as well as some of the problems cropping up in the recently released 2015-16 Civil Rights Data Collection.
School & District Management
Could Schools Be Doing More With Title I Money?
The vast majority of schools that receive federal money for students in poverty use it schoolwide, but many have not taken advantage of flexibility to innovate with the grants.
Teaching
New Research Suggests Practical Ways to Make School Discipline, Access Equitable
Researchers discuss how data can help schools break the school-to-prison pipeline and boost access to advanced courses at the American Educational Research Association conference.