Leadership Research
Science
Want More Girls in Science Fields? Check the Images on Your Classroom Walls
Boys and girls are more likely to depict women as scientists today than 50 years ago, a new study finds. But as students progress through grades, their views of scientists mirror common stereotypes.
School & District Management
A Look at How Principals Really Drive School Improvement
"It's a shift in perspective from a focus on the curriculum and individual teachers to focusing on the collective work of the school," says an author of a new longitudinal research analysis.
School & District Management
Ways for Districts to Meet ESSA's Research Requirements on Deadline
For teachers, administrators, and policymakers trying to figure out how to improve student learning under the Every Student Succeeds Act, understanding the good-enough evidence can be more important that finding the best silver bullet.
School & District Management
Where Is the Federal Civil Rights Data? Here's a Work-Around.
The federal Civil Rights Data Collection is a massive, often messy, trove of critical equity information from every public school in the country. This month it's also gotten harder to access.
School & District Management
How Feedback for Teachers and Principals Helped Their Students Do Better in Math
Teachers and principals didn't seek out more professional development after receiving feedback, but the feedback did seem to improve trust and instructional practice.
School & District Management
These Three Mistakes Can Hamstring Improvement Even in Good Schools
A national school accreditor looks at what makes the difference when schools try to implement their improvement plans.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Are More Young People Homeless Than We Thought? Study Shares Startling Data
About 1 in 30 youths between ages 13 and 17 are homeless in a given year, according to the first in a series of reports by researchers at Chapin Hall, an independent policy research center at the University of Chicago.
School & District Management
Boys Read Better When There Are More Girls in Class, Study Finds
The findings are likely to add to the debate over single-sex education, as districts experiment with single-sex classes and schools.
School & District Management
Chicago Schools Lead Country in Academic Growth, Study Finds
Stanford University research shows Windy City schools show "striking" learning gains.
School & District Management
How Do Training Needs Change as Schools Learn to Improve?
Training support for a new school improvement program often dries up after teachers get the basics down, but one program is studying how to keep teachers involved after the novelty wears off.
School & District Management
House Oversight Committee Moves Bill to Promote Evidence-Based Policymaking
The House committee on government oversight voted Thursday to move forward with a bill to promote better use of federal data, research, and evaluations in making policy, following on recommendations from the bipartisan Commission for Evidence-Based Policymaking.
School & District Management
Principal-Training Secrets Shared by the World's Top School Systems
The school systems that perform the best on international tests have something in common: they take a systemic approach to recruiting, training, and deploying school leaders, according to a new report.
School & District Management
Closures, Charters Drove Newark School Improvements in Reading
Seven years after a massive infusion of cash to reform Newark, N.J., schools, students have grown in reading achievement. But much of that growth came from shifting student enrollment, not improving schools overall, a new study suggests.
School & District Management
Are Educators Less Racist Than the Rest of Us?
Teachers are less likely than noneducators to believe the achievement gap between black and white students is caused by black students' "lack of motivation," but they may still think of Asian students as "model minorities."