Leadership Research
School & District Management
If at First Your Study Succeeds, Try, Try Again, Education Research Agency Says
With more districts and states seeking strong research on which to base school improvement, the Institute of Education Sciences is pushing for more studies to confirm intervention findings.
School & District Management
Education Department Clarifies ESSA Rules on School Improvement Evidence
The U.S. Education Department hopes to get more states, districts, and researchers thinking about evidence use more deeply with new rules to apply standards of research evidence for school improvement and other projects under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Special Education
How Accessible Is Gifted Education in Your State?
All schools will soon have to report advanced achievement for their students. But the percentage of schools that offer programs for advanced students varies a lot from state to state.
School & District Management
Voucher Studies in Louisiana, Indiana Show Problems in Early Years
In two separate evaluations of state voucher programs, students entering private schools had a rough academic transition.
School & District Management
For Education Interventions, a Little 'Nudge' Can Go a Long Way
A new analysis argues that researchers should explore more small-scale interventions that yield a substantial bang for the buck.
School & District Management
HHS Ponders Eliminating Preschool Expulsion Data in National Survey
Research and child advocacy groups have signed onto a letter opposing the change.
Student Well-Being & Movement
AERA: Early Results in California's CORE Districts Give Lessons for ESSA
As states and districts work to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act, six California districts who received federal waivers under the Obama administration are getting the first hints of how more holistic accountability systems might work.
School & District Management
School Closures: What Do They Mean for Students and Communities?
Only 8 percent of all schools closed were replaced with new schools that served the same grades, finds a new Urban Institute study.
School & District Management
Charles Payne and the 'National Secret' of Educational Success
Researchers are focusing on the wrong gaps to improve schools, argues an American Educational Research Association lecturer.
School & District Management
New Database Helps Connect Education Researchers, Schools
The University of Virginia is launching a database to connect researchers and educators.
School & District Management
Nation's Report Card Shows Strengths, Shortfalls for Native American Students
New federal data show differences in Native American students' performance at public and tribal schools.
School & District Management
Steeper Paths From Teacher to Principal for Women, Minorities, Study Says
Men and women teachers take different paths to become school leaders, according to a new study in the American Educational Research Journal.
School & District Management
What i3's Successes (and Failures) Tell Us About Implementing Federal Evidence Standards
A new evaluation of the federal Investing in Innovation program showed it helped new interventions build evidence of effectiveness, but also highlighted how much local education groups need support.
School & District Management
Billions in School Improvement Spending But Not Much Student Improvement
The Institute of Education Sciences released its final evaluation of the School Improvement Grants program, which Congress killed last year.