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Inside School Research

The Inside School Research blog covered education research behind big policy debates and daily classroom concerns. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.

School & District Management How Do You Align Research to Classroom Needs? Ask Teachers.
In its latest effort to make make education research more relevant to the classroom, the Institute of Education Sciences is working with the Jefferson Education Exchange to bring teachers to the table.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 12, 2018
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Education How People Learn: A Landmark Report Gets an Update
In an increasingly interconnected world, a new national report summarizes what decades of research tell us about how students' culture and connections shape how they learn.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 8, 2018
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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.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 4, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Control, Predictability Can Help Counter Students' Trauma, Research Finds
At the International Mind-Brain Education Conference, cognitive researcher Sarah Watamura argues for a new approach to educating students who have experienced trauma.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 1, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Leveraging 'Open Windows' and 'Doulas' to Boost Education Outcomes for Young Families
While young teen parents are on the decline, a new study finds more educational supports are needed for older teenagers and young adults with children.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 26, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Here Are 3 Good-News Statistics on Children's Well-Being
The latest annual report of federal data on child health and well-being finds some positive signs for U.S. children.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 24, 2018
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School & District Management Adolescents' Views on Gender Equity May Be a Moving Target, Survey Finds
Adolescents show mixed opinions over gender equality in recent survey.
Sasha Jones, September 21, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Is It Better for Young Children to 'Be' or 'Do'?
If you want young children to stick to a tough task, framing it as a positive part of their identity may motivate them at first, but may backfire when they run into challenges.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 20, 2018
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School & District Management Time Lost to Suspensions Adds Up Fast for California Students
Even short suspensions can add up to big losses of instruction, particularly for students of color and special education students, according to researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 18, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Walter Mischel, 'Marshmallow Test' Researcher, Dies
Mischel's landmark research on self-control helped shape the modern school approach to social-emotional learning and student motivation.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 17, 2018
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School & District Management Do More U.S. Students Attend College Than Global Peers? It Depends on the State
The latest Education at a Glance report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development finds that 48 percent of young U.S. adults had completed a higher degree in 2017. That's about the global average, but individual states fell far ahead or behind the curve.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 11, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Can Buddy Reading With a Bot Help Struggling Students?
A new study in the journal Science Robotics suggests social robots can join the ranks of successful study buddies.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 23, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement The Secret to a More Active Recess? Get the Adults Involved, Research Says
Extending recess may encourage students to be more physically active throughout the period, a new study finds.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 21, 2018
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School & District Management Which Teachers Are Most Likely to Leave School Mid-Year?
By the end of their third year, little more than 1 in 3 novice educators are still teaching in the school where they started, and a new study finds a quarter of those don't even wait for the end of the school year to leave.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 17, 2018
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