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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Partnership Explores Role of Student Mental Health in Classroom Management
A little more than half of states require teachers to learn about student mental health and classroom management, and many teachers feel unprepared to support students facing mental health struggles in class, finds new research.
Mathematics
AERA: Credit Recovery May Not Help Students Get Back on Track to Advanced Math
High school students who an Algebra I make-up course online fared worse than those who took the credit recovery course in person, but in the long term neither group became more likely to move on to advanced math courses.
School & District Management
AERA Opens Centennial Meeting With Look at Research's Political Impact
This year's theme, spanning more than 2,500 research sessions, symposia, and roundtables, focuses on "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies."
School & District Management
What Will the New Federal Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Do?
A newly created Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission will look for ways to protect student data while providing better structure to study federal programs.
School & District Management
How Do States Support High School-College Credit Programs?
Funding for dual-enrollment makes a big difference in how effective the programs are, a new study finds.
School & District Management
Teacher Race Linked With Student Discipline Rates in Preliminary Study
Elementary school teachers are less likely to punish students of their own race by removing them from the classroom or the school, a preliminary study finds.
School & District Management
For Sensitive Student Data, Can Congress Balance Researchers', Parents' Concerns?
A House committee hearing this week tackled thorny issues in the next iteration of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
School & District Management
Lessons From i3: California, Georgia Schools Learn From 'Failed' Interventions
Many of the smaller Investing in Innovation grants did not find significant benefits, often from design or implementation problems. But administrators said they still learned a lot from the process.
School & District Management
Reading Recovery Boosts 1st Graders Reading, i3 Study Finds
The final evaluation of Reading Recovery's Investing in Innovation project finds benefits for 1st graders.
Teaching
In What Works Clearinghouse Research, Does High Quality Equal Highly Useful?
A new American Enterprise Institute report argues the federal What Works Clearinghouse should give policymakers different sorts of information to judge curricula.
Professional Development
Professional Development Boosts Student Argument, National Writing Project Finds
A two-year Investing in Innovation project study finds National Writing Project teachers improved their instructional practices, with direct benefits for students' writing.
School & District Management
Obituary
Harold L. 'Bud' Hodgkinson, Renowned Education Demographer, Dies at 85
Harold L. "Bud" Hodgkinson dedicated his life to documenting and analyzing the demographic changes in American schools, and how schools would need to adapt to help a diversifying student population meet its potential.
Science
Girls Likelier to Major in Science Field if High School Had Women STEM Teachers
But girls of color don't seem to get as much of a nudge toward STEM careers as white girls, study finds.
School & District Management
'Deeper Learning' Boosts Grad Rates, but Benefits Less for Students in Poverty
The latest in a series of studies finds students in schools that practice "deeper learning" approaches are more likely to graduate high school and enroll in four-year colleges.