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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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.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 Guiding Education Businesses Through the Research Wringer
A new research partnership to evaluate K-12 education technology companies has chosen its first product to study.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 29, 2015
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School & District Management One Way Recessions Actually Help Districts: Great Teachers Seeking Jobs
The hiring pool improved for schools when the recession squeezed teachers, study finds.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 27, 2015
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School & District Management Cutting Class Days May Not Cut Costs
And in some districts, shorter school weeks hurt the bottom line.
Jackie Mader, July 27, 2015
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School & District Management Student Privacy Bill Could Focus School-Research Partnerships
A new FERPA bill could boost interest in research partnerships, but narrow their focus.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 23, 2015
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School & District Management New Journal to Explore Connections Between Educators and Neuroscientists
Teachers and cognitive neuroscientists may both work with the brain, but they rarely speak the same language.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 22, 2015
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Teaching Are Oldest Kids Smarter? Are Younger Siblings More Outgoing?
Significant differences don't always equal meaningful differences, when it comes to birth order.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 17, 2015
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School & District Management Race to the Top Provided Strong Lever for Obama Education Agenda
Education watchers can argue over whether President Obama's signature education competition improved education, but as a policy lever, a new study finds that it had a big impact.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 14, 2015
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Federal Far Fewer Students 'Afraid' at School, Federal Data Show
With bullying, attacks, and victimization at school down, a federal study finds the percentage of students "afraid" at school is a quarter of the rate nearly 20 years ago.
Evie Blad, July 13, 2015
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Federal Feds Look to Ease Burden for Civil Rights Reporting
The National Center on Education Statistics is preparing to roll out new civil rights data.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 12, 2015
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Federal Ruth Neild Tapped to Lead Institute of Education Sciences
After nearly a year's search, the Institute of Education Sciences has found a new chief researcher close to home.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 8, 2015
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School & District Management Why Are Boys Getting Prescribed So Many Antipsychotic Drugs?
Researchers from the National Institutes of Mental Health find stark sex differences and gaps in mental health diagnoses in the prescription of antipsychotic drugs, even for very young children.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 2, 2015
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School & District Management From Motivation to Math Partnerships: Feds Award $175 Million for Ed. Research
The U.S. Education Department's research agency announced waves of new grants and research partnerships.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 1, 2015
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Student Well-Being & Movement Survey Suggests Social and Emotional Learning Has Staked a Claim in Schools
The results of a new Education Week Research Center survey suggest that social and emotional learning has staked a claim in schools but that challenges remain.
Holly Kurtz, June 30, 2015
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School & District Management Classroom Lessons Help Stressed-Out Students Cope, Study Finds
A Massachusetts-based program has taken aim at curbing high stress levels among millennials and is having some early success, according to researchers.
Jacob Bell, June 25, 2015
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