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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.
Education
Changing Teens' Mindsets on Social Aggression
A new study suggests helping teenagers understand how people change in different situations can reduce their own hostility.
Education
Charters Struggle With Staffing Like Traditional Schools, Study Finds
Charters struggle as much as traditional public schools to keep their best teachers and get rid of ineffective ones.
Education
Neurodiversity: Researchers Seek Strengths in Student Differences
Thomas Armstrong, executive director of American Institute for Learning and Human Development, will discuss neurodiversity in a Web chat at 4 p.m.
Education
12 Researchers Elected to National Academy of Education
The National Academy of Education announced a dozen education researchers will join its ranks.
Education
Center Studies Education Barriers for World's Most Vulnerable Children
Mathematica Policy Research has launched a new center to study education in the most challenging communities internationally.
Education
Social Skills Lessons Boost Special Needs Students' Emotional Development, Review Finds
Social skills training can improve social and emotional development for special-needs children, according to a new review by the What Works Clearinghouse.
Education
UPDATE: Senior Mentors, Not Bonuses, Boost College Enrollment, Study Finds
A New Hampshire mentoring program helps high school students make the transition to college.
Education
AERA Releases Brief on Best Practices on Environmental Education
The American Educational Research Association has released an international compendium of research on ways to teach environmental education.
Education
Number Sense, Not Counting Skills, Predicts Math Ability, Says Study
A child's ability to understand and manipulate sets of numbers in 1st grade predicts how well he or she will succeed in the math required both in secondary school and for day-to-day living, according to a study published in the current online edition of the journal PLOS One.
Education
Research-Practice Partnerships Help Districts, W.T. Grant Foundation Finds
Research partnerships are evolving to be more engaging and responsive to districts, according to a new report by the William T. Grant Foundation.
Education
Little Numbers Add Up to Big Differences in High School Math Tests
Students who perform well on tests of college math readiness process simple arithmetic problems differently than do students with lower math scores, a new brain-imaging study finds.
Student Achievement
Inoculations Boost High School Graduation Rates, Study Finds
Mandatory school immunizations can lead not just to better health, but greater likelihood of graduating high school, a new study shows.
Education
How Can School Systems Continue to Improve? IES to Find Out
Top researchers are voicing support for the Institute of Education Sciences' plan to study cycles of school improvement.
Education
Top Education Research of 2012: Brains, Tools, and Texting, Oh, My!
Education researchers often worry that their work never catches the attention of policymakers and educators in the field, but in 2012, research has been in the spotlight—and occasionally on the hot seat.