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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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.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 Are Schools Today Better Prepared for Disaster?
Two new studies suggest states and schools still have a long way to go to protect children in the event of a wide-scale disaster.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 30, 2010
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School & District Management New Orleans: 'Relevant' Research in Action
As education watchers reflect on the fifth anniversary of the hurricanes that devastated Gulf Coast schools, they may find a few lessons in how to make all research more relevant to schools.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 25, 2010
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School & District Management A Keyhole Look at Rural Student Mobility
A new five-state study suggests student mobility rates in rural areas can rival those of urban centers, with all the attendant stress on students and school systems.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 23, 2010
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School & District Management Incoming Dean Ponders the Research-Teacher Intersection
Top education research author Michael Feuer ponders the role of research in teaching and teacher education. Meanwhile, Wisconsin sociologist Robert Hauser steps in to lead National Academies' education division.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 20, 2010
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School & District Management Autopsy of a Turnaround District
An evaluation takes a sober, second look at the comprehensive, and controversial, school reforms San Diego tried out earlier this decade.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 19, 2010
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Education "Inside School Research" Changes Hands
Debra Viadero joins the editing ranks and Sarah D. Sparks takes over.
Debra Viadero, August 19, 2010
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Education Studies Show Why Students Study is as Important as What
A British review of 100 studies suggests reasons why the current emphasis in the U.S. on boosting student achievement could backfire.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 16, 2010
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Education Inside School Research is Taking a Short Break
Readers,
Inside School Research is taking a break for two weeks and leaving behind all those dusty academic journals, regression equations, and randomized controlled trials. See you on Aug. 16!
Debra Viadero, July 30, 2010
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School & District Management Study: Could State Exams Replace the SAT?
A new study explores whether a state exam in Arizona could be a useful way to predict which students will succeed in college.
Debra Viadero, July 29, 2010
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School & District Management What's a Good Teacher Worth? Try $320,000, Says New Study
A New York Times article on a study examining the long-term benefits of good teaching in the early grades is stirring up the blogosphere.
Debra Viadero, July 28, 2010
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School & District Management AIR, Learning Point Associates Unveil Merger Plans
Two of the education field's better-known research organizations announced plans today to join forces.
Debra Viadero, July 27, 2010
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Education A Heads Up on Some New Studies on Teaching
The Teacher Beat blog has the down-low on two new studies---one compares seniority-vs.-value-added methods for laying off teachers and another looks at the teaching assignments of Teach for America recruits.
Debra Viadero, July 27, 2010
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School Choice & Charters Making Sense of the Research on Charter Schools
A Mathematica researcher suggests that some findings on charter schools are starting to converge.
Debra Viadero, July 26, 2010
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Education Harlem Children's Zone Responds to the Brookings Study
Geoffrey Canada, the driving force behind the Harlem Children's Zone, responds to an analysis that characterized the zone's Promise Academy school as "middling" compared to other NYC charters.
Debra Viadero, July 23, 2010
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