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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.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
AERA Virtual Conference Off: 'The Situation Changed in Ways Unimaginable'
The nation's largest education research association calls off a virtual meeting that was intended to take the place of its long-running in-person conference.
Student Well-Being
New Warnings on Screen Time, as Students Nationwide Move to E-Learning
As millions of students nationwide start to settle into virtual learning programs to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a massive new research analysis sounds another note of caution about the effects of exposing significantly more screen time.
Education
How Does Coronavirus Affect Children? Here Are the Latest Findings
Children are less likely than adults to suffer severe symptoms from the new coronavirus, but it still affects them, according to the latest findings from Chinese researchers.
Student Well-Being
Maintaining Ties When School Closes Is Critical to Preventing Dropouts
Students who were chronically absent or at risk of dropping out before the coronavirus outbreak are even more at risk now that schools are closed, experts say.
Student Well-Being
Long School Closures Could Cost U.S. Billions, Cut Health-Care Capacity
If school closures extend a month or spread nationwide, it could cost the U.S. economy some $50 billion, says a new study by a pair of economists.
School & District Management
AERA Cancels In-Person Conference Due to Coronavirus. The Event Will Be Held Virtually
The world's largest education research group said it will work to convert much of the annual meeting into a virtual experience for attendees and presenters.
Student Well-Being
Bored, Stressed, Tired: Unpacking Teenagers' Emotions About High School
At first glance, it could seem that teenagers just really, really hate high school. But Yale researchers found deeper student engagement issues.
School & District Management
In Many Districts, a Child's Academic Trajectory Is Set by 3rd Grade
The likelihood that a low-performing 3rd-grader will grow to an academically solid 10th-grader, or graduate from high school at all, is tightly tied to where the child grows up.
Federal
Advocates Concerned Trump Plan Will Slash Ed. Research, Unmoor Nation's Report Card and Statistics Center
The White House's fiscal 2020 budget proposes changes to the center that administers the Nation's Report Card, along with cuts to federal education research in several agencies.
Science
Storytime, Meet Number Play: Early Math in the Home Matters for Later Skills
Preschool-age children who frequently play number-related games at home show better math skills and growth by the end of kindergarten, finds a new study in the journal Child Development.
Student Well-Being
Children as Young as 9 and 10 Think About Killing Themselves. Adults Around Them Have No Clue.
Many times when younger children consider suicide, the adults around them have no idea. Three common misconceptions may help explain why.
School & District Management
Brain Scans in the Classroom? Project Trains Teachers to Do Hands-On Research
In an unusual research-practice partnership, teachers learn to monitor students' brain activity in school as they learn to read, to help researchers identify potential signs of progress.
Education
Among Black and White Young Adults, High School Completions Are on Par, Study Finds
For the first time in 40 years, the percentage of black 18- to 24-year-olds with a high school credential was nearly the same as that of white 18- to 24-year-olds, according to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
School & District Management
Hindsight Improves the Picture for Obama-Era School Improvement Program
A decade after the Education Department launched its $7 billion school improvement grants and four years after Congress killed the program, the most comprehensive longitudinal study to date paints the much-maligned program in a potentially better light.