From the Field

Research Notes: How Changes to K-12 Teacher Pay Structures Affect Education Graduate Programs

A new study by Taylor Odle of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Patrick Lavallee Delgado of the University of Pennsylvania finds that eliminating higher…

Research Notes: Why Undergraduates (Don’t) Choose to Teach

A study by Sam Sims and Clare Routledge at University College London finds that although college students value jobs with social impact…

Small Schools’ Long-Term Effects on Student Outcomes

For two decades, New York City’s small high schools stood out as one of the nation’s most ambitious — and controversial — urban education reforms. Now…

Research Notes: Two Emerging Strategies for Using AI in Tutoring

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape the K-12 tutoring landscape with promises of serving more students at lower cost.

New Evidence Highlights Potential Long-Term Costs of Grade Inflation

For more than three decades, grades in American schools and colleges have been going up, up, up. A’s are more common. Failure is rarer than it once was.

Research Notes: State-Mandated Retention Alone is Unlikely to Improve Literacy

A new study from Sakib Mahmud of Florida State University finds that compulsory retention of underperforming third-grade students does not, on its own…

Research Notes: Increased Immigration Enforcement Reduces Student Test Scores, Disciplinary Incidences

Immigration enforcement has been a central priority for the Trump Administration. As immigration arrests have surged, both test scores and disciplinary…

Q&A: Jenny Anderson on Student Disengagement and What to Do About It

“The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better” by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop examines why many students are disengaged…