This compilation of research from a panel of 28 scientists demonstrates what parents have always known—the…

More than 7 million students nationwide are considered chronically absent, missing three or more weeks…

The Great Recession that started in late 2007 shook the country’s economy, leading to reductions in…

We’ve heard it scores of times by now: Teachers are the most important school-based factor…

In 2009, the New Teacher Project’s The Widget Effect documented the failure of U.S. public…

In 2008, the Chilean government remade its 27-year-old universal school voucher program to introduce more…

Do students in charter schools achieve at higher levels than their otherwise similar peers attending…

Researchers have been looking at outcomes from early education programs since the 1970s. Some of…

The transition from pre-K to kindergarten can be equally difficult for children and their parents,…

Some four-year colleges extrapolate an applicant’s likelihood to attend the school based on a measure…

As a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michael Little…

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently published a report in response to a…

As states finalize their ESSA accountability plans, they must determine what size of subgroups to…

  How can school systems make principals’ roles more manageable while also ensuring that teachers…

Students using private school vouchers in Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program performed more poorly in mathematics…

“The Widget Effect,” a 2009 report published by TNTP, showed that principals’ subjective ratings of…

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President Barack Obama in December…

Latinos have become the largest minority group in American postsecondary education, a majority of whom attend…

This study examines the impact on student achievement of implementing management training for principals in…

As urban education landscapes grow more complex, families need help making sense of their public…

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce released new research which shows that more…

With the new federal law calling for inclusion of a non-academic metric in state accountability…

A new study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University…

The dynamics of higher education in America today are driving the demand for a new…

Amid concerns about the future of the working class, Georgetown University professor Harry J. Holzer argues…

While animosity remains the norm in many communities, a growing number of districts and charter…

What are the benefits of a diverse teacher workforce? It’s a big question, but a…

Research shows that all students benefit, socially or academically, from more integrated schools, making this…

Teacher retention and mobility are part of a larger state and national conversation about trends…

As the Trump administration proposes eliminating all funding for Title II of the federal education…

Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there…

Limited Means, Limited Options: College Remains Unaffordable for Many Americans asserts that the college affordability problem…

Amid efforts to cut school meal programs and cap Medicaid, the Centers for Disease Control offers…

With the new administration in Washington, school choice is in the news. Secretary of Education…

Congressional attempts in the last few years to allow states to divert their Title I…

Gaps in educational achievement between high- and low-income children are growing. Researchers…

Three major factors contribute to student motivation: rewards and value, academic mindsets, and school-based relationships,…

Improvements in school leadership led to reductions in teacher turnover, as did increasing…

Professor C. Kirabo Jackson finds that using both test-scores and non-test-score measures of…

New Orleans’ publicly funded schools spent 13 percent more a pupil after the post-Katrina…

The task of building better teachers evaluation systems is as difficult as it is important. Many…