THIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT
Latest trends show decrease in school-aged bullying and fighting
New research from the American Journal of Public Health finds a decrease in bullying and physical fighting among middle and high school students. However, the prevalence of carrying weapons increased among white students.Using survey data from the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study, researchers analyzed trends in bullying, physical fighting and carrying of weapons among sixth- through 1
Moderators of Middle School Transition Effects on Academic Achievement
The academic impact of the transition from elementary to middle school has significant consequences for many early adolescents. This study examines academic growth across the transition, as well as sociodemographic moderators. Rather than defining the transition effect as a decline in student achievement between fifth and sixth grade, these data demonstrate the transition effect as an interruption
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Banning Chocolate Milk in School Cafeterias Decreases Sales and Increases Waste
Click to view larger image and download! Free for non-commercial useFor many children eating school lunch, chocolate milk is a favorite choice. What would happen if chocolate milk were banned from school cafeterias? “Students take 10% less milk, waste 29% more and may even stop eating school meals,” says Andrew Hanks, PhD.In a recent article published in PLOS ONE, researchers for the Cornell Ce
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Federal School Improvement Grants at High-ELL Schools
Federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) support turnaround efforts in the nation’s lowest-performing schools, including many that serve a large number of English Language Learner Students (ELLs). This evaluation brief examines 11 high-ELL SIG schools’ capacity and efforts to address the unique needs of ELLs.Key findings include:- Although all 11 schools provided specialized supports for ELL studen
The true extent of poor pupil behavior in schools in England is seriously underestimated,
Research by Prof Haydn of the University of East Anglia questions the positive picture of behaviour presented by the government. He says recent Department for Education and Ofsted reports suggesting it is at least satisfactory in 99.7% of English schools and good or outstanding in 92% of schools are misleading. He warns that even the acknowledgement last year by Her Majesty’s chief inspector of
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Students enrolled in NC Pre-K show significant gains across all areas of learning
Scientists from UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute have released their new study of NC Pre-K, the state’s program to prepare four-year-olds for success in kindergarten. According to FPG’s report, students enrolled in NC Pre-K show significant gains across all areas of learning. “Children are progressing at an even greater rate during their participation in NC Pre-K than expec
Integrated Student Supports and Equity: What’s Not Being Discussed?
Connecting school, home, and community resources is essential to the well-beingof children and youth and to enhancing equity of opportunity for them to succeedat school and beyond. With this in mind, many initiatives and policy reports havefocused on addressing the widespread fragmentation of supports for families andtheir children. Considerable policy emphasis has centered on the notion ofintegra
What students and families pay out-of-pocket to attend college
Out-of-pocket net price for college increased over time despite an increase in grant and loan aid over the same period (1999-2000 to 2011-12). This publication briefly presents trends in out-of-pocket net price for college, the amount that students and their families must pay to attend college after subtracting grants, loans, work-study, and all other student aid from the total price of attendance
Co-location Report omits statistical details and background research
A recent report argues that co-locating charter schools with traditional public schools doesn’t harm the achievement of the traditional public school students. But the report leaves out the necessary documentation by which its conclusions could be reasonably assessed, a new review released today explains.Professor Tina Trujillo of the University of California-Berkeley School of Education, along wi
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College Dropout Rates Decrease as Student Readiness Increases
Student Aspirations, College Selectivity, and Parent Education Level All Linked to Persisting in CollegeA new ACT research report shows a clear link between student academic readiness and college dropout and transfer rates. The findings suggest students at the greatest risk of dropping out are those who earn lower ACT® college readiness assessment scores, particularly those with less educated pare
Report on teacher value-added impact improperly ignores information contradicting its findings
A highly influential but non-peer-reviewed report on teacher impact suffers from a series of errors in methodology and calculations, according to a new review published today.Professor Moshe Adler reviewed two recent reports released in September 2013 as National Bureau of Economic Research working papers. Dr. Adler’s review for the Think Twice think tank review project is published today by the N