How States and Districts Used Title II, Part A Fundsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
A new report finds that districts most often used key federal funds for improving educator quality to provide professional development. Other common uses included reducing class sizes and recruiting and retaining effective teachers and principals. Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides over $2 billion per year in funding to states and districts to support e
New Digest of Education Statisticsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
Today , NCES released the Digest of Education Statistics , a comprehensive statistical reference for all levels of education in the United States. Topics include educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. The Digest also includes data on the number of schools, colleges, teachers, students, and graduates. Key findings include the follow
Text-Message-Based Advising Did Not Help Students Transition to Collegeby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
A new IES report finds that texting high school seniors both messages customized to their college and interactive advice did not improve their college enrollment or persistence. The report , Study of College Transition Messaging in GEAR UP: Impacts on Enrolling and Staying in College, presents results from an evaluation with about 4,800 college-intending seniors in high-need high schools particip
Stress was leading reason teachers quit before pandemic, and COVID has made matters worseby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
PRINT E-MAIL Stress was the most common reason teachers cited for leaving the profession before and during the pandemic, according to a RAND Corporation survey of nearly 1,000 former public-school teachers. Three of four former teachers said work was often or always stressful in the most recent year in which they taught in a public school. In fact, teachers cited stress nearly twice as often as i
Focus on the positive to improve classroom behaviorby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior. However, new research from the University of Missouri found that offering students more positive encouragement not only reduces disruptive classroom behavior, but can improve students' academic and social outcomes. "As educators, we often focus on communicatin
For students of color, online racism leads to real-world mental health challengesby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
Whether it's a "Zoombomb" filled with racial slurs, a racist meme that pops up in a Facebook timeline, or a hate-filled comment on an Instagram post, social media has the power to bring out the worst of the worst. For college students of color who encounter online racism, the effect of racialized aggressions and assaults reaches far beyond any single social media feed and can lead to real and sig
Charter Schools’ Effectivenessby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d
This paper reviews the research on the impacts of charter school attendance on students’ academic and other outcomes, the mechanisms behind those effects, and the influence of charter schools on nearby traditional public schools, almost three decades after the first charter school was establis
