Job-related stress threatens the teacher supply - RAND surveyby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
RAND CORPORATION Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL Nearly one in four teachers may leave their job by the end of the current (2020-'21) school year, compared with one in six who were likely to leave prior to the pandemic, according to a new RAND Corporation survey. Teachers who identified as Black or African American were particularly likely to consider leaving. U.S. public-school teachers surveye
How Reading and Mathematics Performance at Age 15 Relate to Life Outcomes at Age 19by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
Today , IES released a new report, 2012 – 2016 Program for International Student Assessment Young Adult Follow-up Study (PISA YAFS): How reading and mathematics performance at age 15 relate to literacy and numeracy skills and education, workforce, and life outcomes at age 19 . Key findings include: Most 15- and 19-year-olds were middle performers, with 77 percent of U.S. young adults performing i
School choice report: Significant methodological weaknesses and flaws that render the report uselessby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d
A recent brief from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas is being used by voucher advocates to argue that increasing school choice can spur broad test score improvements. However, T. Jameson Brewer of the University of North Georgia and Joel Malin of Miami University reviewed Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher S
Free and nutritious school lunches help create richer and healthier adultsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d
LUND UNIVERSITY Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a major role in economic outcomes among adults. Yet there are few studies on the long-term effects
Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Shows Positive Findings for College Studentsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) recently reviewed the research on Dana Center Mathematics Pathways and its impacts on high school students. The results are summarized in an intervention report released today , June 10, 2021, by IES. DCMP offers multiple math pathways aligned to programs of study, accelerated enrollment in credit-bearing college math courses, integrated student supports, and ma
Study shows how taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skillsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 10d
NIH scientists discover that the resting brain repeatedly replays compressed memories of what was just practiced. In a study of healthy volunteers, NIH researchers discovered that our brains may replay compressed memories of learning new skills when we rest. Above is a map of the memory replay activity observed in the study. Cohen lab, NINDS In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes o
Parental Involvement in U.S Public Schools in 2017-18by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 10d
The National Center for Education Statistics released a new Data Point report today, . This report examines parent and/or guardian involvement in various school-based engagement opportunities, as reported by public primary, middle, and high school principals. Findings include: Principals reported that in the 2016-17 school year, all nine parent engagement opportunities NTPS listed were more ofte
Outcomes for Students Who Focused on Career and Technical Education in High Schoolby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 10d
Education policymakers in Indiana and Minnesota created career and technical education programs to improve high school students’ postsecondary and employment outcomes. This REL Midwest study examined whether high school graduates in each state who completed a large number of career and technical education courses in a single career-oriented program of study (concentrators) had different college a
