New Report on Teacher Requirements to Help Students Outside Regular School Hoursby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
One-fifth of principals reported that teachers at their school were required to help students with their academic needs outside regular school hours, and one in 10 reported that teachers were required to help students with their social and emotional needs outside regular school hours in school year 2017-18. A new NCES Data Point, Teacher Requirements to Help Students Outside Regular School Hours
How elementary school principals spend their workweekby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d
A new snapshot finds that elementary school principals in the study spend about 16 hours (more than one-third of their typical 41-hour workweek) providing instructional support to teachers, either directly or indirectly by arranging resources for teachers to use. Key findings include: Principals spent less time providing instructional support to teachers than on other tasks . Although principals
“Framework for Equitable Instruction” supports multilingual students’ content-area learning and language development.by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
This article e xplores the development of a guidance document titled the “Framework for Equitable Instruction” (Framework), which aims to support multilingual students’ content-area learning and language development. The Framework was developed by WIDA, a national consortium of states, as part of its system of language standards, assessments, and professional learning. The article discusses the F
Amending Minnesota's constitution to include strong language regarding a legislative duty to fund schools?by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
The Effect of Constitutional Provisions on Education Policy and Outcomes , a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, examines the potential effects of amending education clauses contained in states’ constitutions. Bruce D. Baker of Rutgers University reviewed the report and found its conclusions to be overly simplistic, despite using excessively complex analyses to make its ca
Job-related stress threatens the teacher supply - RAND surveyby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d
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 / 17d
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 / 18d
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
