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Remote instruction had no effect on middle or high-school enrollment

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d

Before the 2020-21 school year, educators, policymakers, and parents confronted the stark and uncertain trade-offs implied by the health, educational, and economic consequences of offering instruction remotely, in person, or through a hybrid of the two. Most public schools in the U.S. chose remote-only instruction and enrollment fell dramatically (i.e., a loss of roughly 1.1 million K-12 students

Student–teacher race and ethnicity matches = fewer unexcused absences for Latinx students

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d

Teachers of color increase school success for students of color. Yet, little attention has been paid to whether school attendance behaviors also increase from same race and ethnicity matches. To address this, this study used administrative data provided by a California high school district for the school years 2014 to 2018 to explore student absenteeism at the date and class period levels. Using

Black students disproportionately disciplined with suspensions and detentions in elementary school

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 8d

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that among elementary school-aged children, Black children and multiracial children who were at least partly Black, are at a much higher risk of receiving detention or suspension in school even when accounting for typical predictors of school discipline. “Disciplinary practic

Younger children in a school class at greater risk of long-term negative outcomes like low educational achievement and substance misuse

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 8d

Peer-Reviewed Publication New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute and Orebro University, has found that ‘young relative age’ – being young in a school class – puts a child at a long-term disadvantage compared to their older peers. Researchers are now calling for greater flexibility ab

Study provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 8d

MIT team looks at classroom configurations and offers modifications to enhance safety during Covid-19 pandemic. Peer-Reviewed Publication Open windows and a good heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system are starting points for keeping classrooms safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. But they are not the last word, according to a new study from researchers at MIT. The study shows how

Status, Growth, and Perceptions of School Quality

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d

States and districts are increasingly incorporating measures of achievement growth into their school accountability systems, but there is little research on how these changes affect the public’s perceptions of school quality. The authors of this study conducted a nationally representative online survey experiment to identify the effects of providing participants with information about their local

Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 12d

Books shape how children learn about society and social norms, in part through the representation of different characters. To better understand the messages children encounter in books, this study introduces new artificial intelligence methods for systematically converting images into data. The authors apply these image tools, along with established text analysis methods, to measure the represent

Privacy and security perceptions of online education proctoring services

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 15d

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions have had to quickly transition to remote learning and exam taking. This has led to an increase in the use of online proctoring services to curb student cheating, including restricted browser modes, video/screen monitoring, local network traffic analysis and eye tracking. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers led by Adam Aviv , an

Education Research - Latest Reports

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 15d

Framework-aligned science instruction early improves science skills in later elementary grades This study investigated if student placement in a primary grade 1–3 classroom with a teacher who had been trained in a U.S. science Framework-aligned [National Research Council. (2012). *A framework for K-12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts and core ideas*. The National Academies Pres

Framework-aligned science instruction early improves science skills in later elementary grades

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d

This study investigated if student placement in a primary grade 1–3 classroom with a teacher who had been trained in a U.S. science Framework-aligned [National Research Council. (2012). A framework for K-12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts and core ideas . The National Academies Press] professional development science approach impacted student science achievement as measured in

Positive effects of the Classroom Strategies Coaching Model in 14 high-poverty urban elementary schools

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d

Job-embedded professional development is needed to effectively and efficiently enhance teachers' use of evidence-based practices in high-poverty urban communities. This study employed a three-cohort, waitlist controlled, randomized block design to investigate the effectiveness of the Classroom Strategies Coaching Model (CSC) in 14 high-poverty urban elementary schools. The CSC Model is guided by

Most Positive Effects in First Year of Literacy Program Pairs One-on-One Tutoring with Family Engagement

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d

This report presents the results of a two-year randomized control trial evaluation of the SPARK foundational literacy program. SPARK is an early grade literacy program developed by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee that pairs one-on-one tutoring with parent engagement. In 2010, SPARK was awarded an Investing in Innovation (i3) U.S. Department of Education grant to test its impact in seven l

Reading Interventions for Students with Reading and Behavioral Difficulties

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d

This meta-analysis systematically identified reading intervention research for students with reading difficulties and problem behaviors in grades K–12 to determine the (a) impact of these reading interventions on reading outcomes and (b) extent to which reading outcomes varied based on student characteristics (e.g., grade, disability), intervention characteristics (e.g., group size, additional be

New Report on Further Education after Earning a Bachelor’s Degree

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d

Twenty-three percent of 2015 – 16 bachelor’s degree earners enrolled in more education the next year. These students were nearly evenly split between those who had received a Pell Grant for their college degree and those who did not. A new National Center for Education Statistics Data Point, One Year Later: Relationship Between 2015 – 16 Bachelor’s Degree Recipient Enrollment in Further Education

Using a Survey of Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate to Inform Decisionmaking

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 17d

A new study from REL Mid-Atlantic explores how one district could use data on social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies and school experiences to better support students and schools. These competencies—such as how well students persevere, manage their thoughts and emotions, and understand what others think and feel—are related to many important life outcomes and can be shaped through educa

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