The effects of air pollution on students’ cognitive performanceby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
A new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists looks at the causal relationship between outdoor air pollution levels on nationwide university entry examination day and students’ cognitive performance in Brazil. In “ The Effects of Air Pollution on Students’ Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Brazilian University Entrance Tests ,” authors Juliana
Black students more likely than white students to be suspended for minor infractions, harming later academic achievement•by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
Black students are often subject to harsher discipline at school than white students, and those punishments can damage students’ perceptions of their school and negatively impact their academic success years later, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. In the study, published in the journal American Psychologist , researchers analyzed three years of school rec
Reviews of Three Interventions that Help Prepare High School Students for Collegeby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
Not all education research is equal—the WWC identifies well-designed studies, trustworthy research, and meaningful findings to inform decisions and improve student outcomes. This month, we are highlighting four new reviews of studies on postsecondary education, adding to over 10,000 existing citations about what works in education. The WWC recently reviewed three studies of interventions that hel
Students Attending School Remotely Suffer Socially, Emotionally, and Academicallyby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
What is the social, emotional, and academic impact of attending school remotely rather than in person? This study addresses this issue using survey data collected from N = 6,576 high school students in a large, diverse school district that allowed families to choose either format in fall 2020. Controlling for baseline measures of well-being collected 1 month before the onset of the COVID-19 pande
Flexible or Rigid? Exploring Preservice Teachers’ Classroom Preferencesby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
Understanding preservice teachers’ (PSTs) classroom preferences offers the potential to inform school hiring and reduce early career turnover. This large-scale qualitative study ( n = 2,798) explores rich PST responses to the open-ended survey item: “Describe a classroom setting in which you would enjoy teaching.” Results indicate three categories of characteristics (classroom setting, pedagogica
Collective Bargaining Agreements and Achievement Gapsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
Using panel data from three successive collective bargaining (CBA) negotiation cycles from 277 California school districts in a difference-in-differences framework, this study investigates the relationship between changes in CBA restrictiveness and racial and economic achievement gaps over time, findung that achievement gaps in California are smaller where contracts increase in restrictiveness in
Achievement Gaps Between Monolingual and Multilingual Studentsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
This study represents an extension of the findings of Kieffer and Thompson (2018) and evaluates potential correlates of state- and district-level achievement gaps in reading and mathematics between monolingual and multilingual students. Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, this study reported that there were substantial achievement gaps that were narrowing over time at
1 in 3 kids with food allergies say they’ve been bullied because of their conditionby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
Peer-Reviewed Publication Living with a food allergy can greatly impact a child’s everyday life – from limiting participation in social activities to being treated differently by peers. While previous research indicates many kids experience food allergy-related bullying, a new study in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology found that offering kids with food allergies a multi-question assessment giv
Student Access to, and Interest in, Computer Scienceby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d
Computer science skills are among the most sought-after in the U.S. job market. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment in computer and IT-related jobs will grow 11% between 2019 and 2029, much faster than overall job growth in the country. The undersupply of computer science skills is a reflection of the "opportunity gap" in the U.S. economy. Many students -- especially thos
Charitable Giving Responses to Education Budgetsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d
Do changes in government spending affect voluntary contributions to those recipients? This study examines how changes in K-12 education budgets impact donations to teachers using data from DonorsChoose.org , an online crowdfunding platform for public school teachers to raise money for their classrooms. Using a district-year panel and instruments to address the endogeneity of budgets,the authors f
Morality demonstrated in stories can alter judgement for early adolescentsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 7d
Peer-Reviewed Publication An important lesson in the moral education of children could be as close as the book in their hands. Stories matter. And they can play a role in shifting the importance of particular moral values in young
