Rural and small-town high school students' interests shifted away from STEM fieldsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
Using the nationally representative High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), this study documents that rural and small-town students were significantly less likely to enroll in postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree programs, compared with their suburban peers. This study also shows that schools attended by rural and small-town students offered limi
WIDA Framework for Equitable Instruction for Multilingual Studentsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
This article explores 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 Fr
Classrooms with more Black and Latinx students receive lower quality of teachingby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
In a new study, researchers find that classes taught by the same teacher receive a lower quality of teaching when they comprise higher percentages of Black and Latinx students. “Previous research has revealed different forms of racial inequality within the U.S. schooling system, including that youth of color tend to be taught by less experienced and credentialed teachers, but virtually no work ha
False and Misleading Information About Critical Race Theoryby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d
The Manhattan Institute recently released a report that manufactures a case against Critical Race Theory (CRT), building on a foundation of right-wing talking points. Professor Kevin D. Brown, the Richard S. Melvin Professor of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, reviewed How to Regulate Critical Race Theory in Schools: A Primer and Model Legislation , examining several of the ways that the
New Data on Enrollment, Finance, Employees, and Academic Libraries: Postsecondary Institutionsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d
The percent of revenues that postsecondary institutions received from tuition and fees in 2020-21 varied greatly depending on the type of institution. According to new data released today by the National Center for Education Statistics, public 4-year institutions and administrative offices received about 20 percent of their revenues from tuition and fees in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, compared with ju
International Comparisons of Adult Literacy and Numeracyby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 7d
A new NCES Data Point report, Skills Over Time , summarizes how the literacy skills of adults in the United States, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, and New Zealand have changed between 1994-98, 2003-08, and 2012-17, and how numeracy skills in these countries have changed between 2003-08 and 2012-17. Key findings include the following: Average literacy scores for U.S. adults decl
Misleading Report Obscures School Safety Issuesby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
A recent Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) report suggests a relationship between school suspension rates and some students’ perceptions of safety in Milwaukee schools. Its conclusion—which was examined in a new review—claims a causal chain that begins with unpunished misconduct in schools and ends with disruptive classroom environments that harm primarily African American students. Ka
Principal Retention Patternsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
The departure of an effective school leader can influence staff turnover and student achievement for several years. REL West undertook this study to help leaders in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah better understand principal retention patterns in their state. The study found that— Fewer than half of the principals in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah remained at the same school from fall 2016 to fall 2020. Pri
School Discipline and Racial Disparities in Early Adulthoodby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
Despite interest in the contributions of school discipline to the creation of racial inequality, previous research has been unable to identify how students who receive suspensions in school differ from unsuspended classmates on key young adult outcomes. This study utilizes novel data to document the links between high school discipline and important young adult outcomes related to criminal justic
Gifted & Talented education is a quantitatively small contributor to racial segregation in US elementary schoolsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
Racial segregation can occur across educational programs or classrooms within a given school, and there has been particular concern that gifted & talented programs may reduce integration within schools. This paper evaluates the contribution of gifted & talented education to racial segregation using data on the presence and racial composition of gifted & talented programs at virtually all US eleme
