Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Education Research Report Today

Education Research Report


Education Research Report Today


Declining Enrollment in Teacher Preparation Programs

Complete report The state of the teaching profession is an urgent topic for policymakers and the public, especially against the backdrop of increased teacher strikes and walkouts across the country in the past two years. 1 Teacher salaries are far too low, which has led many teachers to work second jobs or qualify for public assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra
International Comparisons of U.S. 15-year-old Performance in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy

This web report provides key comparative information about 15-year-old students in the United States and 77 other education systems that participated in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018. PISA is sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and focuses on students’ ability to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned, both in and
Complete report Researchers at the Institute of Education at University College London have conducted a study that look...

Complete report Researchers at the Institute of Education at University College London have conducted a study that looks at whether there are any educational advantages to attending private schools in the upper secondary years (Years 12 and 13/Grades 11 and 12). Published in the Oxford Review of Education, the study used data from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies' Next Steps cohort study and l
Review included studies that evaluate the effects of linguistic comprehension interventions on generalized language and reading outcomes

Complete report The linguistic comprehension programs included in this review display a small positive immediate effect on generalized outcomes of linguistic comprehension. The effect of the programs on generalized measures of reading comprehension is negligible. Few studies report follow‐up assessment of their participants. 1.2 What is this review about? Children who begin school with proficient
Tools of the Mind: Marked benefits to kindergarten children and their teachers

Complete report The kindergarten program, Tools of the Mind ( Tools ), has been shown to improve executive functions (as assessed by laboratory measures) and academic performance. The objective here was to see if Tools can improve executive functions in the real world (in the classroom), academic outcomes not previously investigated, reduce bullying and peer ostracism, and increase teachers’ and


Slight hearing loss may affect kids' behavior, school performance

Children with slight hearing loss may do a little less well in school and may be a bit more likely to develop behavior problems, a new study suggests. SOURCE: bit.ly/34E1fv5 and bit.ly/34E6ieZ JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck 
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