K-12 Education

James, 10, calls for a tutor at South Los Angeles Learning Center in Los Angeles, California March 16, 2011. The center is run by School on Wheels, which uses volunteers to tutor homeless children in shelters, parks, motels, and two centers. There has been a surge in the number of homeless children in Los Angeles in the last five years, due to persistent unemployment and mounting foreclosures. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)

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Low parent interest in COVID-recovery interventions should worry educators and policymakers alike

Dan Silver, Anna Saavedra, and Morgan Polikoff

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

A Newark Prep Charter School student listens to math teacher Faiza Sheikh, give a lesson at the school in Newark, New Jersey April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION)

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It matters now more than ever: What new developments say about Teacher Diversity and Student Success

Michael Hansen, Constance A. Lindsay, and Seth Gershenson

Monday, August 1, 2022

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To meet the changing needs of small school districts, superintendents harness community school strategies

Reuben Jacobson

Monday, July 18, 2022

Students arrive at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton, Kansas, January 18, 2013. Students at the school do farm chores at the beginning of each school day. The Walton Rural Life Center - a kindergarten through fourth grade charter school in rural Kansas - uses agriculture to teach students about math, science, economics. REUTERS/Jeff Tuttle (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION AGRICULTURE SOCIETY)

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What is the status of educational opportunity in rural America?

Jessica Drescher and Gabrielle Torrance

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Reports

Report

2 years after the National Education Policy passage: What are social media users in India saying?

Lauren Ziegler, Ruchika Bhatia, and Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, July 11, 2022

Students in Brazil review their social media.

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Adolescent isolation, ideology, and the missing voice of parents: A social listening analysis of Brazilian education

Lauren Ziegler, Thaís Schwarzberg Milanello, Rebecca Winthrop, and Claire Sukumar

Monday, May 23, 2022

Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin

Report

Exploring the state of computer science education amid rapid policy expansion

Michael Hansen and Nicolas Zerbino

Monday, April 11, 2022

Young businesswoman using smart phone ,Social, media, Marketing concept

Report

School supplies, critical race theory, and virtual prom: A social listening analysis on US education

Lauren Ziegler and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Young Colombian girl writing at a school desk.

Report

Lessons for the design of fiscal transfers to improve student learning and reduce learning gaps

Emiliana Vegas

Friday, March 18, 2022

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: A person holds up a flag during rally to protest the Trump administration's reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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Reactions to the Biden administration’s proposed Title IX changes from education law scholars

Suzanne Eckes, R. Shep Melnick, and Kimberly J. Robinson

Thursday, June 30, 2022

A school crossing guard holds a bus as a woman and child cross the street towards Public school 7 Louis F. Simeone in the Queens borough of New York, NY, December 8, 2020. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that public pre-K and elementary schools can return to in-person learning on Dec. 7., while middle and high schools remain closed; Schools were closed on Nov. 18 when the city surpassed the 3% infection rate threshold set by the Mayor de Blasio. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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Can school buses improve access for students without driving down academic outcomes?

Sarah A. Cordes, Christopher Rick, and Amy Ellen Schwartz

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Lakesha Johnson, a homeless health care aide, embraces her 11-year-old daughter, Aja, in Philadelphia

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Improving how we identify and support students experiencing homelessness

Tasminda K. Dhaliwal and Soledad De Gregorio

Thursday, June 16, 2022

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Computer science education builds skills for life

Michael Hansen, Emiliana Vegas, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 19, 2021

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Monday, October 25, 2021

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Education meets the metaverse: The promise and the worry

From COVID-19 to culture wars: The growing hostility of education politics

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