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UrduStudy: “Paying for Whose Performance? Teacher Incentive Pay and the Black-White Test Score Gap” Authors: Andrew J. Hill (Montana State University), Daniel B. Jones (University of Pittsburgh) This study was published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Key Finding:…
Tag: K-12
Study snapshot: 21st century tracking and de facto school segregation
Excluding and hoarding access to college prep
Study snapshot: How do weighted funding formulas affect charter school enrollments?
Study: “How Do Weighted Funding Formulas Affect Charter School Enrollments?” Author: Paul Bruno (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) This study was presented today at the American Educational Research Association’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Main Findings: The adoption of a school…
For some Black students, discrimination outweighed integration’s benefits
Economists find Black students in integration completed less schooling
Bringing gene editing into high schools
Toolkit easily incorporates into any laboratory science course
Simulation-based estimation of SARS-CoV-2 infections associated with school closures and community-based interventions
What The Study Did: In this decision analytical modelling study, researchers investigated the association of school reopening or closure with new and cumulative COVID-19 case numbers compared with other community-based interventions. Authors: David Naimark, M.D., M.Sc., of the Sunnybrook Health…
Record GE Gas Power gift honors engineering legend, drives diversity in STEM fields
In an effort to bridge the gap between talent and opportunity, GE Gas Power today announced it is establishing a historic annual scholarship to support underrepresented minorities and women on campus – the largest in the history of Clemson’s College…
New model to help identify risk factors for reading difficulties in children
Featured intervention is a new book program for babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Kumon or Montessori? It may depend on your politics, according to new study of 8,500 parents
HOUSTON – (March 30, 2021) – Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends on political ideology, according to a study of more than 8,500 American parents by a research team from Rice University…
Study: Insights from two reopened schools during the COVID-19 pandemic
Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, teachers, and school administrators have faced difficult questions regarding when and how to safely reopen for in-person learning. During the 2020-2021 fall semester, school districts around the United States navigated their reopening plans…
Teachers can use popular media to address anti-Asian bias, KU research shows
Critical race media literacy effective approach, schools should use to address difficult topics, scholars argue
One in five Colorado high school students has access to firearms
New study looks at gun access among adolescents in Colorado
More exercise, fewer screens: New Australian guidelines for kids in OSHC
Groundbreaking research from the University of South Australia has delivered world-first national-level guidelines to better inform children’s physical activity and screen time in Outside School Hours Care (OSHC). Developed with input from the OSHC sector, the guidelines aim to address…
Mental health support at schools helps male, but not female, students feel safe from bullying
Boarding students may be at increased risk for bullying, stress, depression and anxiety
School closures disproportionately hit disadvantaged students in the US
A study analyzing the distribution of school closures due to COVID concludes that racial minorities, students in need and with already poor academic performance have been more likely engaged in remote schooling since September 2020
Urban ‘escalator’ means disadvantaged rural students miss out on top universities
Bright but disadvantaged students from urban areas are more likely to enter elite UK universities than similar peers from rural communities due to an urban ‘escalator effect’, according to a new study.
Global evidence for how EdTech can support pupils with disabilities is ‘thinly spread’
Report reveals ‘astonishing’ shortage of information about how rapid advances in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income countries
The Rockefeller Foundation grant expands COVID-19 testing to underserved Illinois schools
SHIELD K-12 program will scale-up rapid testing in Illinois K-12 schools to protect students, teachers, and staff from COVID-19 outbreaks
Josephine Carstensen receives prestigious NSF Career Award
Award recognizes outstanding research and education from junior faculty
Professor Christopher Musco receives NSF award for promising young researchers
BROOKLYN, New York, Monday, March 22, 2021 — The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected an NYU Tandon School of Engineering professor who is spearheading a project to democratize big data modeling with novel algorithms to receive one of its most…
The GovLab launches national citizen initiative focusing on problems in US education syst
BROOKLYN, New York, Monday, March 22, 2021 – The Governance lab (The GovLab) at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering will launch a national online citizen engagement initiative as part of ReinventED: Your Education, Your Voice, a campaign to…
COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distancing, contact tracing
Safe, in-person learning focus of CDC collaboration
Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone
Unique, complex information in analog methods likely gives brain more details to trigger memory
UTSA researcher studies key predictors for college retention
(MARCH 17, 2021) – The current outbreak of COVID-19 has raised many questions about the value of consideration of standardized testing through the admissions process. One of the many Coronavirus cancellations included a growing number of universities to waive SAT…
20 years of research on the use of virtual reality in education
An analysis published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning highlights 20 years of research on the use of virtual reality (VR) in K-12 schools and higher education. Investigators examined 149 articles from 2000-2019 from three major academic databases. They…
Low-education voters disregard policy beliefs at the polls, research finds
Voters who support left-wing social welfare programs vote against left-wing candidates
NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER award for promising young researchers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected an NYU Tandon School of Engineering professor who is developing new approaches to training deep learning (DL) artificial intelligence frameworks, to receive its most prestigious award for promising young academics. Anna Choromanska , an…
Internet-access spending improves academic outcomes, according to study of Texas public schools
HOUSTON – (March 15, 2021) – Increased internet-access spending by Texas public schools improved academic performance but also led to more disciplinary problems among students, a study of 9,000 schools conducted by a research team from Rice University, Texas A&M…
Video-led feedback programme reduces behaviour problems in children as young as 12 months
Public health trial suggests that providing tailored support for children who show early signs of challenging behaviour at just one year old could significantly reduce chances of problems worsening
A stronger maths foundation in first grade
* First grade teachers can find out who is on track with math and who is lagging, using an accurate diagnostic test that they can administer in the classroom. * After Covid-19 school reopening, or during catch-up sessions in the…
Research brief: School connectedness as a protective factor for ethnic minority adolescents
Associations between strong predictors of suicidal behaviors over the life course, such as adverse childhood events (ACEs), remain understudied among youth of color. Although not previously considered high risk, suicide attempts among Black youth increased 73% between 1991 and 2017.…
Digital books harm young children’s learning–unless the books have the right enhancements
When digital books have features that reinforce storylines they outperform print counterparts
COVID-19 testing in schools complex but doable, worth the effort — RAND study
A RAND Corporation report funded by The Rockefeller Foundation shows that COVID-19 testing can be effectively integrated into K-12 schools’ pandemic response plans, helping families and staff feel more comfortable with in-person instruction. The report found that even for well-resourced…
School closures may have wiped out a year of academic progress for pupils in Global South
As much as a year’s worth of past academic progress made by disadvantaged children in the Global South may have been wiped out by school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have calculated.
New tool makes students better at detecting fake imagery and videos
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a digital self-test that trains users to assess news items, images and videos presented on social media. The self-test has also been evaluated in a scientific study, which confirmed the researchers’ hypothesis that the…
Physics camp has proven benefits for high school girls
Rice studies also show hands-on engineering experiences help teachers engage students
MDI Biological Laboratory receives funding to address arsenic threat
Maine CDC grant will support improving access to safe drinking water
Parents’ school reviews correlated with test scores and demographics, not school effectiveness
Parent reviews reflected racial and income disparities in public K-12 schools
Exposure to diverse career paths can help fill labor market ‘skills gap’
Aptitude test can steer women, underrepresented groups toward high-demand STEM careers
30 teachers selected as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors to bring NASA science to classrooms
AAAs now include not only high school teachers but also middle school and community college teachers.
‘Micropopulism’ may be turning education into a battlefield in the culture wars
A new analysis suggests that the education sector is being increasingly influenced by populism and the wider social media ‘culture wars’.
Markey’s ACTION program develops cancer education curriculum for Appalachian schools
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2021) – After conducting a study to assess the need for cancer education materials in Appalachian Kentucky, members of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program worked with faculty…
Stress was leading reason teachers quit before pandemic, and COVID has made matters worse
Stress was the most common reason teachers cited for leaving the profession before and during the pandemic, according to a RAND Corporation survey of nearly 1,000 former public-school teachers. Three of four former teachers said work was often or always…
Association of timing of school closings, behavioral changes with evolution of COVID-19 pandemic in US
What The Study Did: Using COVID-19 data, this observational study looked at what are the independent associations of voluntary behavioral change and legal restrictions, such as state-mandated school closings, with the subsequent spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.…
Et tu, Brute? Teens may be more likely to be bullied by social-climbing friends
Adolescents and teens may be more likely to be bullied by their friends — and friends-of-friends — than classmates they don’t know as well, according to a new study. Diane Felmlee, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State…
KU lands grant to improve technology use among faculty, researchers in special education
New center will link faculty nationwide to improve training, foster innovation
Focus on the positive to improve classroom behavior
MU five-year study finds setting clear expectations can reduce disruptive classroom behavior and boost student academic, social outcomes for middle schoolers
Vilcek Foundation video celebrates developmental geneticist Ruth Lehmann
Ruth Lehmann is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Exposure to spoken communication in children with cochlear implants during COVID-19 lockdown
What The Study Did: This study examined how lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic changed the spoken communication environments of children with cochlear implants by comparing the sounds they were exposed to before and during the resulting closures of schools and nonessential…
Helping behavior may mitigate academic risk for children from low-income neighborhoods
Children raised in neighborhoods with low socio-economic status are at risk for low academic achievement. A new longitudinal study followed young children from such neighborhoods from birth until age seven to explore whether children’s capacity to act kindly or generously…