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David Zalubowski / AP School Choice May Be Accelerating Gentrification
The ability to opt out of a neighborhood school increases the likelihood that a black or Hispanic neighborhood will see an influx of wealthier residents.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Outdated Study That Education Reformers Keep Citing
Mark Zuckerberg and others continue to tout the potential of personalized learning, pointing to decades-old research that’s been practically impossible to duplicate.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How to Rile Up Education Debates With One Word
A new poll shows Americans are more likely to disapprove of “vouchers” than of similar school-choice programs with other names.
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Elise Amendola / AP Is the ‘War on Teachers’ as Dire as It’s Made Out to Be?
A decline in job protections isn’t pushing teachers out of all schools, a study suggests—just those schools that are already struggling.
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John Locher / AP The Contradictions of Good Teaching
Many educators who succeed at raising test scores also fail at keeping students fulfilled, new research suggests.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP Will Schools Start Lying About Attendance Rates?
States are planning to use chronic absenteeism to assess performance, but some wonder if incentives will lead administrators to manipulate the data.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Drawback of Schools Near State Lines
A recent study says student achievement could be suffering from policies that limit the pool of educators on both sides of the border.
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Benoit Tessier / Reuters The Collateral Damage of Testing Pressure
A new study shows that rigorous accountability systems may be pushing schools to place the lowest-performing teachers in the youngest grades.
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AJ Mast / AP Will Churches Ever Be Allowed to Run Charter Schools?
Some legal scholars say Trinity Lutheran v. Comer could forge a path toward more charter schools overseen by religious groups.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP Why the Long Arc of School-Choice Research May Bend Toward Vouchers
A new study from Louisiana shows test-score improvement among voucher recipients.
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Reuters Are Virtual Schools the Future?
Despite evidence of negative student-learning outcomes, Betsy DeVos appears to think so.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Downside to Career and Technical Education
A new study shows that students who complete the programs have better short-term employment outcomes but struggle to pivot as industries evolve.
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Paul Sancya / AP How School Choice Affects Test Scores
Recent studies show vouchers fail to improve some student outcomes, but that hasn’t deterred advocates of the approach.
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Reuters Sunshine Improves Test Scores
New research shows students who start their day with a little Vitamin D perform better on assessments.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Is Attending the ‘Best’ High School Academically Irrelevant?
A new study shows that the competition to get into selective-enrollment schools may not be worth it.
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Chip East / Reuters Counselors Versus Cops
Three of the five largest school districts hire more security officers than counselors.
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ABC The Two-Year Law Degree: A Great Idea That Will Never Come to Be
The people who would benefit most from a cheaper, shorter degree have the least power to fight for it.
