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A new study from the ACLU and Citizens for Juvenile Justice adds to the already broad supporting research that shows over-reliance on school-based police–and arrest in particular–undermines students’ feelings of security and safety, and furthers the criminalization process known as the school-to-prison pipeline, while simultaneously discouraging the use of more positive, evidence-based discipline models that [...]
This spring’s edition Curriculum in Context focuses on the teacher evaluation reforms that have taken place in Washington recently. Our own Chris Korsmo and Heather Cope wrote an article for the journal that talks about the process our state has taken so far and will take in scaling this new evaluation system. The article begins [...]
The Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute published a study exploring the relationship between housing costs, city zoning and access to high-quality education. The study examines the costs associated with living near any given public school and compares zoning data with school test scores. The study shows that nationwide, the average low-income student attends [...]
A report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education found that poor students and students of color have fewer opportunities to attend the New York City’s best public schools, mostly because of where they live. The study’s authors call this effect “redlining.” The study looked at state math and English scores at 500 middle schools [...]
A new study from TNTP looks at what teachers say makes their school culture successful. The study focused on answering two questions: What kind of school culture is most likely to increase retention of the best teachers and improve student learning, and what concrete steps can principals take to create that culture in their own [...]
Mathematica and the Center on Reinventing Public Education have a follow-up to a January study that found that successful charter schools were most likely to establish consistent school-wide behavior expectations for students, as well as an intense approach to monitoring and coaching teachers. This new study looks at how five Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) have [...]
According to a new study by Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, Washington has improved its statewide on-time graduation rate from 72.2 percent in 2002 to 73.7 percent in 2009, which is just below the national average of a 3.5 percent increase over the same time period. Overall, the study [...]
A recent study of Florida students found that students taking higher level courses are more likely to graduate and more likely to succeed in college. The researchers note that these rigorous courses make the biggest difference for students from disadvantaged or high-poverty schools. They also found slightly higher graduation rates from Hispanic, African American and [...]
