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Chalkbeat Philadelphia story on a district report about its growing summer learning programs and their uncertain academic impact. It links the EdWorkingPaper meta-analysis of summer programs' effects on math achievement as national evidence that such programs can help.

Chalkbeat Ideas research roundup on school funding, teacher turnover and related topics. It links the EdWorkingPaper on teacher sorting under Texas performance pay for its finding that merit pay drew some teachers toward more-advantaged schools.

An Education Week article on whether Texas's Teacher Incentive Allotment bonuses draw top teachers to rural and high-poverty schools. It draws on Patrick Massey's Annenberg working paper, which found the bonuses did little to keep designated teachers in the highest-need schools.

A brief on how child care worker pay and demographics have changed since 1990. It summarizes the author's new working paper on the static nature of the child care workforce, which finds workers remain behind other women and low-wage workers.

Chalkbeat Ideas look at research on who benefits from attending a four-year college. Among the studies it reviews, it links the EdWorkingPaper on Massachusetts students near state college admission thresholds and their later economic gains.

An Ohio Gadfly Daily commentary by Vladimir Kogan arguing Ohio should not have weakened its third-grade retention law. It relies on a new study led by Sarah Souders showing that the threat of retention alone produced learning gains.

A news story on a working paper about Ohio's third-grade reading retention policy. It reports Sarah Souders and colleagues' finding that the threat of retention raised scores for students near the cutoff, possibly because of the reading interventions they received.

An explainer on a new federal duration-of-status rule for international students and workers. It links to the EdWorkingPaper on international students as a higher-education service export for the finding that international enrollment supports additional in-state enrollment.

An op-ed on aging school buildings. It cites the HVAC study showing improved air conditioning raised math scores and reduced suspensions.

Chalkbeat Ideas analysis of why falling test scores have not become a major campaign issue. It links the EdWorkingPaper on the fall of federal education accountability politics and a second EdWorkingPaper finding school board incumbents are rarely punished for test results.

A Higher Ed Dive story on the earnings payoff of transferring colleges in Texas. It is built on a linked Annenberg working paper (author not named in the excerpted passage) finding that barely admitted transfer students earned less than rejected applicants.

A parent-oriented digest on Ontario grading rules, AI tutoring and U.S. data. It describes Carly Robinson and colleagues' randomized study in which students given a free AI reading tutor barely used it, and draws the lesson that scheduled adult check-ins drive use.

A research roundup for Canadian parents on phone bans, provincial test scores and tutoring. It again features Ayman Shakeel's EdWorkingPaper on a high-dosage literacy tutoring program, stressing that the gains went to students who started furthest behind.

Chalkbeat article on new data showing chronic absenteeism remains high well after the pandemic. It cites the linked Annenberg EdWorkingPaper on immigration enforcement actions and attendance for its finding of persistent absence increases among foreign-born students.

A higher-education story on how falling international enrollment is leading to program cuts and tuition increases. It cites and links to the EdWorkingPaper on international students as a higher-education service export for its estimate of the revenue share international students provide.

A K-12 Dive story on an Annenberg webinar about immigration enforcement and attendance. It reports the working paper led by Andrew Camp on foreign-born students' absences, and a second linked paper led by Jeremy Singer on attendance strategies in Michigan and Georgia schools.

A Chalkboard piece on new Kentucky evidence about corequisite remediation in college. In reviewing prior research it describes and links to the Texas corequisite math study and the study of corequisite design features and Latinx students.

A Flypaper review on whether aligning tutoring with classroom instruction improves literacy results. It summarizes Cara Jackson and Ayman Shakeel's working paper on instructional alignment and tutoring impact.

A news story on student use of an AI reading tutor. It reports the randomized trials led by Carly Robinson showing low usage and modest gains from human support.

A Canadian tutoring company's monthly research digest for Ontario parents covering a special-education audit, test results and tutoring research. It summarizes Ayman Shakeel's randomized trial of high-dosage literacy tutoring, noting the null average effect but gains of about 0.2 SD for the lowest-performing readers.