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Chalkbeat story about a Stanford study testing whether human tutor support increases students' use of an AI literacy tutor, which found most students barely used it. The study is the EdWorkingPaper "Access is Not Enough" by Carly Robinson, Susanna Loeb and coauthors (linked via its Stanford copy, ai26-1451).

Chalkbeat Ideas roundup on state takeovers of school districts and other debates. It links the EdWorkingPaper on how state takeovers affect education finance for the finding that takeovers increased district funding and sometimes fiscal solvency.

An Education Exchange podcast episode in which David Figlio discusses Florida's school cellphone ban. He explains the findings of his study with Umut Özek on the ban's effects in a large Florida district.

A chapter of a Brookings report on school board members' views of the pandemic and culture-war era. It links to the EdWorkingPaper measuring conflict in local politics as evidence that board-community conflict was concentrated in a few districts.

A Proof Points column on which Michigan schools are succeeding at reducing chronic absenteeism. It reports the study led by Jeremy Singer identifying effective schools and the role of frequent home visits.

An Education Exchange podcast episode in which Patrick Wolf discusses widening achievement gaps. It centers on his paper with M. Danish Shakeel and Misty Gallo, the achievement inequality report card.

A news story on Indiana charter school performance during and after COVID. It reports the findings of a study by eight researchers including Joseph Waddington showing charter students outpaced traditional public school peers after 2020-21.

A Proof Points column reviewing global research on school cellphone bans. It compares a new national study with the Florida cellphone-ban study led by David Figlio, describing its small academic gains and quoting him.

Chalkbeat Indiana story devoted to a new study comparing post-pandemic academic growth in Indiana charter and traditional public schools. It reports findings from the linked EdWorkingPaper by eight researchers.

An Education Week news story on immigrant students staying home amid stepped-up immigration enforcement. It reports findings from the Annenberg working paper led by Andrew Camp with co-author Edom Tesfa, quoting both researchers.

An Education Exchange podcast episode in which Ben Scafidi discusses how districts' funding and staffing change as enrollment falls. It covers his paper with Matthew Lee on enrollment and fiscal changes in public school districts.

A story on whether career-focused high schools can re-engage boys. It draws on the Connecticut technical high school study by Eric Brunner and Shaun Dougherty, which found larger benefits for boys.

A news story on Caroline Bartlett and colleagues' study of Michigan's switch to automatic English-learner reclassification, the journal version of their EdWorkingPaper. It reports that eligible students became much more likely to exit EL status and that disparities narrowed.

A research article by David Figlio and Umut Özek on Florida's statewide school cellphone ban. It presents the findings of their study of a large district: better outcomes over time but a temporary rise in suspensions.

An op-ed arguing that third-grade retention laws work mainly by changing adult behavior. It cites the Michigan study (Berne, Jacob, Weiland and Strunk) finding positive effects of the reading law even where few students were held back.

A news story comparing two cellphone ban studies. It revisits the Florida study by David Figlio and Umut Ozek and its updated findings on absences, discipline and test scores.

A K-12 Dive story on how Florida's school cellphone ban affected one district's learning, attendance and discipline. It reports the study by David Figlio and Umut Özek as published in Education Next, the same research as their EdWorkingPaper on Florida cellphone bans.

A Chalkboard piece by the researchers behind an evaluation of Tennessee's Advise TN college advising program. It summarizes their working paper's finding that the program raised college going across student groups.

A republished Matthew Yglesias essay arguing for paying top teachers more. It highlights the paper by Bleiberg, Brunner, Harbatkin, Kraft and Springer on state teacher evaluation reforms.

A news story on income gaps in disability services. It reports a paper led by Nick Ainsworth using Oregon data that found wealthy families were twice as likely to receive Section 504 accommodations.