Pre-K Teachers Are Stressed and Say They Want to Quit
A zero2eight story on stress and turnover intentions among pre-K teachers. It cites the Annenberg working paper on Louisiana early childhood teacher turnover.
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Career and Technical Ed Is Booming. Now Comes the Hard Part
An analysis of CTE expansion. It describes the Yoon and Dougherty study of Massachusetts high schools that added state-approved CTE programs.
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Study: Giving Kids Access to AI Tutors Doesn’t Mean They’ll Use Them
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.
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Virtual Tutoring Is Here to Stay. New Research Points to Ways to Make it Better
A news story on two new virtual tutoring studies. It describes research co-authored by Carly Robinson on lost instructional time and on one-on-one versus two-student sessions.
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Lessons from a Failed Texas Tutoring Program
A news story on a Texas district tutoring program that did not work. It is built on the Stanford study led by Elizabeth Huffaker interpreting the null effects.
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In Arizona, the Typical ESA Recipient Already Attends Private School, Study Finds
A news story on who uses Arizona’s ESA program. It cites Douglas Harris’s research finding voucher-like programs raised private school enrollment by 3% to 4%.
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Five Years Later: How COVID Triggered a School Choice Renaissance
A retrospective on how COVID accelerated school choice. It cites Thomas Dee’s 2021 study of public school disenrollment in fall 2020.
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Why Even Top Teachers May Struggle in Low-Performing Schools
A commentary on whether teacher effectiveness transfers across schools. It discusses the new paper co-authored by Matthew Kraft reanalyzing the Talent Transfer Initiative experiment.
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Amid Dismal Test Scores, Oregon Weighs Its Short School Year
A news story on Oregon’s short school year. It draws on Matthew Kraft’s 2024 study of instructional time, which found large differences in time within states.
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We Should Pay More for the Best Teachers
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.
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