A news story on Indiana’s outcomes-based contracts for tutoring. It cites the Stanford study of outcomes-based contracting in eight districts that reported promising findings.
An op-ed arguing that air filtration improves learning. It describes Michael Gilraine’s study of air purifiers installed after the Aliso Canyon gas leak, which raised math and English scores.
A commentary on political polarization in college choice. It is built on the survey experiment by Riley Acton, Emily Cook and Paola Ugalde Araya showing students would pay more to attend politically aligned colleges.
A year-end roundup of charts on education in 2025. It describes several working papers, including James Wyckoff on declining achievement, Douglas Harris and Gabriel Olivier on universal ESAs, and studies of immigration enforcement and teacher interest.
A news story on post-pandemic enrollment declines concentrated in affluent Massachusetts districts. It reports the study by Abigail Francis and Joshua Goodman and an earlier Goodman co-authored paper on sticky disenrollment in Michigan.
An article on how immigration enforcement harms children. It cites the Florida study (Figlio and Ozek) finding test scores fell for Spanish-speaking and Hispanic students as enforcement increased.
An op-ed on Arkansas third-grade retention policy. It draws on research on state retention mandates, including the Mississippi analysis and the Michigan and Florida retention studies, to argue retention works only with intensive supports.
An exclusive on new virtual tutoring evidence. It situates the new findings against the earlier Harvard and CUNY experiment (Hashim, Miles and Croke) showing tutor qualifications and attendance matter more than format.
A news story on schools located near hazardous sites. It reports the Brown analysis co-led by Matthew Kraft finding Native American, Black and Latino children are more likely to attend schools near such sites.
A news story on widening achievement gaps on NAEP since 2005. It reports the Annenberg paper co-authored by Patrick Wolf comparing traditional public, charter, Catholic and Defense Department schools.