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.
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.
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 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 article on using machine learning to forecast college closures. In discussing colleges as anchor institutions, it links to the EdWorkingPaper by Lauren Russell and Michael Andrews on the local mobility effects of establishing universities.
An essay by Daniel Willingham and E. D. Hirsch Jr. on renewed interest in knowledge-rich reading instruction. It describes the Core Knowledge charter school lottery study, of which Willingham is a co-author, and its reading gains.
An essay by researchers including Drew Bailey and Emma Hart on why education intervention effects fade. It summarizes and links to their two meta-analyses on fadeout and on long-run adult effects.
An Education Exchange podcast episode on declining achievement in U.S. public education this century. The page links to the EdWorkingPaper by M. Danish Shakeel, Misty Gallo and Patrick Wolf on achievement inequality across school sectors.
An article on the impact of immigration enforcement on schools and students. It opens with and links to Thomas Dee's study finding that the Central Valley raids sharply increased daily absences.
An Education Exchange podcast episode in which Joshua Goodman discusses how the job market affects community college enrollment. The page names his paper with Joseph Winkelmann, linking to its NBER version.