A Chalkboard piece on how community college administrators implement promise programs. The authors summarize their interview study of administrators at seven colleges, linking to the working paper.
A Chalkboard piece on third-grade retention policies and multilingual English learners. The author, Diana Quintero, summarizes her new Annenberg working paper on a Texas retention policy.
A Chalkboard piece on the payoff of college degrees net of student debt. The authors report findings from their working paper on returns to degrees and credentials, including the share of earnings premiums going to loan payments.
A Chalkboard essay arguing schools owe high-achieving students challenging instruction. The author, Kenneth Shores, draws on and links to his working paper on what public education owes flourishing children.
A Chalkboard essay on political climate and free speech in schools and colleges. It cites the EdWorkingPaper on professors' politics in a state university system and the paper on political views and college choice.
A Chalkboard piece by Megan Kuhfeld on how gender gaps in math and reading develop in elementary school. It summarizes her working paper with Margaret Burchinal showing boys pull ahead in math while girls' reading lead is set at school entry.
A Chalkboard piece on survey evidence of worsening teacher working conditions. It links to Brian Jacob's papers on lasting pandemic changes to schooling and to the Kraft and Lyon study on the declining prestige of teaching.
A Chalkboard piece on how immigration enforcement is affecting schools. It cites Thomas Dee's study of absences after California raids and Kirsten Mumma's study of attendance in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
A Chalkboard piece on design choices for state free-college programs. It cites Taylor Odle's study of promise programs and college expectations and the Advise Tennessee advising evaluation.
A Chalkboard analysis of the consequences of the SFFA v. Harvard decision. It links to the EdWorkingPaper on post-SFFA college enrollment patterns when describing the cascade of underrepresented students to less selective colleges.