Research Reports

Review of Report Card on American Education. National Education Policy Center Download Report: Review of Report Card on American Education Contact: Christopher Lubienski, Jameson Brewer May 9, 2013 Press Release Media Citations Report Card on American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress, and Reform By Matthew Ladner [...]

By Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, Sheryl Rankin Shafer | Originally Published at >The National Education Policy Center May 2, 2013 Press Release: Abstract: This national study, which comprehensively reviews 311 virtual schools operating in the United [...]

James Baldwin once said, “The greatest achievement of art is the ‘laying bare of questions which have been hidden by answers’” (as cited in Leafgren, 2009, p. 110). Although Baldwin is not included in text exemplars of Appendix B of the Common Core State [...]

Abstract: Reference Publication: Review of KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes Contact: William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Gregory Camilli, (303) 492 8391, gregory.camilli@colorado.edu URL for this press release: http://tinyurl.com/cpna3fn BOULDER, CO (April 30, 2013) – Do middle schools operated by the Knowledge Is [...]

Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective By Julia Isaacs | Originally Published at The Urban Institute. March 2013 INTRODUCTION When a parent loses a job, the entire family is affected, including the children. Money is suddenly tighter, and what was affordable last month, no longer is. Even children [...]

By Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at the Economic Policy Institute. January 28, 2013 | Download PDF Education policymakers and analysts express great concern about the performance of U.S. students on international tests. Education reformers frequently invoke the relatively poor performance of U.S. students [...]

Research into childhood nutrition reveals that poor diet influences mental development in more ways than expected. Other aspects of poverty exacerbate the effects. By Larry Brown and Ernesto Pollitt | Originally Published in Scientific America February 1996 The prevalence of malnutrition in children is staggering. Globally, nearly [...]

A hard look at privatization schemes masquerading as education policy In The Black and White of Education in Chicago's Public Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union exposes the falsehoods and inequities created by an education policy that, rather than being held publicly accountable, is controlled [...]

Reference Publication: Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking Download The Full Report Contact: William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, mailto:wmathis@sover.net URL for this press release: http://tinyurl.com/93jssqk BOULDER, CO (October 11, 2012) – This second in a series of two-page briefs summarizes current research findings on the likely effects of [...]