Internationally acclaimed researcher Richard Ingersoll discusses his new edition of “Seven Trends: The Transformation of the Teaching Force,” a landmark study examining 30 years of data on the teacher labor market.
Is Free and Reduced-Price Lunch a Valid Measure of Disadvantage?
For decades, researchers and education officials have used the National School Lunch Program as a key indicator of economic disadvantage. Now, new research suggests this indicator may not be as valid as it seems.
Higher Education Deserts
Despite a growing demand for post-secondary education in communities across the U.S., millions of residents currently live in what researchers call “higher education deserts,” areas where students have limited or no access to a public, broad-access four-year university.
Analyzing The Gates Foundation’s ‘Intensive Partnerships’ Initiative
The initiative sought to build new, comprehensive systems of teacher evaluation and connect low-income minority students with quality educators, as part of a wider effort to improve student outcomes. Despite years of effort and considerable resources, however, it ultimately fell short.
Delivering on the ‘Pittsburgh Promise’
Established in 2008 as a partnership between the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, The Pittsburgh Promise has since provided more than $120 million in college scholarships to eligible graduates of Pittsburgh’s public schools. But is it working?
Impact of College Counseling on Enrollment and Persistence of Low Income Students
The Harvard Kennedy School’s Joshua Goodman sits down with CPRE research specialist Robert Nathenson to discuss the study “Intensive College Counseling and the Enrollment and Persistence of Low Income Students.”
The Effect of School Suspensions on Life Outcomes
Janet Rosenbaum, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, joins CPRE senior researcher Abigail Gray to discuss the short- and long-term impacts of school suspensions.
School Boards and Balanced Governance
Thomas Alsbury, professor of educational leadership at Northwest University, explains the history of school boards in the United States and their role – and influence – in contemporary districts.
Trends in School Readiness Gaps
Stanford University Endowed Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education Sean Reardon discusses his study “Recent Trends in Income, Racial, and Ethnic School Readiness Gaps at Kindergarten Entry.”
ELLs in the School District of Philadelphia
Ruth Curran Neild, former Delegated Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and current researcher with the Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, presents her latest research on English learners in Philadelphia.