From the Field

Research Notes: Teachers Assigned to High-Achieving, Well-Behaved Classrooms Receive Better Performance Ratings

Classroom observations are often a significant component of teacher evaluations. But a new study by William Delgado of the University of Chicago and Lauren…

Education Researchers Called on to Defend the Future of the Institute of Education Sciences

It’s a bit like asking patients in intensive care to make the case for their own treatment. Federal education research — the system that tracks student learning…

Research Notes: Affirmative Action Ban Reduces Minority Student Enrollment at Top Universities

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) ended the longstanding practice of considering race in college…

A New Blueprint for Rebuilding the Institute of Education Sciences

A year ago, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency swept into the Department of Education and devastated its research arm, the Institute of Education…

Research Notes: How Changes to K-12 Teacher Pay Structures Affect Education Graduate Programs

A new study by Taylor Odle of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Patrick Lavallee Delgado of the University of Pennsylvania finds that eliminating higher…

Research Notes: Why Undergraduates (Don’t) Choose to Teach

A study by Sam Sims and Clare Routledge at University College London finds that although college students value jobs with social impact…

Small Schools’ Long-Term Effects on Student Outcomes

For two decades, New York City’s small high schools stood out as one of the nation’s most ambitious — and controversial — urban education reforms. Now…

Research Notes: Two Emerging Strategies for Using AI in Tutoring

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape the K-12 tutoring landscape with promises of serving more students at lower cost.