Education by the Numbers
U.S. now ranks near the bottom among 35 industrialized nations in math
Math performance of American 15-year-olds declined significantly on international PISA test
COLUMN: Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math?
OECD study of 64 countries and regions finds significant rich-poor divide on math instruction
COLUMN: State-of-the-art education software often doesn’t help students learn more, study finds
2 lessons from the most rigorous study to date of "adaptive-learning" courseware at colleges and universities
COLUMN: Data show International Baccalaureate (IB) classes help low-income students
Echoes AP research findings
COLUMN: Colleges send too many into remedial classes who don’t need it, growing body of research shows
Alaska study finds high school GPA a better predictor of ability to pass college English and math than placement exams or SAT scores
COLUMN: The children of children who went to desegregated schools reap benefits, too, study finds
Two generations show better outcomes from integrated schools
COLUMN: The best school violence prevention program may start with raising test scores, study shows
Researchers find causal link between academic gains and safer schools
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COLUMN: Data show segregation by income (not race) is what’s getting worse in schools
The intersection of poverty and race is producing larger and more alarming achievement gaps
COLUMN: Are science lecture classes sexist?
Researchers find women suffer bigger "grade penalties" than men in large science lecture classes
COLUMN: Cries about national teacher shortages might be overblown
Some places have shortages of teachers, others have surpluses
