Jill Barshay
COLUMN: Putting an ed tech darling in context
New research study finds more modest benefits to a Mooresville, N.C., laptop program that was once lauded as a national model
COLUMN: GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012
Decline linked to 2014 change in exam and adult ed budget cuts, researcher says
COLUMN: Popular “free college” programs yield mixed results
Researchers say tuition breaks from nearly 300 new scholarships don't always help the neediest students
COLUMN: Working in a group might be the best way to help kids meet individual goals, study says
Researchers also say that they found collaboration led to higher grades for black students
COLUMN: Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools
Preliminary study results show that a community's preference for Trump is associated with higher rates of teasing and bullying in Virginia middle schools
COLUMN: College students predicted to fall by more than 15% after the year 2025
But high demand likely to persist for top 100 elite institutions
COLUMN: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children
Social studies and reading scores were higher in a test of a popular education trend
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COLUMN: How artificial intelligence could help teachers do a better job
In an experiment, researchers built an algorithmic teacher observer for analyzing the quality of instruction
COLUMN: In 6 states, school districts with the neediest students get less money than the wealthiest
New federal data shows a 3.4 percent funding gap between rich and poor school districts
COLUMN: Is Providence the poster child for the worst increase in school segregation?
Depends on how you measure it.