Policy proposals promoting vocational education focus on the school-to-work transition. But with technological change, gains in youth employment may be offset by less adaptability and diminished employment later in life. To test for this tradeoff, we compare employment rates across…

Arizona K-12 revenue per pupil ranked 48th out of the 50 states according to the U.S. Cenus Bureau, Public Education Finances:2015. Arizona’s revenue per pupil from federal, state and local sources was $8634 per pupil compared to the U.S. average…

Bullying and being bullied in childhood are both linked with later adjustment problems. Black and White men enrolled in the Pittsburgh Youth Study since the first grade underwent a comprehensive assessment of psychosocial, behavioral, and biological risk factors for poor…

Contrary to some expectations, today’s top-ranked teacher prep programs are not located on the most elite — and expensive — campuses; rather, some of the best programs are found in relatively small, not widely known colleges and universities. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

Although many Americans profess to want more school choice, there is very little support for several proposals to provide options in elementary and secondary education.  In the latest poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about…

The field of social and emotional learning is rapidly expanding, as educators bring a sharper focus to helping children build skills beyond academic knowledge. This in-depth guide to 25 evidence-based programs — aimed at elementary schools and out of school…

The study found a significant improvement over bullying and related concerns in 10 out of 13 indicators for in-person forms and cyberbullying. Results also showed an increase in the perceptions that adults do enough to stop bullying and students’ feelings…

Empirically based curricula for infants and toddlers are required for many accountability systems. But what does “empirically based” mean? What does it look like? And how can educators assess whether this type of curriculum is being used effectively? Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

Facing an explosion of new digital technologies, educators can be overwhelmed by the possibilities. As WestEd’s Michelle Tiu asks, “How do you figure out the signal from all that noise?” Having evaluated dozens of education technology products in recent years,…

New research explores how four of the world’s biggest technology companies-Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft-are capturing the attention of K-12 educators at a time when schools’ demands for affordable, reliable digital tools are growing rapidly. An exclusive, nationally-representative survey of…

Kristin Gray, a K-5 math specialist at Richard A. Shields Elementary School in Lewes, Del., shares a strategy for eliciting student discussion by providing her students with a picture that can be used to talk about numbers, shapes, and patterns.…

While the percentage of children in nonparental care arrangements remained unchanged between 2001 and 2012, the cost of those arrangements increased significantly. These findings come from a recently released report from NCES, The Years Before School: Children’s Nonparental Care Arrangements…