Research
Two recent nationally representative RAND Corporation surveys show that student views of cellphone bans may be softening as more schools move to restrict access to devices during the school day. “The debate over cellphone policies in schools reveals a complex balancing act between ensuring school […]
Some progress has been made in addressing the national bus driver shortage but K-12 schools are still impacted, according to an analysis by the Economy Policy Institute.
Open enrollment, a policy widely supported by parents, allows students to transfer to K-12 public schools outside of their residentially assigned campus if space is available. In practice, this can allow students to find the right educational setting for them to thrive.
In the first major study on basic aid since California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) was enacted in 2013, researchers determined that 139 districts, which serve 5.5 percent of the state’s TK-12 students, benefit from growing funding advantages.
Most school administrators continue to face transportation challenges in their local educational agencies, according to a new report from HopSkipDrive, a company that provides supplemental school transportation services, and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Using surveys from 510 school administrators and almost 840 […]
The 2024–25 academic year was the fourth in a row to be impacted by the “contemporary campaign to ban books” that has swept the U.S., according to a recent report from PEN America on the subject.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer genuine benefits for educators when used correctly. However, without proper training, oversight and integration into schools, teacher assistant platforms including Google Classroom’s Gemini Teacher Assistant, Khanmigo’s Teacher Assistant, Curipod and MagicSchool pose a risk to students, according to a […]
The 13th annual High School Benchmarks report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center offers a glimpse into postsecondary progression and outcomes for young people after graduating from high school.
More than five years after the onset of the pandemic disrupted the academic lives of the nation’s K-12 students, recovery in math is slow for many with some continuing to fall further behind. A new report by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) gives recommendations how to remedy the issue.
Hundreds of bills aimed at ensuring that students, families and policymakers have access to the secure, timely information needed to navigate and understand education systems and the workforce were introduced across the country in 2025, according to Data Quality Campaign’s (DQC) latest report, Education and […]
