This study examines implementation of college-and-career-ready (CCR) education
standards across five school districts in Ohio, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and …

What guidance does research provide about how to improve school district performance in
the United States? Despite over 30 years of inquiry on the topic of effective districts, existing …

What guidance does research provide school districts about how to improve system
performance and increase equity? Despite over 30 years of inquiry on the topic of effective …

Most public schools have a library, but little is known about their quality or content. I collect
original data on hundreds of titles in over 6,600 school libraries to identify patterns in …

We estimate the effects of Race to the Top (RTTT) on teacher qualifications, work
environments, and job attitudes. Drawing on the Schools and Staffing Survey and the …

The purpose of this study is to present a general perspective by examining the research
works about primary school mathematics. In this direction, 637 articles in the Web of Science …

Well-informed decisions on curricular materials can be an efficient way to boost student
achievement. Prior studies have employed experimental and quasi-experimental designs to …

There have been countless challenges faced by American families with school-aged
children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the many challenges specifically relating to …

Primary school textbooks can enhance the acquisition of arithmetic word problem solving
skills by offering diverse problems based on their semantic-mathematical structure with …

Purpose First, to analyze the relationships between school effectiveness, as expressed in
the improvement gained in academic achievements, and school structure; and second, to …