Students enter school with a vast range of individual differences, resulting from the complex
interplay between genetic dispositions and unequal environmental conditions. Schools thus …

Education research has experienced a methodological renaissance over the past two
decades, with a new focus on large-scale randomized experiments. This wave of …

In 2012, Chicago's school year began with the city's first teachers' strike in a quarter century
and ended with the largest mass closure of public schools in US history. On one side, a …

Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education
arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers …

A comprehensive analysis of the astonishing changes that elevated the Chicago public
school system from one of the worst in the nation to one of the most improved. How a City …

Teachers need to notice and interpret student behavior as part of their everyday classroom
work. Current teacher education programs often do not explicitly focus on helping pre …

Participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) is positively related to cognitive and
socioemotional outcomes for children and adolescents. The authors argue that because of …

In 2003, Chicago Public Schools introduced double-dose algebra, requiring two periods of
math—one period of algebra and one of algebra support—for incoming ninth graders with …

An odd feature of the public policy discussion of higher education is the near absence of
attention to the quality of teaching. In marked contrast, in the discourse around K–12 …

What is schools' role in the stratification system? One view is that schools are an important
mechanism for perpetuating inequality because children from advantaged backgrounds …