Aug 22, 2016
Studies show full-day kindergarten helps students coming from low socioeconomic homes. Research is less clear on the impact to already high-achieving students, said Brook Sawyer, an assistant profess…
Aug 22, 2016
When we take one snapshot of one measure of achievement, we need to recognize that it probably isn't inclusive of social or emotional growth, home life, school environment or grit. Effective evaluati…
Aug 19, 2016
By Gary Sasso, dean of the College of Education, Lehigh University Obscured by the rancor of the school reform debate is this fact: Socio-economic status is the most relevant determinant of student s…
Aug 15, 2016
Pupils from the GCC are less likely than their expatriate peers to consider science as necessary to future employment, a new study has found. And the more educated GCC parents are, local pupils…
May 31, 2016
For decades parents, educators, policymakers, taxpayers, and researchers have wrestled with how to fairly evaluate teachers. Attempting to judge teachers for the academic development of a student, an…
