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The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to launch the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks...

Chronic absenteeism. College preparation. Student mental health. Hot education issues all, and none of them lack for research and programs. But often the interventions proven to work in large urban or suburban districts fall flat in small rural districts...

Research in rural education and secondary writing is getting a grant infusion from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. On Feb. 6, IES announced $25 million in grants to the University of Missouri, Harvard University and...

Thanks to a three-year partnership with Harvard University’s Proving Ground, the Syracuse City School District is trying new methods to help improve student attendance and make sure that every student attends school every day! The partnership brings SCSD...

There is a temptation in education to abandon projects rapidly and instead chase a new solution as a magic bullet for improving student outcomes. Too often, when an investment doesn’t have an instant payoff, it’s abandoned for the next shiny thing. New...

William Brangham: As the school year is coming to a close, a new analysis shines yet another harsh spotlight on what's being called a learning recession for America's students. And it's a problem that started long before the pandemic. That's according to...

Just about everyone in education is trying to figure out why student achievement has been declining and how to raise it back up. If anyone would know the answer it might be Tom Kane, a Harvard University professor who has been poring over data on student...

Read more about why that’s happening: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/upshot/test-scores-school-districts-… Below, you can look up how test scores for your district have changed since 2015. (Note that some states — New York among them — are...

The United States entered a “learning recession” in 2013 that it has struggled mightily — and thus far ineffectively — to escape, according to a report unveiled Wednesday by a group of respected social scientists. A steep drop in student performance was...

MODESTO, Calif. – Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam. Lately...