A weekly podcast highlighting new and important education research in an engaging, accessible format.
Harvard University researcher Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell joins Rand Quinn, senior researcher with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education to explore how external school partnerships can perpetuate and even grow inequalities between advantaged and disadvantaged schools.
A new study led by Harvard University’s Carly Robinson shows that attendance awards – one of the oldest and most widely used interventions for absenteeism – can actually lead students to miss more days of school.
For decades arts education has been disappearing from American schools, particularly those serving minority student communities. But a new initiative is attempting to turn back the clock.
In cities like New York, where roughly 40 percent of students move at least once between third and eighth grade, residential mobility can have significant impacts – both positive and negative – on student outcomes.
While many studies have examined the connections between minority students, minority teachers, and immediate outcomes like test scores, few have attempted to track those impacts through high school and into college.
Catherine Augustine, director of the RAND Corporation’s Pittsburgh Office, discusses one of the first ever rigorous evaluations of restorative practice in a city school district.
Internationally acclaimed researcher Richard Ingersoll discusses his new edition of “Seven Trends: The Transformation of the Teaching Force,” a landmark study examining 30 years of data on the teacher labor market.
Maryanne Wolf, renowned literacy scholar and author of “Proust and the Squid,” joins CPRE Director Jonathan Supovitz to discuss the latest scientific research on reading, learning, and the impact of digital screens.
Renowned cognitive scientist, author, and former K-12 teacher Pooja Agarwal joins CPRE senior researcher Abigail Gray to share four simple, science-backed strategies to improve teaching and learning.
Renowned researcher, author, and former teacher Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa joins CPRE Director Jonathan Supovitz to discuss “neuromyths,” those false or misinterpreted facts we continue to believe about the human brain.