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Virginia Public Radio: Charter Schools Appear Poised to Change Dramatically Next Year

(November 10, 2021)

Virginia Public Radio: As Attention Turns To Richmond, Hope For A Big Education Budget

(November 9, 2021)

Education Week: Teachers in High-Poverty Schools Penalized Unfairly on Observations, Study Says

(December 14, 2020)

AERA: Teacher Performance Measures May Penalize Black Educators

(December 10, 2020)

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Chalkbeat Chicago: New Study Says Chicago’s Teacher Evaluation May Penalize Black Educators

(December 10, 2020)

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Education Week: How Districts, States Can Survive the COVID-19 Recession

Chalkbeat: 12 Ways the Last Recession Changed America’s Schools — and What That Means For the Years Ahead

(April 22, 2020)

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The World Bank: We Should Avoid Flattening The Curve In Education – Possible Scenarios For Learning Loss During The School Lockdowns

(April 13, 2020)

Chalkbeat: School budgets are in big trouble, especially in high-poverty areas. Here’s why—and what could help

(April 7, 2020)

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The 74: What the Great Recession Tells Us About the Pandemic Downturn to Come

(March 27, 2020)

Chalkbeat: School Closures, Economic Downturn Could Derail Student Learning, Research Shows

(March 24, 2020)

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Fordham Institute: The Best Education Research Studies of 2019

(January 8, 2020)

The best education research studies of 2019The Education Gadfly Show

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The 74: 14 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2019

(December 11, 2019)

Chalkbeat Philadelphia: One-third of Philly Students Switch High Schools, Increasing Their Risk of Dropping Out

(October 9, 2019)

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Politico: Spending Cuts During Recession Hurt Student Achievement

(September 25, 2019)

Education Week: Did The Recession Hurt Test Scores? A New Study Says, Yes. A Lot.

(September 25, 2019)

Education Dive: Recession Cuts Came at Expense of Achievement

(September 25, 2019)

AERA: School Spending Cuts Triggered by Great Recession Linked to Sizable Learning Losses for Students in Hardest Hit Areas

(September 25, 2019)

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Chalkbeat: More Money For Schools Helps Low-Income Students

(August 13, 2019)

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The 74: Home to Underachieving Students, Disillusioned Teachers and—According to a New Study—Higher Rates of Crime

(July 15, 2019)

The Economist: What Budget Cuts During The Great Recession Did To Pupils’ Test Score

Fordham Institute: Amber's Research Minute Discusses Matthew's Research "Schools As Places of Crime: Evidence From Closing Chronically Underperforming Schools" (Skip to 12:16 to hear Amber's Research Minute)

Education leadership’s gender imbalanceThe Education Gadfly Show

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WHYY: Philly School Closures Found To Make Neighborhoods Safer

Fordham Institute: Amber's Research Minute Discusses Matthew's Research "The Effects of Closing Urban Schools on students’ academic and behavioral outcomes: Evidence from Philadelphia” (Skip to 12:50 to hear Amber's Research Minute)

(April 17, 2019)

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WHYY: What Happened When Philly Closed 30 Schools? New Study Offers Answers.

(March 19, 2019)

Chalkbeat: 17 Studies That Tell Us Something About How School Closures Affect Students

(February 5, 2019)

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Chalkbeat: Five Things We’ve Learned From a Decade of Research On School Closures

(February 5, 2019)

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Chalkbeat Philadelphia: Principals Leave Their Schools At High Rates In Philadelphia, New Study Shows

(January 8, 2019)

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WHYY: Principal Turnover Highest In Pa. Cities, Study Says, And School Leaders May Be Getting Whiter, Too

(January 8, 2019)

FutureEd: How School Suspensions Affect Student Achievement

(September 19, 2018)

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Teachers Leave Philly Schools At Especially High Rates, New Study Finds

(September 5, 2018)

The 74: Suspending Students for Minor Infractions Like Cursing Hurts Kids but Benefits Nobody

(August 28, 2018)

Chalkbeat: Suspensions Really Do Hurt Students Academically, New Studies Confirm, But Maybe Less Than Previously Thought

(August 23, 2018)

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The New York Times: The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt

The Atlantic: One Ohio School’s Quest to Rethink Bad Behavior

The Atlantic: The Push for Harsher School Discipline after Parkland

(March 23, 2018)

The 74: 10 Charts That Changed the Way We Think About America’s Schools in 2017

(December 13, 2017)

Chalkbeat: The Great Recession Decimated The Economy. It Also Hurt Student Learning, According To Pioneering New Study

(August 30, 2017)

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The 74: The School Discipline Revolution: How Policy and Rhetoric Outstrip Hard Evidence

The 74: Chicago Teacher Eval Pilot Moved Out Struggling Teachers, Kept Stronger Ones

(September 20, 2016)

Education Week: Class Composition Can Bias English Teachers’ Observation Scores, Study Finds

(January 22, 2016)

ICPSR: Researchers Obtaining Important Benefits From MET Project Data

The Philadelphia Tribune: Calls To Change Education Funding In Pa. Get Louder

(November 29, 2013)

Education Week: Study Links School Safety to Achievement, Relationships

The New York Times: Culture of Calm Is Threatened by Budget Cuts

Vox: Pandemic school reopenings were not just about politics

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FutureEd: Does Teacher Professional Development Improve Student Learning?

(July 18, 2022)

AERA Newsroom: New Research Finds Federal Pandemic Aid to U.S. Public Schools Was Insufficient to Address Student Learning Loss

(October 11, 2022)

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The 74: $700B: That’s How Much It Will Cost to Fix Pandemic Learning Loss, Study Says

(October 11, 2022)

Education Week: Schools Need Billions More to Make Up for Lost Learning Time, Researchers Argue

(October 11, 2022)

USA Today: COVID-19 pandemic aid more than $300 billion short for dealing with student learning loss, study shows

(October 11, 2022)

K-12 Dive: Study: $190B in ESSER funds ‘insufficient’ to curb learning loss

(October 11, 2022)

US News & World Report: Academic Recovery for K-12 Students to Cost $700 Billion

(October 11, 2022)

The Washington Times: Federal aid won’t make up for students’ COVID-19 learning loss, study shows

(October 11, 2022)

Forbes: Four in Five Students Say Their Education Suffered During Lockdown

(October 12, 2022)

Chalkbeat: More than politics: New studies help explain why some schools reopened while others stayed virtual

(October 12, 2022)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: Study: Federal Fiscal Aid Insufficient to Offset Student Learning Loss

(October 14, 2022)

The New York Times: Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam

(October 24, 2022)

The 74: 14 Charts This Year That Helped Us Better Understand COVID’S Impact on Students, Teachers and Schools

(December 14, 2022)

The Washington Post: Most Va. voters see equal opportunities in public schools, poll finds

(April 18, 2023)

The 74: $190B Later, Reason to Worry Relief Funds Won’t Curb COVID’s Academic Crisis

(July 18, 2023)

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