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Mass. teacher turnover was flat, but diversity increased during the pandemic
WBUR - Massachusetts teachers largely stayed in their jobs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. That analysis also revealed some surprising trends, like a significant increase in incoming teacher diversity. Turnover during the...
Kids Left Schools Last Year Because of the Switch to Remote Classes; Early Numbers Suggest They May Not Be Coming Back Soon
The 74 MILLION - With the release of new data in recent months, a clearer picture is emerging of how K-12 enrollment has responded to the pandemic. A research brief released in September by scholars at the University of Michigan and Boston University, Tareena...
4 trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19
THE CONVERSATION - When schools began the fall semester of 2020 – six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – many of them reported a significant decline in student enrollment. To better understand these enrollment declines, authors...
Public schools see fewer enrolled kindergartners. Where’d they go?
Public schools see fewer enrolled kindergartners. Where’d they go?NPR Marketplace - Among the many things the pandemic has disrupted, education is near the top of the list — public school education, in particular, and enrollment in public schools, specifically. Some...
New Study: Did Online School Drive Down Cyberbullying?
THE 74 MILLION - When the pandemic first struck, many child well-being advocates worried that the massive shift to remote school would spur an uptick in a troubling behavior: online bullying. According to new research from Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Joshua Goodman, Jennifer...
Proving the School-to-Prison Pipeline
EDUCATION NEXT - At issue is the school-to-prison pipeline—a term often used to describe the connection between exclusionary punishments like suspensions and expulsions and involvement in the criminal justice system. Black and Hispanic students are far more likely...
The Covid-19 Pandemic Is a Lousy Natural Experiment for Studying the Effects of Online Learning
EDUCATION NEXT - The Covid-19 pandemic that prompted a nationwide shutdown of schools and a shift to online instruction in spring 2020 also prompted a wave of articles calling this instructional change a “natural experiment” that could be used to study the effects of...
Newark Students, Including Special Needs and English Learners, Are Less Likely to Transfer Out of Charters than District Schools, Study Finds
THE 74 MILLION - Students who land in charter schools are less likely to leave—including English learners and students with disabilities. In a new study released by the Wheelock Educational Policy Center, researchers use data from Newark, New Jersey to represent the...
New Wheelock Educational Policy Center Will Put Research in the Hands of Policymakers, Drive National Conversations
BU TODAY - Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development is taking another big step forward, one that expands the cross-discipline collaborations that began with the 2018 merger of Wheelock College and Boston University. The college...
New Database Shows How the Largest 40 School Districts in Massachusetts Have Responded to the Coronavirus
BOSTON.COM - Almost a quarter of public school districts in Massachusetts are in fully remote learning models due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But among the state’s 40 largest districts, the rate is nearly double. According to a survey released by Boston University and...