educational research Archives

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

A small number of teachers can double the racial gap in disciplinary action

July 3, 2023 by Laura Ascione

Schools that unfairly discipline students based on race widen the racial gap and could be in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

The top 5 percent of teachers most likely to refer students to the principal’s office for disciplinary action do so at such an outsized rate that they effectively…

District Management

Accountability without autonomy is tyranny

August 22, 2016December 27, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When educational research reaches the public through the corporate media, the consequences are often dire, explains P.L. Thomas for the Daily Kos.

Research

Aiming to learn as we do, a machine teaches itself

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Researchers are fine-tuning a computer system that is trying to master semantics by learning more like a human, reports the New York Times. Give a computer a task…

District Management

Wisconsin agency aims to transform education’s core

November 5, 2010June 10, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

With support from all of its 45 superintendents, a Wisconsin regional service agency is determined to reinvent the very nature of public education so that all students are…