Student Achievement
The Most Competitive High Schools Don't Guarantee Success. What About Ones Like Georgetown Prep?
Research suggests that being surrounded by well-off peers in not-too-intense academic environments can lead to lifetime gains.
How Does School Closure Play Into a Student's Success?
A new study sheds doubt on the efficacy of closures as a solution to struggling schools.
Boost Cognitive Skills, Boost Grades—Right?
The link between cognitive ability and academic performance is an intuitive one, but a new study says there's little evidence to support or refute the value of "executive function" curricula.
Why Asian Americans Excel at Academics
New research suggests hard-driving “tiger moms” are just one factor.
U.S. Middle Schoolers are Behind in Math
A new study shows that the math curriculum of U.S. eighth-graders is two years behind what their peers in other countries are studying. In the U.S., the poorest students tend to get the least demanding math classes.
Hour-Long Exercise Pares Achievement Gap for College Career
A tiny bit of encouragement at the front end of college proved stunningly effective in paring the minority achievement gap in one experiment.
New Mexico: Achievement Gap Widens when Teachers Collectively Bargain
A new analysis finds the best students are better off, while disadvantaged students are worse off, when teachers collectively bargain for a contract.