Ed News for K12 Researchers: Steubenville: best LEA in USA?, Fed waiver/block grant primer, SAT sells kid info for 47 cents, also SAT annual testing report: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Steubenville OH: America's Best District? https://www.the74million.org/article/why-steubenville-ohio-might-be-the-best-school-district-in-america/
Ed Recovery success stories https://educationrecoveryscorecard.org/district-success-stories/ https://educationrecoveryscorecard.org/
Does elementary school departmentalization help? https://caldercenter.org/publications/building-bridges-middle-school-elementary-school-departmentalization-and-academic
Block schedules in Virginia
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1151&context=merc_pubs
The average college student today https://hilariusbookbinder.substack.com/p/the-average-college-student-today?r=72tqj&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
SAT's annual report on assessments https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/2024-total-group-sat-suite-of-assessments-annual-report-ADA.pdf
How experts and the public view AI https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/04/03/how-the-us-public-and-ai-experts-view-artificial-intelligence/
School healthcare and absenteeism https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article-abstract/19/2/252/114610/School-Based-Health-Care-and-Absenteeism-Evidence?redirectedFrom=fulltext
The many daughters study https://www.manydaughters.com/
Funding Waivers: coming to a state department of ed near you soon
Waiver authority explained https://all4ed.org/publication/esea-waivers-101/
Block grants 101 https://bellwether.org/publications/block-grants-a-framework-for-states-response/?activeTab=1
The College Board will sell your students for 47 cents https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-sale-sat-takers-names-colleges-buy-student-data-and-boost-exclusivity-11572976621?st=JQcVWn&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Mark Schneider on rebuilding ed research https://www.the74million.org/article/mark-schneider-blowing-up-ed-research-is-easy-rebuilding-it-is-what-matters/
ED: Use title I to promote school choice https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/department-of-education-encourages-states-expand-education-choice-leveraging-flexibilities-title-i-funds
Putting school surveys to the test https://www.nber.org/papers/w33622
Add observations to test scores when judging schools https://www.educationnext.org/full-measure-of-a-school-student-test-scores-tell-only-part-of-the-story/
The power of performance pay https://www.educationnext.org/power-of-performance-pay-smart-teacher-retention-accelerated-student-achievement-dallas/
How school boards spend their time https://www.the74million.org/article/new-report-despite-red-ink-academic-losses-school-boards-rarely-talk-budgets/
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