Check out these recent education studies and reports.
- Learning: Is there an app for that? The Joan Ganz Cooney Center. (November 2010). This report looks at how mobile devices and various applications can help students advance their education.
- A Mandatory Uniform Policy in Urban Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2003–04. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership. (November 2010). This study looks at how wearing school uniforms affects students' classroom behavior and other factors that influence behavior in schools.
- U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How well does each state do at producing high-achieving students? The Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University. (November 2010). According to this report, the United States is still performing on a lower level than many industrialized nations when it comes to mathematics and related fields of study. The study looks at some possible factors for the shrinking numbers of high achieving students, including states' shifting attention from the highest to lowest achieving students to focus on the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
- Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations. Public Impact. (2010). This report offers insight for creating a comprehensive performance management system to efficiently manage teacher and leader performance.
