Stay abreast of the latest education research with these recently released reports and studies.
- Voters Want Healthy School Meals. Kids' Safe and Healthful Food Project. (April 2011). A poll released shows that a vast majority of Americans want healthier food options for students and are willing to pay extra to improve the nutritional value of school-served food.
- Workplaces That Support High-Performing Teaching and Learning: Insights from Generation Y Teachers. American Institutes of Research and American Federation of Teachers. (April 2011). "Generation Y" teachers desire more feedback and evaluation, according to this study. However, they are concerned about the "equity and validity" of such evaluations. They are also more "skeptical of using standardized achievement tests as a measure of student learning."
- Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers? National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. (April 2011). This report looks at how equitably distributed high-performing teachers in 10 selected districts, across 7 states, are finding wide disparities between low-income and higher income schools.
