Below is a brief summary of new education research reported in February. Click on the brief for a much more complete report:
4. A midday nap markedly boosts the brain’s learning capacity.
5. Around 10 percent of all adolescents in grades 7-9 are victims of internet bullying.
7. Reading to kids is a crucial tool in English language development.
9. Correlation exists between increased voter turnout at school board elections and higher test scores.
11. Of the estimated 3 million students who graduated from U.S. public schools in 2009, more than 479,000 (15.9 percent) earned an AP Exam score of at least a 3 on one or more AP Exams during their high school tenure. This is up from 15.2 percent in 2008 and 12.7 percent in 2004.
12. Charter schools continue to stratify students by race, class, and possibly language, and are more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every state and large metropolitan area in the country.
14. A comprehensive new study looks at what makes middle schools successful.
