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What Teens Want From Their Schools: A National Survey of High School Student Engagement
Among high school students who consider dropping out, half cite lack of engagement with the school as a primary reason, and 42 percent report that they don’t see value in the schoolwork they are asked to do.
John Geraci, Maureen Palmerini, Pat Cirillo, Victoria McDougald 6.27.2017
NationalReport
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The Education Gadfly Show #831 Resurfaced: Research Deep Dive: The impact of urban charter schools
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Brian Gill 8.2.2022
NationalPodcast
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Education Gadfly Show #830: When it comes to Covid learning loss, the bleeding has stopped
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Lindsay Dworkin, Karyn Lewis 7.26.2022
NationalPodcast
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The Education Gadfly Show #828: Arizona’s expanded ESA: The big enchilada of school choice
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Matt Beienburg 7.12.2022
NationalPodcast
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The Education Gadfly Show #827: The debate over “no zeroes” grading policies
Michael J. Petrilli, Daniel Buck, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.5.2022
NationalPodcast
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The Education Gadfly Show #826: Research Deep Dive: What we know about gifted education
Michael J. Petrilli, Jonathan Plucker, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.29.2022
NationalResource
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How student outcomes were impacted by the desegregation of schools
Julia Wolf 4.28.2022
NationalFlypaper
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On the future of education research at IES
Adam Gamoran 4.22.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Academic validation: Maryland’s alternative graduation pathways examined
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.21.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Cheers and Jeers: April 21, 2022
The Education Gadfly 4.21.2022
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: April 21, 2022
The Education Gadfly 4.21.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Does all play and no work make Jack a smart boy?
Victoria McDougald 4.14.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Education Gadfly Show #810: College for all or college for some?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds 3.9.2022
NationalResource